TY - GEN AU - Punmia, B. C. TI - Building construction SN - 9781831804285 U1 - 690 PY - 2008/// CY - New Delhi PB - Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd. KW - N1 - 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 ER -