Civil Engineering Construction Practices

Course Objective:-

The purpose of this course is to briefly describe the procedures to be followed for different construction work and the methods and technology involved in it.

Course Duration:- 120 Hours 

Course Content

Construction Practices:-

course Duration:- 48 Hours

Earthwork:-

Layout in excavation, Classification of soil, Equipment & Tools required during excavation, Safety & Housekeeping. 

Concrete Works:-

Batching of ingredients; mixing, transport and placement; Consolidation, finishing, and curing of concrete, Engineering propertiesof fresh and hardened concrete. 

Formwork &Scaffolding:- 

Formwork requirements, types, selection, materials, design concepts, formwork various precast and other structures. Formwork Failure – causes and safe practices. Slip Forming - Benefits, types, components; assembly, operation and dismantling; design issues, safety at site. Pre-Award and Post-Award Formwork Management; study of drawings, layout, specifications; economy considerations in planning and design and during construction; form reuse; material estimation; cost estimation; Personnel responsibilities. Computer applications. Falsework: Requirements, types, materials and accessories, design, shuttering for concrete and other detailing, erection, safety at site, tolerances, maintenance, stripping and checking. Scaffolding – classification, types, design issues, checking. 

Reinforcement:-

Types of Reinforcement Steel – Cross Sectional Area & Weight (mass) of reinforcement Bars, Tolerance in Mass, Staking of Reinforcement Steel, Binding Wires & its Types, Cutting & Bending of Reinforcement & Bar Bending Schedule. 

Masonry, Plastering & Pointing:-

Types of Masonry: Brick work, Concrete Block work, Boulder work etc. Types of Bonding, merits and demerits and applications. Basic aspects of Quality of Brick and Brick Masonry works. 

Finishing Work such as different types Flooring and best practices, Skirting & Dado, POP, False ceiling, Water Proofing, Anti Termite Treatment, Doors & Windows, Painting & Polishing, Plumbing, Sanitary ware. Tools for Brick and Plastering works. Special finishes in entrance lobbies.

Construction Methods & Technology:-

Course Duration:- 36 Hours

Setting out of work; Important Survey Methods; Use of Total station and GPS, Structural Steel

Fabrication and erection: Methods & Procedures, Heavy Erection, Temporary Structures,

Staging & Storage works ; Conventional Formwork Systems; Plant Layout & Material Handling;

Prefab Construction; Basic Methods in Foundation Engg. Building finishes: Different types of

flooring & best practices, external and internal wall finishes, coating and cladding, False ceiling.

Highway Construction: Soil Stabilization & Compaction methods, concreting and high sensitive

leveling methods, High quality Asphalt pavements. Prefab Construction in very large low costing

housing, Shear walls in load bearing works. Writing a methods Statement, Methods improvement.

Basics of Foundation Engineering:-

Course Duration:- 36 Hours

Foundation System of the structures, Foundation Classifications, Shallow Foundation, Deep

Foundations - piles, wells and caissons, Typical Foundation Types, General Requirement of

foundations, Some important factors in Foundation Design & Construction such as: Corrosion

Protection, Water Table and its Fluctuation, Foundations on Sand Deposits, Foundation on soft

soils, Foundation on Collapsible Soils, Foundation on Expansive Soils, Effects of displaced soil in

construction of adjacent foundations at different levels.

Reference Books

1. Edward G. Nawy, "Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook", Second Edition, CRC Press,

Taylor & Francis Group

2. Kumar Neeraj Jha, "Formwork for Concrete Structures", Mc Graw Hill Education

3. Chundley R., "Construction Technology Vol. I TO Vol. IV" , ELBS Edition,

4. Braja M Das, "Principles of Foundation Engineering" Cengage Learning

5. Shetty. M.S. “Concrete Technology”, S. Chand and company Ltd. 2012.

6. Gambhir M.L. “Concrete Technology”, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education, 2010.

8. IS 456 – 2000: Indian standard specification of plain and reinforced concrete, 2011.

9. IS 4926 – 2003: Indian standard specification for red – mixed concrete, 2012.

10. IS 14687: 1999 – Falsework for Concrete Structures - Guidelines

11. Hewry Parker & Clarkson Oglesby, "Methods Improvement for Construction Managers".

12. Sigh Jagman, "Heavy Construction Planning, Equipment and Methods", Published by Oxford

& IBH

12. Peurifoy & Schexnayder, "Construction Planning , Equipment and Methods", Published by

McGraw Hill

13. Foundation Design Manual by N. V. Nayak

14. Foundation analysis and Design by Joseph E. Bowles

15. Reinforced Concrete Designers Handbooks by C.E.Reynolds & J.C.Steedam

16. Foundation Design by W.C Teng

17. Foundation Design and Construction by M.S.Tomlinson

18. Pile Design and Construction of Piles by M.S.Tomlinson

19. Deep Foundation by Frank M Fuller

20. Foundation Engineering for Difficult Subsoil condition by Leonardo Zeevaert

21. Reinforced Concrete Designers Handbooks by C.E Reynolds & J.C. Steedman