Fire: Introduction, Basic concepts of fire protection, Fire as a process of combustion, planning for fire protection, fire resistance Ventilation and fuel controlled fire, process of combustion: flashover condition, effect of fire on construction material, design of fire resistance steel structure, concrete structure.

Fire safety: urban planning, escape and refuge, internal planning, detection and suppression Introduction to lift design, design of lift system, expected stop and floor of reversal, different cases, simulation, arrangements and escalators.

Introduction to flow system: water supply, constant demand, variable demand and diversity factor, control systems Flow in pipe networks and fixture units, design of water supply distribution system, flow in waste water pipes.

Introduction to HVAC: governing equations to HVAC process, numerical problem on HVAC system, psychometric chart, equation based approach Electrical systems: design of electrical systems, intelligent building, life cycle cost and basics of building maintenance, stages of maintenance management, planning for building maintenance, periodicity of maintenance management, estimation of repair cycle, cost profile of maintenance, lamp replacement, building inspection, planned and Ad-hoc maintenance.

Condition survey and health evaluation of buildings, diagnosis of building by visual survey, case studies of visual survey, effect of corrosion and alkali aggregate reaction, sampling and choice of test location Non-destructive testing, core strength test, carbonation and chloride measurement, electrical method of progress measurement Repair, rehabilitation, retrofit, periodicity and economics of condition survey, interpretation of test results.