Buildings: residential, high-rise and industrial
What it is
Enclosed structures for living, work and industry, from houses to towers and factory sheds.
How it works
Loads from floors and roof pass through slabs to beams, columns or walls and down to foundations. Tall buildings also need walls or cores to resist wind and earthquake.
Diagram: Indiacon original, not to scale.
Main components
Foundations, columns, beams, slabs, shear walls or cores, roof, and for sheds steel portal frames and trusses.
Key codes
IS 456, IS 800, IS 875, IS 1893, IS 13920, National Building Code of India. Cited by number only; get the text from BIS or the issuing body.
Notable projects
Burj Khalifa (UAE); industrial sheds in Indian manufacturing corridors.