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This document provides information about the course "Engineering Building & Drawing". It is a 4 credit compulsory course involving 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of drawing per week. Assessment is based on internal exams, assignments, attendance and an end semester exam worth 70 marks. The exam contains short answer and long answer questions covering all course units. The course covers topics like masonry construction, damp proofing, roofs, floors, doors and windows, acoustics, stones, bricks, tiles, limes, cements, mortars, timber, metals, paints, plastics and their properties. Drawings include bonds in brickwork, defects in timber and building plans.

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This document provides information about the course "Engineering Building & Drawing". It is a 4 credit compulsory course involving 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of drawing per week. Assessment is based on internal exams, assignments, attendance and an end semester exam worth 70 marks. The exam contains short answer and long answer questions covering all course units. The course covers topics like masonry construction, damp proofing, roofs, floors, doors and windows, acoustics, stones, bricks, tiles, limes, cements, mortars, timber, metals, paints, plastics and their properties. Drawings include bonds in brickwork, defects in timber and building plans.

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ENGINEERING BUILDING & DRAWING

Course Code: CVE 209-L Course Assessment Methods (Internal: 30; External: 70) Two minor
Course Credits: 4.0 test each of 20marks, class performance measured through percentage of
Mode: Lecture(L) and Drawing(D) lecture attended (4 marks), assignments, quiz etc. (6 marks) and end
Type: Compulsory semester examination of 70 marks.
Contact Hours: 3 hours (L) + 02 hours For the end semester examination, nine question are to be set by the
(D) per week. examiner. Question number one will be compulsory and based on the
Examination Duration: 03 hours. entire syllabus, it will contain seven short answer type question. Rest of
the eight questions is to be given by setting two questions from each of
the four units of the syllabus. A candidate is required to attempt any
other four questions selecting one from each of the four units. All
questions carry equal marks.

Prerequisite: Student should have prior knowledge of basic fundamental properties of the
material used in the construction industry.
Objectives:
 The objective of this course is to provide sufficient knowledge about various building
materials along with their advantages in construction industry.
 To explore the material available and their properties for the treatment required at the
time of construction.
 To study about the material and their properties required as finishing.

Course outcomes:
CO-1 Knowledge of components of structure under construction by different material with their
advantages and disadvantages.
CO-2 Learn about the different material required in the interior of a structure to make the
structure safe and sound.
CO-3 Compatible with the information about the bonding agents such as cement etc.
CO-4 Information about timber, metals, plastic, paints and varnishes along with their properties.

Unit-I
Masonry Construction:
Introduction, various terms used, stone masonry-Dressing of stones, Classifications of stone
masonry, safe permissible loads, Brick masonry-bonds in brick work, laying brick work,
structural brick work-cavity and hollow walls, reinforced brick work, Defects in brick masonry,
composite stone and brick masonry, glass block masonry.

Unit-II
Damp-Proofing and Water-Proofing:
Defects and causes of dampness, prevention of dampness, materials used, damp-proofing
treatment in buildings, water proofing treatment of roofs including pitched roofs.
Roofs and Floors:
Types of roofs, various terms used, roof trusses-king post truss, queen post truss etc.
Floor structures, ground, basement and upper floors, various types of floorings.
Doors and Windows:
Locations, sizes, types of doors and windows, fixures and fastners for doors and windows.
Acoustics, Sound Insulation and Fire Protection:
Classification, measurement and transmission of sound, sound absorber, classification of
absorbers, sound insulation of buildings, wall construction and accoustical design of auditorium,
fire-resisting properties of materials, fire resistant construction and fire protection requirements
for buildings.

Unit-III
Stones:
Classification, requirements of good structural stone, quarrying, blasting and sorting out of
stones, dressing, sawing and polishing, prevention and seasoning of stone.
Brick and Tiles:
Classification of bricks, constituents of good brick earth, harmful ingredients, manufacturing of
bricks, testing of bricks.
Tiles: Terra-cotta, manufacturing of tiles and terra-cotta, types of terra-cotta, uses of terra-cotta.
Limes, Cement and Mortars:
Classification of lime, manufacturing, artificial hydraulic lime, pozzolona, testing of lime,
storage of lime, cements composition, types of cement, manufacturing of ordinary Portland
cement, testing of cement, special types of cement, storage of cement.
Mortars: Definition, proportions of lime and cement mortars, mortars for masonry and plastering.

Unit-IV
Timber:
Classification of timber, structure of timber, seasoning of timber, defects in timber, fire proofing
of timber, plywood, fiberboard, masonite and its manufacturing, important Indian timbers.
Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals:
Definitions, manufacturing of cast iron, manufacturing of steel from pig iron, types of steel, marketable
form of steel, manufacturing of aluminium and zinc.
Paints and Varnishes:
Basic constituents of paints, types of paints, painting of wood, constituents of varnishes,
characteristics and types of varnishes.
Plastic:
Definition, classification of plastics, composition and raw materials, manufacturing,
characteristics and uses, polymerization, classification, special varieties.

DRAWINGS
1. Typical drawings of:
a) Bonds in brick work
b) Defects in timber
2. Preparation of building drawing mentioning its salient features including the following
details:
a) Ground floor plan
b) Two Sectional Elevations
c) Front and Side Elevations
d) Plan and Sectional Elevation of stair case, doors/ windows/ ventilators, floor and roof.

TEXT BOOK:
1 Building Construction, Sushil Kumar, Standard Publishers, New. Delhi
2 Building Construction by B.C.Punmia, Lakshmi Publication Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
3 Building Material by S.C.Rangawala Charotra Broths. Stall Anand.Tulsi Sadan, Station
Road (W. Railway)
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1 Construction Engineering, Y.S. Sane
2 Building Construction, Gurcharan Singh, Standard Pub., N. Delhi.

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