Drawing is the language of Engineers and Architects. Building Planning and Drawing is the
foundation subject for Civil Engineering students. In this edition, each topic of the text-book
has been arranged in such a way that reader is empowered with an in-depth knowledge in the
subject of Building Planning and Drawing.
This Seventh Thoroughly Revised and Extensively Enlarged Edition of standard text-book
is presented with revised, revamped and rearranged the contents of Building Planning and
Drawing to make the book most comprehensive in-order to provide updated knowledge and
technological developments in Building Construction Industry.
Following three new chapters with necessary sketches are incorporated to this book, which are
the today’s indispensable requisite for the study of the subject:
(1) Green Buildings
(2) Intelligent Buildings and
(3) Anthropometric Studies.
In the chapter of Planning of Public Buildings, religious structures such as Church and Mosque
are included. The topics on PERT and CPM are elaborated with detailed description and variety
of numerical problems and solutions to get a better knowledge of Construction Management
Techniques. A few more concepts of Vaastu are included to develop rationality in practice of
Vaastu in Real World. Even the University Examination questions are revised to aim at better
usefulness of the book.