This book was edited by Prof. Prabhubhai K. Patel (Emeritus Professor of Architecture from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (Oldest Technical Institution of Asia) and Prof. Gabriel Fadairo, a Professor of Architecture at the School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. It was written according to the syllabus of students studying in Architecture, Civil Engineering and Building Management.

This book covers all ingredients needed for a student to pass the course of Building Components, Services and Materials in the curriculum of Bachelor of Architecture, B.Tech (Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Building Engineering). It further gives the importance of building services in housing and the maintenance of a favourable health condition of building dwellers. The proper channelization of waste water by providing drains of adequate sizes and roads with surfaces sloping to drains and avoiding erosion is also included.

It is a book written to educate people on the essence of building services in their homes and the reason why they should be proper maintenance. The recommendation in this book will help the government of India to determine the need to subsidise the components of building services for people to be able to afford it in their houses.