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Construction
By : R C Ruth Grace
113AR0026
Background
The important need and everyone's dream to have there own
home with individual needs.
Since India is a developing country, the economy haves
importance. The housing is so impacted with the cost based
construction.
So, there are various cost effective techniques of
construction. Lots of them are also energy efficient and easily
adoptable.
Justification
Essential requirement to human existence is a HOME next
only to food and clothing. A breakthrough for application of
sustainable and cost effective technologies for better housing
in rural and urban areas is an urgent need considering
spiraling construction costs.
Project accessibility
Labor Rates
Material Costs
General Economic Pressures
Time of Year
These were the factors affecting the
budget of making any structure but
we are here to know more about the
construction techniques- the
techniques which helps us in reducing
the cost of structure.
So, lets move towards the
techniques
Cost-effective building materials
a)Stabilized compressed earth blocks are
made of mud stabilized with 5% cement/lime
etc. and compacted in block making machine
with no burning. A good walling material as
burnt bricks and is economical, stronger,
energy saving and simple to manufacture.
b) Fly ash gypsum stabilized mud blocks are
much stronger with less water absorption and
cheaper than cement stabilized blocks. With 5
to 10% flyash- G, 30% saving in cement could
be achieved in addition to utilization of the
waste product like flyash.
c) Flyash- lime gypsum products
manufactured by blending flyash lime and
calcined gypsum for making a useful product
named Fal-G , and can be used a
cementations material for mortar/plaster and
for masonry blocks of any desired strength. It
can also be used for road pavements and
plain concrete in the form of Fal-G concrete.
Climate consideration
and use of local
materials helps
maintaining economy
than the general rcc
practice.
More methods
They are easy to construct,
save on cement and steel,
are more appropriate in hot
climates. These can be
constructed using
compressed earth blocks
also as alternative to bricks
for further economy.
Filler slab-technique
The filler slab is based on the principle that
for roofs which are simply supported, the
upper part of the slab is subjected to
compressive forces and the lower part of the
slab experience tensile forces. Concrete is
very good in withstanding compressive
forces and steel bears the load due to
tensile forces. Thus the lower tensile region
of the slab does not need any concrete
except for holding the steel reinforcements
together.
High density
fiberboard doors
Finishing Work
Baker
Interior of working
living room on site
The
Surface HAMLET-
treatment By Laurie
Using Waste bakers
Materials home
Conclusion
Is the circulation space economical & functional & not wasteful? (i.e.
passages, corridors, stairs, access verandas & so on).
Study local climate & make use of wind directions (to reduce power
consumption) & aspect(To prevent unnecessary heat absorption).
Remember that what is good for Kerala is not necessarily good for
Kashmir. What works well in Bihar may be disastrous in Rajasthan
etc. Study local indigenous architecture & use its principles even
when using modern materials indigenous architecture represents
thousands of years of R&D.
Avoid currently fashionable gimmicks. They are almost always an
addition that may be eye-catching but are invariably an extra
expense and unjustifiable.
Dont forget to apply common sense to all you design & do.
REFERENCES
http://www.gharexpert.com
http://www.fs.fed.us
http://www.greenstone.org
http://manajemenproyekindonesia.com/
http://sepindia.org/
http://lauriebaker.net/
Low cost housing- an analogical study of the current
practices & technologies by- vastu shilpa foundation
Thank you