AN ELEMENTARY COURSE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
STONES BRICKS LIME CEMENT TIMBER QUESTIONS SAND CEMENT MORTAR LIME MORTAR MUD MORTAR SPECIAL MORTAR TESTS ON MORTAR PLAIN CONCRETE REINFORCED CEMENT CONCRETE (R C C ) REINFORCED BRICK CONCRETE (RBC) PRESTRESSED CONCRETE (PSC) FIBRE-REINFORCED CONCRETE (FRC) CELLULAR CONCRETE FERRO-CEMENT FERROUS METALS ALUMINIUM 4 3 COPPER GLASS PLASTICS BITUMEN ASBESTOS PAINTS DISTEMPERS VARNISHES SOLID AND HOLLOW CONCRETE BLOCKS ROOFING AND FLOORING TILES ELEMENTS OF A BUILDING BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF A BUILDING PLANNING PLANNING SUITABLE ORIENTATION PLANNING FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY PLANNING FOR SUITABLE UTILITY PLANNING FOR MEETING OTHER REQUIREMENTS DIMENSIONS OF FOUNDATION CONVENTIONAL SPREAD FOOTINGS R C C FOOTINGS GRILLAGE FOOTING ARCH FOUNDATION PILE FOUNDATIONS FOUNDATIONS IN BLACK COTTON SOIL TYPES OF SUPER STRUCTURES BASED ON THE METHOD OF LOAD TRANSFER WALLS STONE MASONRY BRICK MASONRY PLASTERING POINTING FLOORING ROOF DOORS AND WINDOWS 8 10 LINTELS STAIRS CAUSES OF DAMPNESS ILL-EFFECTS OF DAMPNESS REQUIREMENTS OF AN IDEAL MATERIAL FOR DAMP PROOFING MATERIALS FOR DAMP PROOFING METHODS OF DAMP PROOFING IN MASS HOUSING SCHEMES 10 1 MINIMUM STANDARDS APPROACH TO COST EFFECTIVE MASS HOUSING SCHEMES 10 3 COST EFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES OBJECT AND USES OF SURVEYING PRIMARY DIVISIONS IN SURVEYING FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SURVEYING CLASSIFICATION OF SURVEYING PLANS AND MAPS SCALES TYPES OF GRAPHICAL SCALES UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS 12 1 METHODS OF LINEAR MEASUREMENTS INSTRUMENTS USED IN CHAINING CHAIN SURVEYING 12 4 RANGING 12 5 OBSTACLES IN CHAINING 12 6 ERRORS IN CHAINING TAPE CORRECTIONS CONVENTIONAL SYMBOLS TYPES OF COMPASS METHOD OF USING A COMPASS BEARING WHOLE CIRCLE BEARING AND REDUCED BEARING 13 5 COMPUTATION OF ANGLES 13 6 DECLINATION AND DIP LOCAL ATTRACTION CHAIN AND COMPASS SURVEYING FIELD WORK 14 1 PLANE TABLE AND ITS ACCESSORIES WORKING OPERATIONS 14 3 METHODS OF PLANE TABLING 14 4 ERRORS IN PLANE TABLE SURVEYING 14 5 ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF PLANE TABLE SURVEY OBJECT AND USES OF LEVELLING 15 2 TERMS USED IN LEVELLING 15 3 LEVELLING INSTRUMENTS 15 4 LEVELLING STAFF METHODS OF LEVELLING 15 6 TERMS USED IN DIRECT METHOD OF LEVELLING TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENTS OF A LEVEL TYPES OF DIRECT LEVELLING 16 1 THEODOLITE ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTANCE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS 16 3 TOTAL STATION 16 4 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM MAPPING 17 2 CONTOURS 17 3 METHODS OF CONTOURING DRAWING CONTOURS COMPUTATION OF AREAS FROM FIELD NOTES 18 2 COMPUTING AREAS FROM MAPS 18 3 COMPUTATION OF VOLUMES 19 1 REMOTE SENSING 19 2 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) 20 1 EARTHQUAKES RESISTANT BUILDINGS 20 2 TYPES OF EARTHQUAKES TERMINOLOGY 20 4 MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY SEISMOGRAPH 20 6 I S: CODES ON EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING DESIGN IMPROVING EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE OF SMALL BUILDINGS IMPROVING EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE OF TALL BUILDINGS CYCLONE RESISTANT BUILDINGS 20 10 FIRE RESISTANT BUILDING 21 1 DISASTER PREVENTION STRATEGY 21 2 EARLY WARNING SYSTEM 21 3 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 21 4 DISASTER MITIGATION 21 5 DISASTER RESCUE AND RELIEF MEASURES 21 6 DISASTER RESETTLEMENT, REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION 22 1 IS CODES FOR BUILDING DESIGN IS CODES FOR BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION