Table of Contents

Contents; Preface; 1. An Introduction to Civil Engineering; Part I: BUILDING MATERIALS; 2. Building Materials: An Overview 3. Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals 4. Alloys 5. Bricks 6. Cement 7. Stones 8. Timber 9. Sand and Lime; 10. Paints, Plaster of Paris and Plastics; 11. Gypsum, Tiles, Damp and Termite Proof Measure; 12. Glass, Thermal Insulation and Acoustics in Building; Part II: BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION; 13. Building Construction and Architecture; 14. Types of Building; Part III: SURVEYING; 15. Water Supply, Sanitary and Electrical Works in Building; 16. Fire and Earthquake Protection in Building; 17. Introduction of Green Buildings; 18. Surveying: A Glimpse; 19. Linear Measurements and Errors; 20. Compass Surveying; 21. Traverse Surveying; 22. Levelling; 23. Modern Surveying Equipments; 24. Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and GPS Part IV: HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; 25. Highways and Ideal Cross-Section; 26. Pavements and Roads; 27. Traffic Control Mechanisms; Index.

About the Author

BHARGAB MOHAN DAS, M.E. (AIT), Thailand, is the Chief Business Development Officer, Executive Project Coordinator and Chairperson of Green Building Division, Ritta Co., Ltd., Thailand. A specialized structural Engineer, Mr. Das possesses experience of varied nature of projects relevant to Academic Research and Construction all over Asia, Middle East and Parts of Europe. He is also the co-author of three books (all published by PHI Learning).|Mimi Das Saikia, PhD (IIT Guwahati), is an Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Royal School of Engineering and Technology, Guwahati, Assam. She has been with the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar. With a decade of experience in teaching and research she has published many papers in different national and international journals. She is also the coauthor of books Irrigation and Water Power Engineering, Hydrology and Surveying (all published by PHI Learning). Her research interest includes Hydraulics and Open Channel Flow.|MADAN MOHAN DAS, M.S. (Cornell University, USA), Ph.D. (University of Strathclyde, UK) has been Professor, Civil Engineering Department of Assam Engineering College, Guwahati. An Emeritus Fellow of AICTE and Director of Technical Education, Government of Assam and a Telford Premium, 1981 winner jointly with Late Emeritus Professor DIH Barr of University of Strathclyde for one of their research papers by the Council of Institute Civil Engineers (ICE), London, he has more than four decades of teaching experience and three decades of research experience. Dr. Das has authored 7 books (All published by PHI Learning). He has published/presented sixty research papers in national and international journals and conferences. His research interest includes hydrodynamics, free surface flow, irrigation, water power engineering and hydrology and other civil engineering subjects.