It covers entire syllabus on Basic Civil Engineering. The author has tried to make it students friendly by providing neat sketches and illustrations with practical problems, wherever necessary. Author hopes that students and faculty will receive this book whole-heartedly. Corrections, if any and suggestions for improvement are welcome. The contents of the book include - Traditional Materials - Mortars - Concrete - Metals as Building Materials - Miscellaneous Building Materials - Building Planning - Foundations - Super structures - Dampness and its Prevention - Cost effective Construction Techniques in Mass Housing Schemes - Introduction to Surveying - Linear Measurements and Chain Surveying - Compass Surveying - Plane Table Surveying - Level and Levelling - Modern tools of Surveying - Mapping and Contouring - Areas and Volumes - Remote sensing and its Applications - Disaster Resistant Buildings - Disaster Management and Planning - Indian Standard Codes