Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants in the world and has many uses including construction, handicrafts, and as a food source. It is a light, strong, and versatile building material but requires preservation treatments to prevent insect and fungus damage. While bamboo has advantages such as being environmentally friendly and accessible to poor communities, it also has disadvantages like needing jointing techniques to improve its structural strength and being prone to catching fire.

3.  Bamboo is a building material
which is used for the
construction of scaffolding,
bridges and structures,
houses.
 It is one of the fastest-growing
plants in the world.
What is Bamboo?

4. General Uses:
• Creating a flack line in traditional forests-due to
the huge content of silica.
• The shoots are edible.
• Building and construction.
• Small scale and cottage industries, for
handicrafts and other products.
• New generation products as wood substitutes.
• Industrial products.

5. Tensile strength
Fire resistance
Shrinking
Bending strength
Elastic modulus
Shearing strength
Compressive
Strength
Properties:

6. Different works involved with
use of bamboo:
1. Splitting of bamboo 2. Shaping of
bamboo
3.Bending of
bamboo

7. Different works involved with use of
bamboo:
Splitting of bamboo: The Bamboo Canes Are Split Into Halves Or Quarter Section Using
A Knife Ideal For The Jov And Setting Them Apart By A Wedge.
Shaping of bamboo: Even Though Bamboos Are Naturally Circular In Form But If They
Are Grown In A Box Of Square Shape They Acquire A Shape As Desired.
Bending of bamboo: It Can Be Bent While They Are Freshly Cut By Temperature Of 150˚C

8. There is a very limited use of bamboo as foundation
material because when in contact wirh moisture laden
surface they decay fast.However, this issue can be tackled
to quite an extent though proper treatment using
appropriate chemicals.
The various types of foundation constructed with
bamboo are,
 Bamboo fixed to rock or performed concrete
footings.
 Composite bamboo or concrete columns.
 Bamboo piles.
Bamboo for foundation:

9. Bamboo for walls:
Bamboo is extensively used
for construction of walls and
partitions. Posts and beams
are the main elements
normally constructed with
bamboo provide structural
framework for walls. An infill
is used between framing
elements to add strength and
stability to the walls.

10. Bamboo is one of the best
roofing materials and provides
ample sturdiness to the
structure. It is a proven shield
against forces of nature or
animals and are considerably
light weighted which makes
them easy to install. The
bamboo roofs include purlins,
rafters and trusses.
Bamboo for roofing:

11. Due to advantageous properties of
bearing heavy load bamboos are
considered as one of the highly-
endorsed materials for scaffolding
even for tall structures. For the
construction of scaffolding, cane
extensions are obtained by lashing
cane ends using several ropes. The
ties are positioned in such a way that
forces acting vertically downwards
lodge the nodes in the lashing. This
technique has immense significance
since the joints can be re-aligned in
Bamboo for scaffolding:

12. Preservation methods:
1.NON CHEMICAL METHODS OR TRADITIONAL
METHOD:
It is otherwise known as traditional methods of
preservation are widely used by villagers . This method
includes ,
curing
smoking
whitewashing
soaking.

13.  Butt treatment
 Open tank method for cold soaking
 Hot and cold bath process
 Pressure treatment
 Glue line treatment
2.Chemical methods:

14. Challenges to the Use of Bamboo as a Material for Building
Construction:
i.Structure :
Some bamboos not to be very straight, having inconsistent
diameters,
thickness, and showing marked tapering. These features serve as a
challenge
for building construction.
ii.Insect and Fungi Attack:

15. Remedies to the Challenges of Bamboo as a Building
Material:
i.Non-fixed preservatives:
Boron salt+water ----->prevents mould ,fungi and termites
ii.Preservatives of the fixing type :
This type of chemical preservation of bamboo involves the use of a
various mixture of different chemicals in a quantitative ratio which
interacts with each other and becomes chemically fixed.

16. •Light, strong and
versatile.
•Light, strong, versatile.
•Environment friendly.
•Accessible to the poor.
•Self renewing resource
•Fast growing.
•Highly productive.
Advantages of Bamboo:

17. •Requires preservation
•Shaped by nature
•Jointing- although many jointing
techniques exist, their structural
efficiency is low.
•Lack of design guidance and
codes.
•Prone to catch fire very fast by
the friction mid the fuels during
wind, and is seen to cause forest
fires.
Disadvantages of Bamboo:

18. Since time immemorial, bamboo has played an
important role in the development of mankind.
It is used for a wide range of day-to-day
purposes, both as a woody material and as
food.
It has been the backbone of much of the
world’s rural life and will remain so as the
population increases.
Conclusion: