Elements of Civil Engineering

This is a single comprehensive book of its kind designed primarily to provide a clear-cut, contemporary and stimulating text in a convenient form for the first year engineering students. It provides quite modern and up-to-date coverage of the science and art of Civil Engineering which are changing rapidly. With the inclusion of the worked out examples, the book is almost a 'selfteaching' text material. The book has been divided into 5 sections namely Engineering Materials, Building Construction (Including Earthquake Resistant Structures), Surveying and Levelling, Transportation Engineering and Environmental Engineering (including Global Environmental Problems).