Stone as building material – Criteria for selection – Tests on stones – Deterioration and Preservation of stone work – Bricks – Classification – Manufacturing of clay bricks – Tests on bricks – Compressive Strength – Water Absorption – Efflorescence – Bricks for special use – Refractory bricks – Fly ash bricks - Concrete blocks – Light-weight blocks.

Lime –lime mortar – Cement – Ingredients – Manufacturing process – Types and Grades – Properties of cement and Cement mortar – Hydration – Compressive strength – Tensile strength – Fineness– Soundness and consistency – Setting time – Ashes in cement – Aggregates – Coarse aggregates – Properties – Testing – Fine Aggregate – types – Grading - Bulking of sand – Properties - Testing

Concrete – Ingredients – Manufacturing Process – Batching plants – RMC – Properties of fresh concrete – Slump – Flow and compaction Factor – Properties of hardened concrete – Compressive, Tensile and shear strength – Modulus of rupture – Tests – Mix specification – Admixtures - High Strength Concrete - HPC – Self compacting Concrete – Other types of Concrete – Durability of Concrete

Timber – Market forms – Industrial timber – Plywood – Veneer – Thermacole – Panels of laminates Steel – Structural steel properties and uses - Aluminum and other Metallic Materials – Composition – Aluminium composite panel – Uses – Market forms – Mechanical treatment – Paints Varnishes – Distempers – Bitumen

Glass – Ceramics – Sealants for joints – PVC - Fibre reinforced glass plastic – Roofing materials – Ferro Cement –Clay products – Refractories – Composite materials – Types – Applications of laminar composites – Fibre textiles – Geomembranes and Geotextiles for earth reinforcement.