Designing with Alternative Building Materials and Review of Building Materials

This book explores alternative building materials and their test results. It includes a review of common building materials, earth engineering and construction, suitable soil types, soil mechanics and production, masonry construction, rammed earth construction, the use of ferro-cement units in projects, and the application of fibre-reinforced concrete. Other topics such as project management, computer-aided design, education and training for engineers, construction work, quality control, safety aspects, communication, applications and case studies, accompanied by construction photographs, are covered in this book.

Features:

• Focuses on alternative building materials and their applications in projects.
• Provides a useful overview of earth and concrete alternative construction materials.
• Comprehensively covers different types of fibre-reinforced concrete.
• Explains relevant sustainability and environmental benefits.
• Includes a case study on carbon fibre composite material used for strengthening a column.

This book is aimed at professionals in civil and construction engineering.

Kalyan Kumar Ganguly (Gangopadhyay) received his BE in civil engineering from Jadavpur University in 1964. He is a qualified Chartered Engineer (London) and obtained his PhD from Teesside, UK, in 1972. He has more than 57 years of experience in India and the UK, covering design, site supervision, project management, research, and teaching. The spectrum of projects includes bridges, power projects, fertilizer projects, chemical plants, heavy civil engineering projects, university complexes, hotels and resorts, research centres, housing and commercial complexes. Some of the special projects involving alternative building materials will include ferro-cement, compressed earth blocks, rammed earth construction, etc. He has also handled repair and rehabilitation projects on buildings, bridges, and heritage structures.

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