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DIRECTORY OF INDIAN BUILDING MATERIALS & PRODUCTS (with information on Nepal, Bhutan & Pakistan) 2009 550 pages, Rs. 1000+200 postage	This is Ninth edition of the directory of Indian Building Materials and Products. This publication goes far beyond the concept of yellow pages. It will be the mostly comprehensive technology digest in the country on state-of-the-art technology. Manufacturers profiles, materials, products, standards and specifications. As a first source reference for choosing materials and components, the Directory will influence, specification and decision making by buildings, architects, planners contractors, traders, engineers and end-users, for large scale purchases. Building Materials and Products Manufactures from Bhutan and Nepal have also been included in this publication.
STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR COST EFFECTIVE INNOVATIVE BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES INCLUDING RATE ANALYSIS (SECOND EDITION), 200 pages, Rs. 250+75 postage	BMTPC has brought out the Second Edition of its Book titled “Standards & Specifications for Cost-Effective Innovative Building Materials and Techniques including Rate Analysis”, which covers detailed specifications so formatted that these can be inducted in the schedules of specifications by public and private construction agencies. This publication contains standards and specification on 26 new building materials and construction techniques which have potential for large scale adoption and bringing down the cost of housing and building construction. Bureau of Indian Standards has formulated codes and standards on most of the new technologies included in the publication. It is hoped this compilation will help the construction agencies in promoting and adopting the new technologies in their housing and building projects.
MANUAL ON BASICS OF DUCTILE DETAILING 27 pages, Rs.100+50 postage	BMTPC has brought out the Manual on Basics of Ductile Detailing. It has been seen that there is utter disregard to even simple detailing principles of reinforced concrete construction. The publication will help engineering and architectural fraternity to adopt the ductile detailing provisions while designing buildings in earthquake prone areas. The Manual also dispel the misconcepts of practical difficulties being faced by site engineers while implementing ductile detailing in the field.
PRODUCTION OF COST-EFFECTIVE, ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDING COMPONENTS - USER’S MANUAL 116 Pages, Rs. 250 + Rs. 50 postage	The “User’s Manual for Production of Cost-Effective, Environment-Friendly and Energy-Efficient Building Components” is one of the steps being undertaken by the Council to popularise the proven and innovative technologies and help the small and medium level entrepreneurs and construction professionals. The User’s Manual covers six Technologies namely Cement Concrete Blocks; Fly Ash Bricks; Ferrocement Roofing Channels; Reinforcement Concrete Precast Planks & Joists; Micro Concrete Roofing Tiles; and Precast Concrete Door & Window Frames. The Manual defines the product specification & quality control, equipment & production requirements, production process and common problems and their solutions to help the construction professionals. The manual is not exhaustive, but rather is a road map to guide users to the information needed.
ARCHITECTURE OF SAARC NATIONS 196 pages, Rs. 250+50 postage.	Architecture + Design in association with Building Materials and technology Promotion Council, HUDCO, NHB & Ministry of Urban Affairs & Employment, Govt. of India, put together the architecture of the seven SAARC COUNTRIES VIZ. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India ,Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It provides a highly informative and comparative survey of buildings as a creative art that attempts to answer man’s socio- economic and aesthetic needs. It commemorates the International Year of Shelter 1991. This book is the first attempt ever to put together the architecture of the seven SAARC countries viz. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It provides a highly informative and comparative survey of buildings as a creative art that attempts ot answer man’s socio-economic and aesthetic needs. It commemorates the International year of Shelter 1991.
Housing & Key Building Material :A Long Term Perspective 1991-2011 98 Pages, Rs 700 + 75 Postqage	This publication is based on the study undertook by BMTPC for assessing housing needs in urban and rural sectors and the demand that will be generated for key building materials for sustainable housing construction activity. The study aims at forecasting the growth in different types of households in urban and rural areas, based on their affordability pattern and changing trends in housing typology. The study, thus seeks to integrate the housing requirements, expenditure patterns at national level, requirements of key building materials and the changing trends in choice of materials. It provides a long term perspective on requirements and shortfall upto the year 2011, while disaggregating the requirement of additional housing stock from non-residential and other forms of construction.
Building Materials In India : 50 Years 560 Pages, Rs 1500 + 200 Postage	Presents vivid account of the progress and development in the area of Building Materials during past five decades. Covers research, development, standardisation technology promotion etc. Numerous photographs, charts and illustrations.
DIRECTORY OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY MANUFACTURED IN INDIA 684 pages, Rs. 1500+200 postage	This Directory of Construction Equipment & Machinery Manufactured in India is a part of ongoing efforts to bridge the vast information gap, and to make available quality information that will act as a catalyst for promoting mechanisation and modernisation in the operations of construction industry. A strong database supported by information documents of this nature would help in raising productivity and efficiency in the construction sector. The directory also makes it easy for a customer to zero in on the right equipment for the right job. It contains about 923 manufacturers & 197 products profiles of the construction equipment manufacturers located in 88 cities of India. This Directory would be useful to all actors of construction including construction managers, real estate, developers, public and private sector, development authorities as also contractors and all those engaged in planning management and implementation of construction projects.
VULNERABILITY ATLAS OF INDIA (First Revision - 2006 ) - Rs. 5000 + 200 Postage	The Atlas gives information on all vulnerable areas that have been mapped indicating the expected intensities of natural events like earthquakes, cyclones and floods that can occur in different areas. Beside containing a hazard maps of India, the atlas also includes the maps for each State and Union Territory, thereby indicating the vulnerability upto district level. It also gives the expected risk levels of different types of housing stock existing in each district. The Vulnerability Atlas gives State-wise hazards maps and district-wise damage risk tables for all States and U.Ts. The information and data given in the Atlas can be utilised for preparing damage scenarios for individual districts of states for a possible occurrence of an hazard, and to formulate suitable strategy to prepare the community for any eventuality. The information given in the Atlas will help the planning agencies, the State and district administrations and the community at Panchayat levels in raising the level of awareness about the possible risk in the disaster prone areas and the measures required for preparedness and mitigation on scientific and realistic basis.
BUILDING A HAZARD- RESISTANT HOUSE: A COMMON MAN’S GUIDE- 88 pages, Rs. 350 + 75 Postage	The book on “Building a Hazard-Resistant House - A Common Man’s Guide” is primarily meant to help the house owners, to build a safer house to live in, and to ensure the safety of his family in case of a likely future disaster. This Guide will be useful especially where the house-owner does not seek the guidance of an architect or an engineer, and depends fully on the technical services of a local contractor or artisan. In short, this Guide is prepared with view to help the “house owners of tomorrow” in ensuring that the houses that they are going to get built are going to be hazard-resistant and long lasting.
MANUAL FOR RESTORATION AND RETROFITTING OF BUILDINGS IN UTTRAKHAND AND HIMACHAL PRADESH- 134 pages, Rs. 250 + 75 Postage	The Manual for Restoration and Retrofitting of Buildings in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh has been prepared for the restoration and vulnerability reduction through retrofitting of the existing buildings in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. It covers the most popular buildings systems other than the reinforced concrete frame, which the people are likely to continue using for decades to come. The manual will provide valuable information to those who want to repair their houses and to those who want to strengthen their existing buildings for ensuring their safety against future earthquakes.
GUIDELINES FOR IMPROVING EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE OF HOUSING - 84 pages, Rs.350 + 75 Postage	The publication on Improving Earthquake Resistance of Housing: Guidelines is the updated version of BMTPC’s earlier version with the same title which was brought out in 2001. However, since then lot of changes have taken place as regards the strategy of Indian subcontinent is concerned towards combating earthquake risk. The guidelines incorporate all the modifications being incorporated in Indian Standards. A separate annexure is added on Confined Masonry Technology as an alternative to the masonry construction reinforced at critical point being practiced in India for earthquake safe construction. This document would serve as an explanatory handbook on the various clauses of Indian Standards on Earthquakes which are important from the point of view of designing new buildings or improving resistance of existing building stock. The guidelines are in particular written keeping in mind that the major stock of buildings in India comprise of masonry buildings made up of mud burnt/un-burnt bricks and blocks & stones which are yet seldom designed for gravity and earthquake loads.
GUIDELINES FOR IMPROVING WIND/CYCLONE RESISTANCE OF HOUSING - 56 pages, Rs.250 + 75 Postage	A long coast line of about 7500 km of flat terrain, shallow continental shelf and high population density makes the coastal areas of India extremely vulnerable to high velocity winds, moderate to high storm surges riding over astronomical tides and very heavy rains. The vulnerability of these areas to high sea waves became evident during the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami which caused very heavy loss of lives in the state of Tamil Nadu and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In view of increased vulnerabilities of the coasted areas, BMTPC brought out the revised publication “Guidelines for Improving Wind/Cyclone Resistance of Housing: 2010”. The guidelines have an added chapter on Cyclone cum Tsunami shelters design. This document would serve as an explanatory handbook on the various clauses of Indian Standards on Wind resistant design of new buildings or improving resistance of existing building stock.
GUIDELINES FOR IMPROVING FLOOD RESISTANCE OF HOUSING - 36 pages, Rs.200 + 75 Postage	The Guidelines on Improving Flood Resistance of Housing not only dwells upon the planning aspects of houses in flood prone areas but also on construction technologies to be adopted to make them safe in the event of inundation. The guidelines are written in simple and easy to understand language and can easily be implemented at field. The publication is the updated version of BMTPC’s earlier version of the guidelines. The information given in the guidelines would serve as a useful repository for all stakeholder involved in planning and rehabilitation of flood affected areas.
