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Building Materials and Construction is a compulsory paper in Civil Engineering, student Indian Universities. This book is primarily designed as an introductory text book for tech students pursuing undergraduate degree (B. Tech/B.E) in Civil Engineering.Includes Conventional Materials of Construction such as: Stones, Bricks, Tiles, Lime, Timber, Paints Varnishes and Distempers, Ferrous and Non-ferrous Metals, Glass, Plastics, Asphalt, Bitumen and Tar, Gypsum, Pozzolana, Insulating Materials. Moreover, this book contains detail description of various components of buildings.The Salient features of the five units dealt within the book are: Exhaustive coverage, clear concise itemised presentation styled for relaxed understanding to graded readers, illustrative figures; review questions, model paper