This document provides an overview of planning and design considerations for building construction. It discusses general principles like providing adequate front, rear, and side open spaces per regulations. It also outlines structural elements of buildings like columns, beams, slabs, and footings. Analysis involves determining internal forces on members from loads. Design can be done using working stress, ultimate load, or limit state methods, with the latest code emphasizing limit state. Software like Staad and AutoCAD are useful tools for analysis and drawing plans.