EARTHQUAKE TIPS – LEARNING EARTHQUAKE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION - 58 pages, Rs.200 + 75 Postage	BMTPC and IIT Kanpur, launched the “IITK-BMTPC Series on Earthquake Tips” in early 2002. This publication, containing all the 24 Tips, is targeted at persons interested in building construction. The Tips cover topics such as basic introduction to earthquakes and terminology such as magnitude and intensity, concepts of earthquake resistant design, and aspects of a seismic design and construction of buildings. Utmost care is taken to ensure that despite complexity of the concepts, the Tips are simple and unambiguous. To ensure the highest quality of technical contents, every Tip is carefully reviewed by two or more experts, both within and outside India and their feedback is used before finalizing the Tips.
Guidelines for Damage Assessment and Post Earthquake Action. Rs. 250+75 postage for each part.	The earthquake that struck on March 29, 1999 caused extensive damage to houses and other buildings in the Chamoli region in Uttar Pradesh. The BMTPC undertook a survey to investigate the reasons for damage and evaluate its nature and extent for different and evaluate its nature and extent for different categories of houses and buildings. Subsequently the BMTPC under the guidance of eminent expert Dr. A.S. Arya has prepared these Guidelines. In order to make lit user-friendly and facilitate its implementation for different house types, the Guides being printed in three parts with following titles: Part 1: Visual Damage Identification Guide for Chamoli Earthquake affected areas of Uttar Pradesh. Part 2; Repair and Retrofitting of Damaged Buildings in Chamoli Earthquake affected areas of Uttar Pradesh. Part 3: Reconstruction and New Construction of Buildings in Chamoli Earthquake affected areas of Uttar Pradesh. The guide includes technical and general precautions to be taken as required for repair, restoration and seismic strengthening of houses built with traditional materials and methods. It will be useful for various funding agencies to estimate the requirements of funds for repair, restoration and seismic strengthening in each building.
Guidelines For Damage Assessment and Post-Earthquake Action Rs. 250+75 postage For each part.	The earthquake that struck Jabalpur on May 22, 1997 seriously affected the life and property, causing extensive damage to houses and other building types. BMTPC undertook a survey to investigate the reasons for damage and evaluate its nature and extent for different categories of houses and buildings. Subsequently BMTPC under the guidance of eminent expert Dr. A.S Arya has prepared these guidelines. To make it user-friendly and facilitate its implementation the Guide being printed in 3 parts: PART 1 : EARTHEN HOUSES WITH CLAY TILES ROOFING - Out of stock PART 2 : BRICK HOUSES WITH CLAY TILE ROOFING PART 3 : BRICK HOUSES WITH RC SLAB OR STONE PATTI ROOFING, OR WITH RCC FRAMES The Guides includes technical and general precautions to be taken as required for repair, restoration and seismic strengthening of houses. The Guide will bw useful for all those who are associated and engaged in the repair, restoration and seismic strengthening of damaged building in quake affected region.
LANDSLIDE HAZARD ZONATION ATLAS OF INDIA Rs. 2500 +200 Postage	The Atlas presents the first ever Geographical Information System (GIS) based Landslide Inventory Map and Landslide Hazard Zonation Maps at the scale of 1:6 million.
STABILISED MUD BLOCKS AND THEIR USE-GUIDEBOOK FOR TECHNICIANS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS (IN HINDI) 131 pages, Rs. 80+25 postage	Book is published in collaboration with VILLE FONTAINE- AUROVILLE- BMTPC- HABITAT POLYTECH. It is a Hindi version of book “Compressed Earthen blocks. Method of manufacture of blocks alongwith their correct use have been highlighted. The book is in Hindi and English where ever necessary-─ Out of stock
BUILDING WITH COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS 28 pages, Rs. 60+25 postage	Published in collaboration with Development Alternatives. This booklet introduces the theory and practice of construction with compressed earth blocks. The characteristics, earth construction methods, economics, general design principles etc, are highlighted in the booklet. ─ Out of stock
Precast Building Components 28 Pages, Rs. 150 + 50 Postage and Packaging	This report contains project profiles for economic level of productions of precast Building Components like Concrete blocks, Concrete Door/window frames, Micro concrete roofing tiles and Ferrocement roofing channels at decentralised locations. The publication will be useful for those who are setting up a production unit for manufacture of precast building components on small scale levels, which can be expanded depending upon the increasing demand and financial strength of the set up. ─ Out of stock

16. MANUAL FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES DAMAGED IN EARTH- QUAKE in Oct. 91 in the Garhwal Region of U.P. 81 pages, Rs. 150+75 postage. ─ Out of stock	17. INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR APPROPRIATE BUILDING SYSTEMS 64 pages, Rs. 150+75 postage ─ Out of stock	18. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON LOW COST HOUSING & INFRASTRUCTURE 730 pages, Rs. 500+75 postage -─ Out of stock

Publications can be ordered by sending Demand Draft in favour of BMTPC, New Delhi and also procured from the following address: Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council Core 5A, First Floor, India Habitat Centre Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Phones: 91-11-2463 6747,91-11- 24636759, 91-11-24638096, 97 Fax : 91-11-24642849 email: alok@bmtpc.org