Basic Civil Engineering

It gives immense pleasure to present the book "Basic Civil Engineering" to the students of first year degree course in engineering. The subject matter in the book is in accordance with the new revised syllabus prescribed by Shivaji University, Kolhapur implemented from August 2013.

The subject matter is presented in a lucid, fluent and comprehensive manner. All efforts have been taken to present the text matter in Simple Language. Illustrative Figures, Exercise and Solved Problems have been added.

1. Relevance of Civil Engineering and Building Planning

2. Components of Building

3. Building Materials and Design

4. Linear and Angular Measurements

5. Levelling

6. Introduction to Transportation, Environmental and Irrigation Engineering