Building construction is the process of adding structure to real property. The vast majority of building construction projects are small renovations, such as addition of a room, or renovation of a bathroom. Often, the owner of the property acts as laborer, paymaster, and design team for the entire project. However, all building construction projects include some elements in common – design, financial, and legal considerations. Many projects of varying sizes reach undesirable end results, such as structure collapse, cost overruns, and/or litigation. For this reason, those with experience in the field make detailed plans and maintain careful oversight during the project to ensure a positive outcome.
Building construction is procured privately or publicly utilizing various delivery methodologies, including hard bid, negotiated price, traditional, management contracting, construction management-at-risk, design & build and design-build bridging.
Residential construction practices, technologies, and resources must conform to local building authority regulations and codes of practice. Materials readily available in the area generally dictate the construction materials used (e.g. brick versus stone, versus timber). Cost of construction on a per square metre (or per square foot) basis for houses can vary dramatically based on site conditions, local regulations, economies of scale (custom designed homes are always more expensive to build) and the availability of skilled tradespeople. As residential (as well as all other types of construction and manufactured homes) can generate a lot of waste, careful planning again is needed here.
The most popular method of residential construction in the United States is wood framed construction. As efficiency codes have come into effect in recent years, new construction technologies and methods have emerged. University Construction Management departments are on the cutting edge of the newest methods of construction intended to improve efficiency, performance and reduce construction waste.
Construction of Buildings Foundation
There are several foundation types we are using in constructions such as pile foundation, raft foundation, pad foundation, combined footing, rubble foundation and spread footing. The selection of foundation type depends on the soil condition and the load about to apply on it. We commonly use pile foundations where apply heavy load such as several stories building and where the soil bearing capacity is very poor like backfill areas, marshy land areas and in sandy areas. For normal houses we use rubble works with pad foundation type. A column foundations we use spread footing type.In any building industry,foundation details is an essential factor in consideration.
Wood Construction
- Timber framing
- Wood furniture restoration
- Wood Coating
- Wood Layering
- Wood Tiles
- Wood Floor Boards
Steel and Composite Structures
Steel Buildings: These are one type of buildings out of other type like RCC, masonry buildings etc. These are mostly predominant in the industrial and commercial industry like industrial sheds. The common components are mainly like foundations with foundation bolts, Vertical columns, trusses, purlins, side sheeting, roof sheeting etc. In the modern technology, usage of PEB (Pre-engineered building) structures is on the rise. These structures can be erected and completed very fastly, as they are fabricated at ground and erected. Round the clock work can be carried out by taking proper safety measures. These structures can be used for storages, manufacturing units, logistics, etc. These structures are more safely than concrete buildings from earthquakes as damages are very minimal. Nowadays more and more residential buildings are being constructed as steel buildings. Even with these structures, the environment is protected as the generation of construction debris is less and can be recycled.
Finishing Materials
The common exterior finishing materials used are:
- Paints
- Natural stones-granite,marble,etc.ceramics tiles
- Textures
- Glass
- Aluminium sheeting,ACP
- Glass Fibre sheets
- Roof tiles
- Wood/timber
These materials are used as per the availability within the locality unless these are to be specially procured.
The common interior finishing materials used are:
- Paints
- Natural stones – granite, marble, etc.
- Textures
- Glass
- Aluminium sheeting
- Glass Fibre sheets
- Ceramic/vitrified/mosaic tiles
- Wood/timber
- Gypboards
These materials are used as per the availability within the locality unless these are to be specially procured.