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Features
- This unique free application is for all students across the world. It covers 136 topics of Construction Material in detail. These 136 topics are divided in 5 units.
- Each topic is around 600 words and is complete with diagrams, equations and other forms of graphical representations along with simple text explaining the concept in detail.
- This USP of this application is "ultra-portability". Students can access the content on-the-go from anywhere they like.
- Basically, each topic is like a detailed flash card and will make the lives of students simpler and easier.
- Some of topics Covered in this application are:
- 1. Learning to Build
- 2. The Work of the Design Professional: Choosing Building Systems
- 3. The Work of the Construction Professional: Constructing Buildings
- 4. Trends in the Delivery of Design and Construction Services
- 5. Foundation Requirements
- 6. Excavation
- 7. Waterproofi ng and Drainage
- 8. Shallow and deep foundation
- 9. piles
- 10. Trees
- 11. Lumber
- 12. Wood Products
- 13. Plastic Lumber
- 14. Wood Chemical Treatments
- 15. Bolts
- 16. Manufactured Wood Components
- 17. Fire-Resistive Heavy Timber Construction
- 18. Longer Spans in Heavy Timber
- 19. History of Wood Light Frame Construction
- 20. Floor and Wall Framing, Sheathing, and Bracing
- 21. Framing for Increased Thermal Efficiency
- 22. Wood Light Frame Construction and the Building Codes
- 23. Protection from the Weather
- 24. Roofing
- 25. Windows and Doors
- 26. Siding
- 27. Corner Boards and Exterior Trim
- 28. Completing the Building Enclosure
- 29. Air Infiltration and Ventilation
- 30. Interior Doors
- 31. Flooring and Ceramic Tile Work
- 32. History of brick masonary
- 33. Brick Masonry
- 34. Reinforced Brick Masonry
- 35. Stone Masonry
- 36. Concrete Masonry
- 37. Masonry Wall Construction
- 38. Spanning Systems for Masonry Bearing Wall Construction
- 39. Some Special Problems of Masonry Construction
- 40. MOVEMENT JOINTS IN BUILDINGS
- 41. Efflorescence
- 42. Masonry and the Building Codes
- 43. History of Steel Frame Construction
- 44. The Material Steel
- 45. Production of Structural Shapes
- 46. Production of Structural Shapes
- 47. Joining Steel Members
- 48. Details of Steel Framing
- 49. The Construction Process
- 50. Floor and Roof Decking
- 51. Fireproofing of Steel Framing
- 52. Longer Spans in Steel
- 53. FABRIC STRUCTURES
- 54. Composite Columns
- 55. The Concept of Light Gauge Steel Construction
- 56. Other Common Uses of Light Gauge Steel Framing
- 57. Finishes for Light Gauge Steel Framing
- 58. METALS IN ARCHITECTURE
- 59. Cement and Concrete
- 60. Green Uses of Concrete
- 61. Making and Placing Concrete
- 62. Formwork
- 63. Fabrication and Erection of Reinforcing Bars
- 64. Reinforcing Concrete Columns
- 65. Innovations in Concrete Construction
- 66. Casting a Concrete Slab on Grade
- 67. Casting a Concrete Slab on Grade
- 68. Controlling Cracking in Concrete Slabs on Grade
- 69. Casting a Concrete Column
- 70. One-Way Floor and Roof Framing Systems
- 71. Two-Way Floor and Roof Framing Systems
- 72. Concrete Stairs
- 73. Architectural Concrete
- 74. Longer Spans in Sitecast Concrete
- 75. Precast, Prestressed Concrete Structural Elements
- 76. Assembly Concepts for Precast Concrete Buildings
- 77. Joining Precast Concrete Elements
- 78. Precast Concrete and the Building Codes
- 79. Introduction of Roofs
- 80. BUILDING ENCLOSURE ESSENTIALS: THERMAL INSULATION AND VAPOR RETARDER
- 81. Rigid Insulating Materials for Low-Slope Roofs
- 82. Single-Ply Roof Membranes
- 83. Steep Roofs
- 84. Protection from Corrosion Between Dissimilar Metals
- 85. Sustainable Roofing
- 86. Photovoltaic Roofing
- 87. Roofing and the Building Codes
- 88. BUILDING ENCLOSURE ESSENTIALS: DISSIMILAR METALS AND THE GALVANIC SERIES
- 89. History of Glass and Glazing
- 90. The Material Glass
- 91. Types of glasses
- 92. Insulating Glass
- 93. Glazing
- 94. Advanced Glazing Systems
- 95. Glass and the Building Codes
- 96. Windows
- 97. Window Frames
- 98. PLASTICS IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
- 99. Installing Windows
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