Innovative Research in Building Construction


Innovative Research in Building Construction construction is a peer-reviewed Journal that covers all topics related to Building construction i.e., Building Materials, Brick Masonry, Damp Proofing, Doors, Windows, Lintel & Arches, Stair Cases Based on Materials Used, Flooring and their Construction, Roof And Roof Covering Materials, Plastering, Pointing and Painting, Rate Analysis and Estimation and Building Rooms and Materials and many more.

The scope of the Journal covers Research Articles, Review Articles, Methodology Articles, Short Communications, Case Study/ Case Reports, Research Reports, Monographs, Special Issues, Editorials research articles, Reviews, short communications and scientific commentaries in all the areas of building construction. The Journal publishes original research papers. All contributions to the journal are rigorously refereed and are selected on the basis of quality and originality of the work. The Journal publishes the most significant new research papers or any other original contribution in the form of reviews and reports on new concepts in all areas pertaining to its scope and research being done in the world, thus ensuring its scientific priority and significance.


Editor-in-Chief

 Mr. Manjunatha .M
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte(Autonomous Institution)

Editorial Board Members

Dr. Amit Malik
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
ABESIT College of Enginerring, Ghaziabad

Dr. R.S. Mishra 
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
ANA College of Engineering, Bareilly

Mr. P.K.Shastry 
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
B.M. Institute Of Engineering & Technology, Haryana

Dr. Ranjan Singh
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
PRPS Group of Institutions, Puranpur
Email: r_singh@prps.org.in

Dr. B. N. D. Narasinga Rao 
Professor & Head, Civil Engineering
Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology & Sciences (ANITS)
Visakhapatnam-AndhraPradesh
Email: narasingarao1965@gmail.com

DR. OBI Lawrence E. 
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
IMO State University, IMO State
Nigeria
Email: engrlawobi@yahoo.com

Dr. Mohammad Arif Kamal
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Email: architectarif@gmail.com

Dr. Ramani Bai V
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
UCSI University Kuala Lumpur Campus, West Malaysia
Email: vramanibai@gmail.com

Mr. Sunny Tawar
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Technology
Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana
Email: sunnytoor7771@gmail.com

Mr. Nitin Tiwari
Research Scholar, Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
Email: nitintiwari077@gmail.com

Prof. Mahadeva M
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
R N S Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Email: mahadevm10@gmail.com

Mr. Manoj Kumar Varshaney
Professor & Head, Civil Engineering
D.N. Polytechnic Meerut College
Meerut, Uttar pradesh
Email: manojvarshaney17@rediffmail.comm

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After an editor receives a manuscript, the first step is to check that the manuscript for quality, originality, validity and whether appropriate method has been followed. If it does, then the editor moves to the next step, which is peer review. Peer review is the critical assessment of manuscripts submitted to journals by experts who are usually not part of the editorial staff. The editor will send the manuscript to two or more reviewers. The peer reviewers will then prepare a report that assesses the manuscript, and return it to the editor.

After reading the peer reviewer's report, the editor will decide to do one of three things: reject the manuscript, accept the manuscript, or ask the authors to revise and resubmit the manuscript after responding to the peer reviewers’ feedback. If the authors resubmit the manuscript, editors will sometimes ask the same peer reviewers to look over the manuscript again to see if their concerns have been addressed. This is called re-review.

The final decision on the manuscript is taken by the editor. Only when there are any conflict issues, the editor-in-chief of the journal is involved.

Journal decision-making process

After a paper is submitted to a journal, the journal editor screens the manuscript and decides whether rejected if it is found to be of insufficient quality, outside focus and scope of the Journal or if they are considered not original.

Editors-in-chief have full authority over the entire editorial content of the journal and the timing of publication of that content with no interference from journal owners. Editors should defend the confidentiality of authors and peer reviewers (names and reviewer comments).

Author will receive prompt acknowledgement of submission of articles. If acknowledgement is not received within two weeks, please contact the Administrative Office, preferably by e-mail.

AUTHOR GUIDELINES



The manuscript should be in English and prepared on the following lines:- Title: Title should be brief, specific and informative, the scientific name(s) in italics/underlined.

Authors: Names of authors to be typed, in capitals unaccompanied by their degrees, titles etc.

Address: Address of the institution where the work was carried out is given below the name(s) of author(s). Present address of correspondence should be given as footnote indicating by asterisk the mark (*), the author to whom the correspondence is to be addressed.

Abstract: The Abstract should be informative and completely self-explanatory, briefly present the topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant data, and point out major findings and conclusions. The Abstract should be in about 100 to 150 words. Standard nomenclature should be used and abbreviations should be avoided. No literature should be cited.

Key words: Following the abstract, key words not more than 8 (Eight ) that will provide indexing references should be listed and in alphabetical order.

Introduction: This should be brief and the review of the literature should be relevant to the theme of the paper. Extensive review and unnecessary detail of earlier work should be avoided.

Materials and Methods: It should describe an appropriate methodology etc. but if known methods have been adopted, only references are cited. It should comprise an experimental design and techniques with experimental area and institutional with year of experiment.

Results and Discussion: It should be combined to avoid repetition. The results should not be repeated in both tables and figures. The discussion should relate to the significance of the observations.

Conclusion and Acknowledgement: Table numbers should be followed by the title of the table, Line drawings/photographs should contain figure number and description thereof. The corresponding number(s) of Tables, Figures etc should quote in the text. Size of tables and figures should be below 1 MB.

References: Author(s) – Family name and initials. Title of article (Italics). Title of Journal (Abbreviated) , Publication year; Volume (Issue): Pages.

