This is Seventh 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.

VULNERABILITY ATLAS OF INDIA (First Revision - 2006 ) -

Rs. 5000 + 200 Postage

Precast Building Components

28 Pages, Rs. 150 + 50 Postage and Packaging

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.

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.

98 Pages, Rs 700 + 75 Postqage

560 Pages, Rs 1500 + 200 Postage

There has been a general demand for issuing the technical guidelines for retrofitting of existing houses and construction of new houses for use by professional architects, engineers and construction agencies to incorporate disaster resistant construction methods and promote better land-use zoning practices in the hazard prone areas.

These guidelines would be found useful by design and construction professionals particularly those involved in retrofitting and construction of buildings and the house owners in general.  Local bodies would find these guidelines useful specially at the plan approving stage to ensure adequate provision of disaster resistant features in the construction of buildings.

These guidelines cover features from earthquake safety view point such as silting and foundations, architectural design features, structural analysis and design, construction and strengthening features in load bearing walls, construction and strengthening features of roofs and floors, repair and strengthening of damaged buildings and seismic retrofitting of existing weak buildings.

The aim of these guidelines is firstly, to briefly explain the action of wind on buildings and state the general principles of planning and design; secondly, to bring out details to prevent the non-structural damage in the various buildings; thirdly, to deal with the safety aspects of traditional non-engineered buildings; and finally, to suggest retrofitting details which could be adopted in existing buildings to minimise the damages under high winds.  Suggestions are also included for safety against storm surge.

These guidelines deal with the construction of wind / cyclone resistant buildings of both engineered and non-engineered types.  The proposed measures are generally applicable to wind resistant construction, but have particularly been framed keeping in view the regions having wind velocity greater than or equal to 39 m/sec.  Wind zoning map of India is given in IS: 875 (Part 3) – 1987.  The same has been redrawn for various States and Union Territories on 1:2.5 million scale in the Vulnerability Atlas of India (1997).

Such additional issues or provisions which are specifically useful and / or required for cyclone affected regions are highlighted.

To improve the wind / cyclone resistance of existing buildings, some retrofitting measures have also been presented.

Out of stock

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