Civil Engineering Materials

Concreting Materials – Cement: manufacture, types and characteristics.  Aggregate: types and properties.  Water Admixtures.  Properties of fresh concrete.  Properties of hardened concrete.  Basic concrete Mix Design.  Steel: production, fabrication, properties, corrosion and its prevention.  Tests on steel and quality control.  Non-ferrous metals – Aluminum, Copper, Lead, Tin – and their uses.  Timber: types of wood, structure, physical properties, defects, stress grading, preservation and fire protection – types and methods.  Timber products and uses in construction.  Nigerian Timber.  Bituminous materials: binders and their properties.  Other materials: rubber, plastics, glass, lime, bricks, sandcrete/concrete blocks, building stones, ceramic products, paints, varnishes, etc.  Applications to building and civil engineering works.