CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 2 FOUNDATION - 1 : GENERAL 17
CHAPTER 3 FOUNDATION - 2 : SHALLOW FOUNDATION 59
CHAPTER 4 FOUNDATION - 3 : DEEP FOUNDATION 95
CHAPTER 5 MASONRY - 1 : STONE MASONRY 139
CHAPTER 6 MASONRY - 2 : BRICK MASONRY 167
CHAPTER 7 MASONRY - 3 : COMPOSITE MASONRY 215
CHAPTER 8 LOAD BEARING WALLS 225
CHAPTER 9 CAVITY WALLS 253
CHAPTER 10 PARTITION WALLS 261
CHAPTER 11 FLOORS-I GROUND FLOORS 269
CHAPTER 12 FLOORS-II UPPER FLOORS 281
CHAPTER 13 LINTELS AND ARCHES 293
CHAPTER 14 STAIRS 311
CHAPTER 15 ROOFS AND ROOF COVERINGS 329
CHAPTER 16 CARPENTRY AND JOURNEY 363
CHAPTER 17 DOORS AND WINDOWS 377
CHAPTER 18 SHORING , UNDERPINNING AND SCAFFOLDING 411
CHAPTER 19 PLASTERING AND POINTING 421
CHAPTER 20 PAINTING, DISTEMPERING AND WHITE-WASHING 433
CHAPTER 21 DAMP PROOFING 447
CHAPTER 22 TERMITE PROOFING 455
CHAPTER 23 FIRE PROTECTION 459
CHAPTER 24 THERMAL INSULATION 471
CHAPTER 25 PLAIN AND REINFORCED CEMENT CONCRETE 485
CHAPTER 26 FORM WORK 511
CHAPTER 27 VENTILATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING 519
CHAPTER 28 ACOUSTICS AND SOUND INSULATION 533
CHAPTER 29 PERT AND CPM 261
CHAPTER 30 PLUMBING FOR BUILDINGS 585
CHAPTER 31 BUILDING PLANS 605
CHAPTER 32 EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDINGS 619
INDEX 663