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3.. Srivastava N, Diwakar M. Evaluation of Nanostructured Metal Ceramic Coatings for solar thermal Applications. Psychol Sport Exerc. 2007;10(4):422–34p. doi:10.1014/j.psychsport.2007.03.007. (Electronic article – with DOI number)Page/Line.

Number: Authors are requested to mention Page number and Line number to each line in the MS for easy and quick review. Text Alignment, line spacing, word count, figures, tables etc. must be as per format.

Vol 1, No 1 (July- Dec) (2021)


Assessment of Quality of Cement Brands Used in the Nigerian Construction Industry
Obi Lawrence E


This research work is a cutting edge as an effort and contribution in national development as it concerns Nigerian construction industry. The focus of this work is the investigation of the quality of Portland cement that is most commonly used in the Nigerian construction Industry. Four brands of ordinary Portland cement commonly available in Nigeria were investigated through series of tests such as fineness, workability (slump) and compression and tests conducted to determine their physical, economic and strength characteristics. They were examined to know if there were disparities in the quality of cement that are being used for construction through comparative analysis vis-à-vis the minimum standard as stipulated by the various International and Nigerian standards. The brands of cement considered were labeled as W, X, Y and Z which were assessed using fine aggregates from a river source in Akpugo, Enugu state and coarse aggregates from quarry site in Amofia Ngbo Ebonyi state and portable water from a verified water distribution system. The mean compressive strengths of the four brands for the concrete ages of 7, 14, 21 and 28 days were found to be within the standards. The cement brand Y and W had compressive strengths of 18.84 N/mm2 and 17.16 N/mm2 respectively.
Comparison of Storey Drift, Storey Displacement and Base Shear for Different Structural Systems
Javed Ul Islam, Ishfaq Ul Abass


In the current age, with the development of skyscraper buildings, earthquake engineering has a vital role to play in designing. In skyscraper structural design, lateral load ((i.e. wind or earthquake loads) are mainly responsible for storey drift and base shear. Shear wall & bracing system are provided as a structural element used to resist lateral forces parallel to the plane of the wall. Shear wall and bracing have highly in plane stiffness and strength which can be used to simultaneously resist the base shear and storey displacement. The main objectives of this study are to compute the; a) Storey drift and storey displacement for different models. b) Lateral load and base shear for different models. In this research analysis of G+9 and G+19 RC-frame with and without shear wall & bracing structures are taken into considerations using the STADD Pro. The various parameters are taken as storey drift, storey displacement and base shear.
Analysis of a Mid-rise Building Frame Considering Lateral Forces: A Review
Rahul Singh Parihar, Mayank Gupta, Sandeep Gupta


As the improvement rate and masses rate both are growing rapidly in our country, progression of tall structure is getting popular with the manner of thinking of high people settlement rate. In arranging of tall structure fashioners are focusing on security for which they are considering sidelong powers and giving equal weight restricting people, and focusing fundamentally on the joints and affiliation which are causing dissatisfactions. Examination mechanical assemblies and advance advances have been made which are making such huge tasks especially basic for the fashioner. In this paper we are discussing the past investigates done related to examination of helper people where joint assessment and their dissatisfaction reasons are thought about using examination gadgets.
Literature Review on Behavior of Externally Bonded RC Beams Using CFRP Composites
Sankil Jain, Sandeep Gupta, Shailendra Prasad Tiwari


This paper explores the flexural behavior of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) strengthened reinforced concrete (RC) beams of M-20 grade of concrete. The experimental programs consists of strengthening and testing of simply supported rectangular beam of size 150mm X 150mm X 700 mm strengthened with CFRP sheets. For flexural strengthening of RC beams, total eight beams were cast and tested over an effective span of 600 mm up to failure under static loads. Seven beams were strengthened with bonded CFRP fabric in single layer which are parallel to beam axis with different pattern and tested until failure; the remaining one beam was used as control beam. Static responses of all the beams were evaluated in terms of strength, load vs displacement curve and the associated failure modes. The theoretical strength and the load - displacement response of the strengthened beams and control beams were predicted by using FEA software ANSYS 14. Comparison has been made between the numerical (ANSYS 14) and the experimental results. The results show that the strengthened beams exhibit increased flexural strength, load carrying capacity, and composite action until failure. Thus it is a feasible method for strengthening and retrofitting of RC beams.
An Experimental Analysis on the Strength by Using Marble Dust and Rural Waste Fibers
Rinky Ojha, Rajeev Arya


Experiments were conducted on concrete cubes with various percentages of marble dust and fibers as Cement. When the cement is replaced with 8% marble powder gives the optimum compressive strength. The steel fiber reinforced concrete gives 21.22% compressive strength increase with addition of 1% steel fiber with 8% of marble powder volume of concrete with compared with normal mix. The nylon fiber reinforced concrete gives 11.79% compressive strength increase with addition of 0.75% nylon fiber with 8% of marble powder volume of concrete with compared with normal mix. The jute fiber reinforced concrete gives 8.59% compressive strength increase with addition of 0.75% jute fiber with 8% of marble powder volume of concrete with compared with normal mix. So by the above observation a saving 5.69% in the cost of cement can be achieved by using steel fiber, 6.6% using nylon and 9.02% total cost saving in the concrete. The percentage of increase compared with control concrete for M20 respectively.
Delay factors in Construction Industry using Relative Importance Index: Case of India
Ayushi Shrivastava, Prof. Sandeep Gupta,Prof. Mrunal Patle

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