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UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING
KEY NOTES FOR CHECKING OF DRAWINGS : 1. NECESSITY FOR CHECKING OF DRAWINGS : § Often. The site engineer requires drawings for a...
Myths on Beam construction – Challenge to overcome
With natural hazards like earthquake or high speed storms hitting various parts of country more frequently, such load bearing wall...
Wrong Myths On Column Construction – A Challenge To Overcome
Introduction What is Column? Column is a vertical compression member which transmits load of the structure to foundations (Fig 2). They...
Different Failures in RCC Buildings
1.0 Introduction In small residential buildings the quality of construction is seldom questionable. The reason varies from poor building...
28-Days Strength of Concrete in 15 Minutes
Determination of compressive strength of concrete, either accelerated or normal 28-days, takes such a long time that remedial action for...
Mix Design and Pumped Concrete
A simple method of concrete mix design for pumpable concrete based on an estimated weight of the concrete per unit volume is described in...
Understanding Nominal and Design Mixes
Cement concrete in India on large scale is being used since the last about 70 years. In the early days the following nominal ratio by...
What is Concrete Strength and what are the factors affecting it?
Concrete Strength Cement like water, aggregates and some times admixtures is one of the ingredient of concrete. The mixing of these...
Roof Waterproofing By Brick Bat Coba
INTRODUCTION Waterproofing is a treatment of a surface or structure to prevent the passage of water under hydrostatic pressure....
Thumb rules for designing a Column layout
Guidelines to be followed for making a column layout In this article, we will go through the essential thumb rules to be followed for...
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