This book explains possible alternative building materials along with the test results including review of common building materials, earth engineering and construction, suitable soil, soil mechanics and production, masonry construction, rammed earth construction, use of ferro-cement units for projects, and fibre reinforced concrete.
This book explains possible alternative building materials along with the test results including review of common building materials, earth engineering and construction, suitable soil, soil mechanics and production, masonry construction, rammed earth construction, use of ferro-cement units for projects, and fibre reinforced concrete for projects and applications. Other items such as project management, computer aided work, education, training for engineers, construction work, quality control, safety aspect, communication, applications, and case studies etc. have been covered with construction photographs.
Features:
- Focusses on information on alternative building materials and actual applications in projects.
- Provides useful overview of earth and concrete alternate construction materials.
- Comprehensively covers sections about different types of fiber reinforced concrete.
- Explains pertinent sustainability and environmental benefits.
- Includes case study with carbon fibre composite material for strengthening a column.
This book is aimed at professionals in civil and construction engineering.
1. General Items and Brief Comments on Building Materials and Earth Technology
2. Earth/Clay, Alternative Building Materials, Cob, Wattle-And-Daub and Some Other Methods
3. Compressed Earth Blocks (Ceb), Soil/Earth, Stabilizers, Fibres and Applications
4. Adobe, Clay, Flyash-Lime Bricks and Masonry Construction
5. Rammed Earth Construction
6. Ferro-Cement
7. Fibre Reinforced Concrete
8. Brief Comments on Building Materials
9. Concrete as a Building Material
10. Steel Structures
11. Computer Aided Work, Education, Training, Quality, Reliability
12. Sustainability/Resilience, Hazards, Risks, Structural And Site Safety
13. Construction, Supervision, Site Accidents, Project And Risk Management
14. Repair Work To Structures
15. Construction Photographs from Projects
16. Summary and Comments from Review on Alternative Building Materials
Kalyan Kumar Ganguly (Gangopadhyay) received his BE in civil engineering from Jadavpur University in 1964. He is a qualified Chartered Engineer (London) and obtained his PhD from Teesside, UK, in 1972. He has more than 57 years of experience in India and the UK, covering design, site supervision, project management, research, and teaching. The spectrum of projects includes bridges, power projects, fertilizer projects, chemical plants, heavy civil engineering projects, university complexes, hotels and resorts, research centres, housing and commercial complexes. Some of the special projects involving alternative building materials will include ferro-cement, compressed earth blocks, rammed earth construction, etc. He has also handled repair and rehabilitation projects on buildings, bridges, and heritage structures.
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