BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

MR. ZANA A. AZIZ

BSC. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
MSC. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
 Course work
• Materials are essential elements which are
used to construct a building. But materials
could not be turned into structures without a
method of construction (safe and
economic).The main purpose of this course is
to provide the students with the essential or
the principal information which they need in
the construction of building and as firm
foundation to easy understanding other
subjects in relation.
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• Theo. hr: 3
• Units: 6
• Term: Abet(Courses)

Grading: Final grade (100%) will be composed of

• 20% Mid Term. 1.5hours
• 20% quizzes+ class work
• 60% final Exam. 3 hours

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The student must be learn from this course the following:
1. Stages of building construction starting from the purpose, land,
budgets……………up to construction.
2. The types of buildings, load bearing, non load bearing, and cast in place, precast,
pre-stress……..
3. How to implement earth works manually and mechanically.
4. How to manage the presence of water in foundation.
5. Types of foundations.
6. How to construct masonry walls (block, stone and brick).
7. What is meant by beam, column and lintel, how to be constructed and their
types.
8. Types of floors and walls and types of their finishing and their execution
methods.
9. What are arches? Their types and materials (stones, bricks and concrete).
10. What is dampness? Way of prevention, materials to be used.
11. The meaning, types and locations of joints in building.
12. The ways of moving between floors of building or between different levels.
13. Types of doors and windows.
14. A general idea about pre-cast buildings.

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 Main references
1 Building Construction by W.B Makay

2 Building construction illustrated by Francis D.K. Ching.

3 The construction of building by R.BARRY

4 Building construction by Dr. B.C.Punmia

5 Building construction by S.KSHARMA

6 Construction teqnology by S.S. Ataev

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• Subjects:
• Type of Building
• Earthwork
• Footing and Foundation
• Piles and piling
• Brick and Block works
• Masonry Works
• Trusses and steel Works
• Forms and Scaffoldings
• Floors and Roofs
• Beams
• Columns
• Arches
• Lintels and sills
• Damp proofing
• Finishing of walls and Ceilings
• Doors and Window
• Means of moving between levels
• Stairs
• Joint in Buildings
• Pre-cast Units and construction

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 Building Construction
• It is the subject which describes the method of
using building materials in the construction of
structures satisfying strength safely and
economy.

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 Development of building construction
• -Good design
• - Election of appropriate materials and work
to develop them and seek to find alternatives
better than traditional materials used.
• -Good implementation, programming and
follow the means of control and quality
control

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 Stage of building construction
1-Project purpose and function
2-Detail the requirements of the project
3-Engineering design & tendering document
4-Implementation:-
4-1- contract-----Lump sum (turnkey)
Unit price
Cost plus fee
4-2- Direct
5-Maintenance

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 Types of building
a-According to the method of implementation
(or according to construction technique):-
1-Construction at site
2-Pre-cast construction ( pre-fabricated)
b-According to structure design ( or according to
structures type):-
1- Frame structure
2- Load bearing
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Types of building

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Structures:-
• Building
• Bridge (truss, Arch, frame, Box girder, steel girder,
suspension)
• Water retaining
• Dams
• Shell roof
• Earth retaining
• Hydraulic structure
• Tunnel
• Tension structures
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 Types of structural elements:-
1-columns ( Compression member).

2-Beams (Bending).

3-In-plane e.g.: walls (contained vertical load).

4-shells ( axial + bending + shear ).

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