Uses Of Stones | Stone As A Building Material | Stones | Construction Materials | By Ashutosh Nautiyal

Uses Of Stones

• Stones form one of the most important building materials which have a very great contribution to Civil Engineering. 

• Stones are also regarded as the principal materials for the foundation of Civil Engineering works. 

• Stones have been used in the construction of great monuments like Taj Mahal, Pyramids Of Egypt, The Great Wall Of China, etc. since the prehistoric age.

• Its use as a building material depends upon the nature of the work, type of the structural element in which it is to be used and its quality, availability and transportation cost.

Stone As A Building Material

So, the main uses of stone as a building material are as follows:-

• In the construction of walls, dams, arches and abutments.

• In stone masonry in places where it is naturally available.

• As a roofing material in the form of slates.

• As ballast for railway tracks.

• As a coarse aggregate in cement concrete.

• As a thin slab for paving.

• In the construction of highways and runways, as a soling material.

• As a veneer for decorative front and interior of buildings.

• Limestone for the manufacture of cement, as a flux in blast furnace and in the construction of important buildings like temples, churches and mosques.

*Self Typed
*Source- Internet, Books and Self-Analysis