The cost of construction materials including steel is increasing continuously over the years and houses are becoming unaffordable for common man. Therefore in order to provide shelter to economically deprived persons of the society it is necessary to go either for alternate construction materials with conventional construction technique or to adopt conventional materials with alternate construction technique to reduce the cost of structure. In the present research work the first option i.e. alternate construction materials with conventional construction technique had been employed with the objective to utilize bamboo sticks of different shape of cross section as a substitute of steel bars in slab.
Bamboo, Reinforcement, Slab, Concrete, Dial Gauge, Hydraulic Jack Deflection, Crack Pattern
