Designing with Alternative Building Materials and Review of Building Materials

Kalyan Kumar Ganguly (Gangopadhyay) did his BE in civil engineering from Jadavpur University in the year 1964. He is a qualified Chartered Engineer (London) and did his Ph.D. from Teesside, U.K. in the year 1972. He has over 56 years of experience in India and U.K. covering Design, Site supervision, Project Management, Research and Teaching. The spectrum of projects will include Bridges, Power Projects, Fertilizer Projects, Chemical Plants, Heavy Civil Engineering Projects, University Complexes, Hotels and Resorts, Research Centers, Housing and Commercial Complexes etc. Some of the Special Projects with alternative building materials will cover Ferro Cement, Compressed Earth Blocks, Rammed Earth Construction etc. He has also handled Repair and Rehabilitation Projects covering Buildings, Bridges and Heritage Structures.

1. General Items and Brief Comments on Building Materials and Earth Technology 2. Earth/Clay, Alternative Building Materials, Cob, Wattle-And-Daub and Some Other Methods 3. Compressed Earth Blocks (Ceb), Soil/Earth, Stabilizers, Fibres and Applications 4. Adobe, Clay, Flyash-Lime Bricks and Masonry Construction 5. Rammed Earth Construction 6. Ferro-Cement 7. Fibre Reinforced Concrete 8. Brief Comments on Building Materials 9. Concrete as a Building Material 10. Steel Structures 11. Computer Aided Work, Education, Training, Quality, Reliability 12. Sustainability/Resilience, Hazards, Risks, Structural And Site Safety 13. Construction, Supervision, Site Accidents, Project And Risk Management 14. Repair Work To Structures 15. Construction Photographs from Projects 16. Summary and Comments from Review on Alternative Building Materials