bm building materials first sem
AR 1.4 BUILDING MATERIALS – I L/s: 2/Wk Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 3hrs Cr: 2 Course Overview: The course provides information on the properties, use, installation and costs of basic building materials. Objectives of the Course: To impart knowledge on the various building materials, To highlight the current trends and innovations in the usage of building materials. Expected Skills / Knowledge Transferred: Knowledge required for specifying appropriate materials for various spaces in buildings. Course Contents: Unit –I Brick: Composition of earths, standard, market and ISI.size properties, as per ISI brick manufacturing processes, requirements and tests foe good bricks. Fire clay bricks - varieties; sand lime bricks; paving bricks; Terra-cotta-its varieties: ordinary, glazed, porous, polished and fine; sun dried brick, Special types of bricks, uses and properties Different uses of brick in construction. Building Tiles: Roof, floor ...