GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (G.B.C) MODULE I
| Institution | TVET |
| Course | DIPLOMA IN CIVIL EN... |
| Year | 1st Year |
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HISTORY OF BUILDING
Introduction
Evolution of built envelopment
Building construction is the art of providing shelter to human being. It is the oldest industry
which started with the existence of man. This is because man had to protect himself from
atmospheric inconveniences such as rain, wind, sunshine, snow etc.
The first pre historic man who lived during Stone Age lived in caves which were either
excavated on stone or on firm grounds. The excavation tools being sharp stones or sharpened
pieces of wood.
As man continued to become more civilized there came to existence of constructed shelters such
as traditional grass thatched houses with mud walls e.g. maasai manyattas, the Eskimo igloos etc.
Today we have modern construction technology in building industry with very much diversified
fields such as:-
- Masonry / concreting
- Plumbing / drainage works
- Carpentry / joinery
- Painting
- Electrical works
- Air conditioning
- Gases installation
- Tilling
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