Lecture plan for Subject: Basic Civil Engineering (I Sem ) Lecture No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Contents Contact Hours scope of Civil Engineer 1 Role of civil Engineer in Society 1 Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country 1 Object & principles of Surveying 1 primary divisions 1 classification of surveying 1 plans and maps, Scales 1 Unit of measurement 1 Tape & Chain, instruments used in chaining 1 Ranging out survey lines 1 taking measurements of sloping ground 1 Errors of chain surveying 1 Tape correction 1 Types and uses of compass 1 bearing, WCB & Reduced bearing 1 Angle measurement 1 Object & uses of levelling 1 instruments used in levelling 1 methods of leveling 1 recording and methods of reducing 1 errors in leveling 1 record measurements in field work 1 contours characteristics 1 contours applications 1 Selection of site for Buildings 1 types of buildings 1 plinth area, carpet area, floor space index 1 properties & uses of Stone 1 properties & uses of Brick 1 properties & uses of Cement 1 properties & uses of Mortar 1 properties & uses of concrete 1 properties & uses of steel 1 Introduction to building byelaws 1 Components of Buildings & their functions 1 soil & types of soils 1 foundation types 1 Types and characteristics of various modes of transportation 1 Road development 1 types & characteristics of rigid, flexible, semi-rigid pavements 3 Total 42 Dr. Biswajit Acharya Asso. Prof.(Civil Engg.)