Important Question And Answer: Civil - Construction Types And Cost Effective Materials

CONSTRUCTION TYPES AND COST EFFECTIVE MATERIALS

1.What is a construction technique?

v Vacuum concrete

v Light weight concrete

v Waste material based concrete

v Shot Crete or guniting

v Guniting

v Ferro cement

v Fibre Reinforced Concrete

v Polymer Concrete

v Sulphur concrete or sulphur infiltrated concrete

v Set cement concrete

v Gap graded concrete

v No fines concrete

2.Water material based concrete?

v Organic waste

v Inorganic waste

v Industrial waste

3.Types of Shot creting?

v Dry mix process

v wet mix process.

4.Types of fibers?

v Steel fiber reinforced concrete

Polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete

v Glass fiber reinforced concrete

v Asbestos fibers

v Carbon fibers

v Organic fibers

v Vegetable fibers.

5.Objectives of waste utilization?

v To improve standards of living and working conditions.

v To reduce energy cost

v To increase the efficiency of construction.

v To minimize the environmental pollution by recycling the waste.

6.Building centers?

A building centre is an organization to apply the organize implementation of cost effective material and technique in the construction by considering the importance of strength, durability, comfort and elegance of any building.

7. Define shot Crete?

Shot Crete is mortar or fine concrete deposited by jetting it with high velocity on to a prepared surface.

8.Functions and performance of evaluation of building centers?

v The building centers provide shelter for rural people.

v It provides a convenient and hygienic environment to the poor people.

v It includes new construction material for which the cost is very minimum.

v It uses most of the waster materials which cost nuisance to the public building.

9.Cost effective technology adapted to building centers?

v RAF trap bond.

v Stabilized mud block

                         Stabilized quarry dust solid wall.

v Hollow block wall.

10.            Define arch corbelling?

Above from doors and windows, RCC lintels are provided instead of these bricks are laid. Bricks on edges forming an arch to support the load above the opening. This is called arch corbelling.