Lintels: What Is a Lintel? Types of Lintels
What a lintel is and does above doors and windows, and its five types — wood, stone, brick, steel and RCC — with notes on their depth, span and bearing.
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Building Construction
Excavation, footings, foundations, plinth, shuttering and lintels — the execution sequence on site and the precautions at each stage.
Building Footing: Execution and Precautions
What a building footing is and the checks to make before, during and after casting it: PCC, centre line, shuttering, reinforcement, pouring and curing.
Building Plinth: Execution, Plinth Beam, Backfilling and Protection
What a building plinth is, how tie beams differ from plinth beams, and how to backfill, compact and protect the plinth area with PCC.
Building Foundation: Types of Shallow Foundations
What a foundation does and the four shallow foundation types the post covers: isolated, combined, strap and raft footings, and when each one is used.
Building Excavation: Requirements and Execution
What building excavation is, where it is needed, what to check before starting — trial pits, drawings, labour, permissions — and how to execute it.
P.C.C. Work in Foundation: Precautions and Execution
What P.C.C. is, why it goes under a foundation before R.C.C. work, the precautions to take in the pit, and how to execute it from marking out to curing.
Types of Buildings
The nine building types as per the rules, from residential and educational to industrial, storage, hazardous and car parking, each defined in a line.
What Is Shuttering in Building Construction? With Podcast
Shuttering is the mould that holds liquid concrete for columns, beams and slabs until it takes shape, with an audio clip and five types of formwork.