Introduction to Building Technology

The term building refers to any human made structure used or intended
for supporting or sheltering any used or continuous occupancy. The technology
of construction of building has grow beyond and as a result, it has been
possible to apply materials in some ways and using techniques which seam
possible many years

ago. Building comes in a wide amount of shapes and
functions and have adapted through history for a wide number of factors from
building materials available, to weather condition to land prices ground
condition, specific uses and authentic reasons

              
Buildings serve several needs of society, primarily as shelters from
weather and as a general living space to provide privacy, to store belonging
and to comfortably live and work.
A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human
habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the outside (a place that at times
may be harsh and harmful)
However, other attachment other than just for shelter was adopted. Ever
since the first paintings, building have also become object or canvasses
artistic expression. In recent years, interest in sustainable planning and
buildings practices has also become part of the design process of many new
buildings. Nowadays, different countries now have different guide to engineers
and builders and even the architects in construction methodologies. In
construction attention should be given to the kind of material to be used based
on the strength. The reason of studying strength of materials should be
considered because it depends on maters pattering to buildings like force,
load, stress and deformation e.t.c that can affect a building.
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