Basics of Civil Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Basics of Civil Engineering (subject code C4310001) as prescribed for FT · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 28 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (C4310001)Unit 1 Surveying and levelling
- 1.1. Importance and types of Surveying & leveling
- 1.2. Principals of surveying.
- 1.3. Instrument/tools used for surveying and levelling.
- 1.4. Chaining and Ranging
- 1.5. Recording of measurements in field book.
- 1.6. Functions of different part of Prismatic compass
- 1.7. Setting and operations of compass
- 1.8. Methods of finding included angles from bearings
- 1.9. Basic terminology related to levelling 1.10Functions of different part of Dumpy level 1.11Different types of levelling staff 1.12Setting of Dumpy Level 1.13Methods of finding out the RL in level book by HI method and Rise & Fall Method with necessary check 1.14Contour – use, characteristics 1.15Preparations of contour sheets/ plan using survey data.
Unit 2 Building Material and Construc- tion Technology
- 2.1. Common construction materials such as cement, brick, sand, aggregate, steel and water.
- 2.2. Properties of each materials & their acceptable standards. 2.3.Types of bricks, cement and aggregate 2.4.Field tests on bricks, cement 2.5.Functions of various components of buildings. 2.6.Classification and Types of foundations. Basics of Civil Engineering Course Code: C4310001 NITTTR Bhopal – GTU - COGC-2021 Curriculum Topics and Sub-topics 2.7.Bonds in brick masonry.
- 2.8. Estimations and costing for simple structure (only the material cost)
Unit 3 Building Drawing and Building Services.
- 3.1. Types of building drawings
- 3.2. Abbreviation, conventions & symbols in civil drawing for • Electric fittings • Water supply and sanitary fittings. • Material for constructions • Surveying
- 3.3. Building byelaws and principles of planning of residential building.
- 3.4. Planning of a simple residential building.
- 3.5. Objective and uses of building services.
- 3.6. Applications of services for different types of building.
- 3.7. Classification of building services
- 3.8. Types of services
- 3.2. Water Supply
- 3.5. Fire Safety
Unit 4 Basics of Transpor- tation Engineering
- 4.1. Role of transportation in national development.
- 4.2. Modes of Transportation.
- 4.3. Introduction to road traffic and traffic control aids.
Unit 5 Green and ecofriendly Technology
- 5.1. Rain water harvesting for buildings.
- 5.2. Concept of GREEN buildings
- 5.3. Components of GREEN building. Basics of Civil Engineering Course Code: C4310001 NITTTR Bhopal – GTU - COGC-2021 Curriculum
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