Saturday 23 April 2011

Building Construction Handbook by Roy Chudley & Roger Greeno

  1. General
  2. Site Works
  3. Builders Plant
  4. Substructure
  5. Superstructure
  6. Internal Construction and Finishes
  7. Domestic Services

Advanced RCC Design by N. Krishna Raju

  1. Continous Beams
  2. Bunkers and Silos
  3. Chimneys
  4. Curved Beams
  5. Towers
  6. Elevated Water Tanks
  7. Box- Culverts
  8. Portal Frames
  9. Multistorey Building Frames
  10. Shells
  11. Hyperbolic Paraboloid Shells
  12. Hyperbolic Cooling Towers
  13. Folded Plates
  14. Grid or Coffered Floors
  15. Virendeel Griders
  16. Trusses
  17. Poles
  18. Deep Beams
  19. Pipes
  20. Bridge Deck Systems

Friday 22 April 2011

Conditions of Contract for Construction MDB HARMONISED EDITION


1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
2 THE EMPLOYER 
3 THE ENGINEER 
4 THE CONTRACTOR
5 NOMINATED SUBCONTRACTORS
6 STAFF AND LABOUR
7 PLANT, MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP
8 COMMENCEMENT, DELAYS AND SUSPENSION 
9 TESTS ON COMPLETION 
10 EMPLOYER’S TAKING OVER 
11 DEFECTS LIABILITY 
12 MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION 
13 VARIATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS
14 CONTRACT PRICE AND PAYMENT
15 TERMINATION BY EMPLOYER
16 SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION BY CONTRACTOR
17 RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY 
18 INSURANCE
19 FORCE MAJEURE 
20 CLAIMS, DISPUTES AND ARBITRATION

10 Minute Guide to Project Management

Lesson 1. So You're Going to Manage a Project?
Lesson 2. What Makes a Good Project Manager?
Lesson 3. What Do You Want to Accomplish?
Lesson 4. Laying Out Your Plan
Lesson 5. Assembling Your Plan
Lesson 6. Keeping Your Eye on the Budget
Lesson 7. Gantt Charts
Lesson 8. PERT/CPM Charts
Lesson 9. Reporting Results
Lesson 10. Choosing Project Management Software
Lesson 11. A Sampling of Popular Programs
Lesson 12. Multiple Bosses, Multiple Projects, Multiple Headaches
Lesson 13. A Construction Mini-Case  
Lesson 14. Learning from Your Experience

Building Materials by S.K Duggal Third Edition

1. Principal Properties of Building Materials 
2. Structural Clay Products
3. Rocks and Stones
4. Wood and Wood Products
5. Materials for Making Concrete-I Cement
6. Materials for Making Concrete-II Aggregates
7. Materials for Making Concrete-III Water
8. Materials for Making Concrete-IV Lime
9. Puzzolanas
10. Concrete
11. Concrete Mix Design
12. Building Mortars
13. Ferrous Metals
14. Non-Ferrous Metals
15. Ceramic Materials
16. Polymeric Materials
17. Paints, Enamels and Varnishes
18. Tar, Bitumen and Asphalt
19. Gypsum
20. Special Cements and Cement Concretes
21. Miscellaneous Materials