OBJECTIVES:
ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE FAMILIAR
WITH:
 DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPERTIES.
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CEMENT, GRADES OF CEMENTS AND TESTS ON
CEMENT.
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF MODERN BUILDING MATERIALS SUCH AS
CERAMIC PRODUCTS, GLASS, METALS AND PLASTICS.
 METHOD OF PREPARATION OF MORTAR AND CEMENT CONCRETE.
STATE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRUCTURES.
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS.
 CLASSIFICATION OF STONE MASONRY & BRICK MASONRY. STATE
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOORS, WINDOWS, LINTELS & STAIRS.
 TYPES OF FLOORS AND ROOFS.
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF POINTING, PLASTERING AND TERMITE
PROOFING.
 SCAFFOLDING, SHORING & UNDERPINNING AND FORM WORK.
 PROCEDURE OF COLOUR WASHING, WHITE WASHING, PAINTING AND VARNISHING.