NATIONAL BUILDING CODE

A) The Draft Building Act: Its salient features include provision for the following: • i) Set-up of a National Building Council or Committee with responsibility for the determination and updating of a National Building Code, and to assistnNG in its implementation. (This is conceived to be the apex body, and is entrusted with a wide range of responsibilities for the successful implementation of a NBC)5 2146 • ii) Classification of buildings into four categories in line with draft NBC philosophy. • iii) Implementation, supervision and monitoring...

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Composite structures

I. INTRODUCTION Composite structures can be defined as the Structures in which composite sections made up of two different types of materials such as steel and concrete are used for beams, and columns. This paper include comparative study of R.C.C. with Steel Concrete Composite (G+12, G+16, G+20, G+24) story buildings which situated in Nagpur earthquake zone II and wind speed 44m/s. Equivalent Static Method of Analysis is used. For modeling...

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Study of Soil properties

Properties Of Soil Soil is a complex material produced by the weathering of solid rock. Weathering is caused by the agent such as temperature change, impact, flowing water, ice, wind, plants and animal. Weathering (disintegration) may be of physical or chemical. Due to physical weathering of rocks, cohesion less soil (sand, gravel, boulder) is formed. Chemical weathering may be caused due to oxidation , hydration, carbonation etc. Clay minerals (cohesive soil) are produced by chemical weathering.     The various agencies...

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