Many naturally occurring substances, such as clay, rocks, sand, and wood, even twigs. Identify high-carbon intensive building materials to avoid and suggest greener, alternative materials (2019-2020). He also serves on the editorial board or as a reviewer for a number of national and international journals. Building material is any material which is used for construction purposes. Das is an associate member of the American Concrete Institute and part of the International Faculty Network Committee launched by the ACI Education Foundation in 2009. Materials CED 13: Building Construction Practices including Painting, Varnishing and Allied. Construction building materials: commentary, June 2021. In recent times, the global construction industry has been buoyed by rising infrastructure spend and increasing housing starts, especially in emerging economies. SP 21 (2005): Summaries of Indian Standards for Building. Statistics and analysis on the construction sector for June 2021. His research focuses on the sustainability of construction and building materials, which include the microstructure characterization of materials, non-destructive testing of concrete structures, corrosion of reinforcement and durability studies on concrete, and sustainability in construction project management. The future of chemicals and advanced materials in buildings and construction 4 The fate of construction CAMs remains inevitably tied to the trajectory of the overall construction industry. Building Construction and Materials Notes - By. He has worked as a postdoctoral research associate and adjunct faculty member at the Department of Civil Engineering at Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan. Building Construction and Materials Notes - By. Before joining the NITK, he served as center head for the National Institute of Construction Management and Research, Goa and Indore Campus. Bibhuti Bhusan Das is currently an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal.