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Civil Basic Concepts of Building

The document provides specifications for building construction including room dimensions, wall and beam sizes, and column sizes. A span of 13 feet between beams does not require support columns. Outer walls should be 8 inches thick while inner walls are 4 inches; room measurements are taken from inner walls. The ratio of slab thickness to beam width is 1 foot to 1 inch, with slab thickness including the beam and wall thicknesses. For a 20 foot span, the beam width should be about 16 inches with an additional 4 inches for the wall thickness. A minimum of 4-5 inches of wall thickness is required above beams as part of the total slab thickness. Recommended column sizes for a 3-floor residential building are 8x12 inches, 12

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Civil Basic Concepts of Building

The document provides specifications for building construction including room dimensions, wall and beam sizes, and column sizes. A span of 13 feet between beams does not require support columns. Outer walls should be 8 inches thick while inner walls are 4 inches; room measurements are taken from inner walls. The ratio of slab thickness to beam width is 1 foot to 1 inch, with slab thickness including the beam and wall thicknesses. For a 20 foot span, the beam width should be about 16 inches with an additional 4 inches for the wall thickness. A minimum of 4-5 inches of wall thickness is required above beams as part of the total slab thickness. Recommended column sizes for a 3-floor residential building are 8x12 inches, 12

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The span involving a distance of 13 Ft. x 13 Ft. needs no support columns.

The Span is the distance between the two beams. The wall thickness at outside walls should be of 8 inches and inner walls will have thickness of 4 inches. While Measuring Rooms, Inner wall dimensions should be taken. The ratio of Slab Thickness to Beam width should be; Total Slab thickness / Beam Width = 1Ft. / 1inch. The Slab Thickness involves the Beam thickness and the wall thickness. Now lets consider a span of 20 Ft., then Beam Width should be nearly 16 inch and Additional 4 inch wall thickness. Atleast a Wall Thickness of 4 to 5 inch is to be maintained above the beam, resulting to total Slab Thickness. Column sizes for building undertaking 3 floors for residential Buildings should be; 1. 8 x 12 2. 12 x 12 3. 12 x 16

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