This book is primarily aimed at Civil Engineers and Constructors who are involved in building and construction projects or in the quality control of construction materials. It is a fundamental handbook for students of engineering schools as it adequately covers the material that needs to be taught in the first semester of the curriculum according to the course plan. The authors have taught the theoretical and experimental course of construction materials in construction projects for several years.

The first part of the book refers to the basic theoretical knowledge that the engineer should have regarding widely used conventional and new technology structural materials.
In the second part, there is an extensive reference to the materials used for the renovation and repair of buildings and/or constructions, and the application of the most important non-destructive methods used in on-site quality control of construction materials is described. Then, the experimental methods for testing the properties of a newly built or under repair technical project are described. This section is useful for the laboratory part of the course.