Unit I Building Materials & Construction
Stones, bricks, cement, lime, timber-types, properties, test & uses, laboratory tests concrete
and mortar Materials: Workability, Strength properties of Concrete, Nominal proportion of
Concrete preparation of concrete, compaction, curing.
Elements of Building Construction, Foundations conventional spread footings, RCC footings,
brick masonry walls, plastering and pointing, floors, roofs, Doors, windows, lintels, staircases
– types and their suitability

Unit II Surveying & Positioning:
Introduction to surveying Instruments – levels, thedolites, plane tables and related devices.
Electronic surveying instruments etc. Measurement of distances – conventional and EDM
methods, measurement of directions by different methods, measurement of elevations by
different methods. Reciprocal leveling.

Unit III Mapping & sensing:
Mapping details and contouring, Profile Cross sectioning and measurement of areas,
volumes, application of measurements in quantity computations, Survey stations, Introduction
of remote sensing and its applications.

Engineering Mechanics
Unit IV

Forces and Equilibrium: Graphical and Analytical Treatment of Concurrent and non-
concurrent Co- planner forces, free Diagram, Force Diagram and Bow’s notations, Application of Equilibrium Concepts: Analysis of plane Trusses: Method of joints, Method of Sections.
Frictional force in equilibrium problems

Unit – V
Centre of Gravity and moment of Inertia: Centroid and Centre of Gravity, Moment Inertia of
Area and Mass, Radius of Gyration, Introduction to product of Inertia and Principle Axes.
Support Reactions, Shear force and bending moment Diagram for Cantilever & simply
supported beam with concentrated, distributed load and Couple.

Reference Books:
1. S. Ramamrutam & R.Narayanan; Basic Civil Engineering, Dhanpat Rai Pub.
2. Prasad I.B., Applied Mechanics, Khanna Publication.
3. Punmia, B.C., Surveying, Standard book depot.
4. Shesha Prakash and Mogaveer; Elements of Civil Engg & Engg. Mechanics; PHI
5. S.P,Timoshenko, Mechanics of stricture, East West press Pvt.Ltd.
6. Surveying by Duggal – Tata McGraw Hill New Delhi.
7. Building Construction by S.C. Rangwala- Charotar publications House, Anand.
8. Building Construction by Grucharan Singh- Standard Book House, New Delhi
9. Global Positioning System Principles and application- Gopi, TMH
10. R.C. Hibbler – Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics.
11. A. Boresi & Schmidt- Engineering Mechines- statics dynamics, Thomson’ Books
12. R.K. Rajput, Engineering Mechanics S.Chand & Co.