A Textbook Of Building Planning And Drawing

The present book of ‘Building Planning and Drawing’ is in pursuance of the urgent need of Civil Engineering students. Now-a-days plans and elevations of buildings haven been changed to a great extent due to modern living standards and sophistication in society. Due to these reasons, we have made an attempt to produce drawing methods from fundamentals and plans of various types of buildings according to modern planning. This will enhance the knowledge of students as per need of industry. Concept of green buildings is also included in this book.

Building Planning and Drawing is a basic subject of Civil Engineering and is called as language of Civil Engineers. Drawing is required for execution of works, sanctioning of jobs, preparing estimates of buildings, dams, bridges, weirs and other civil structures. Drawings are also required for maintenance and repair of structures.

This book contents the matter in a lucid and easily understandable language with the help of sketches. Method of drawing for preparation of plan, elevation, section and perspective view is explained. This book deals with building bye-laws, principles of architecture and various agencies in construction. Procedure of submission of plans to the sanctioning authority is also explained in it.

1. Conventions and Symbols

2. Planning of Building

3. Drawing of Load Bearing Structures

4. Drawing of Framed Structure

5. Perspective Drawing

Appendix