Building Material – Stone & Uses of Stone – part 1

Building Stone :

A natural material of construction obtained from rocks by any suitable method is call Stone & which is used for construction of structure called Building Stone. Stones are naturally occurring (compact, solid & massive ) building material.  

Building Stone are obtained from a quarry by disintegration of Rocks. The Good Stone are not easily & cheaply available everywhere/ every state & are difficult to handle because of heavy in weight.

Uses :

 Now a  days , brick in cement mortar & cement concrete are replacing stone as a building material.

1. Construction of heavy & permanent engineer structure such as dam, docks, harbours, light houses, abutments & pier of bridges etc.
2. Their uses for building work in hilly areas, where a good quality of stone is easily & cheaply available.
3. Stones used as an aggregates for concrete.
4. Slabs for paving floors.
5. Flags for paving streets.
6. Ballast in railway tracks.
7. Road Metal
8. The pyramids of Egypt , The Temple of Jagannathpuri, The Taj Mahal ,The Red Fort ,The great China Wall etc.  hundred of historical building are made of stones.