Stair nosings are protruding profile strips fitted on the edge of steps to provide an anti-slip surface. The nose of a step is the part of a stair where people tend to put their feet and weight on. Therefore, it ...
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How to Install/Fix Ceiling Covers? [PDF]
The ceiling cover is fixed onto the ceiling to give decorative appearances, conceal projections(such as beams occurring underneath floor slab), provide a false ceiling, obtain special acoustic effects, insulation against heat and cold, etc. The ceiling can be covered using ...
How to Handle Construction Mistakes at Site? [PDF]
Handling or management of construction activity is crucial to prevent the occurrence of construction mistakes at sites. Smallest precautionary steps can help save gigantic losses. These construction errors can appear due to poor-quality material, poor workmanship, inadequate monitoring, etc. So, ...
How to Construct a Manhole? [PDF]
A manhole or an inspection chamber is an underground unit constructed to provide access to the utilities like a sewer system, drainage system, etc. Hence, with the help of a manhole, underground utilities are inspected, modified, cleaned, and maintained. In ...
What are Construction Site Layout Considerations? [PDF]
Many considerations need to be accounted for while setting the layout of the construction site, for example, considerations for site access, offices and accommodations, storage area, plants, temporary services, fencing, health, and safety. The objective of a site layout is ...
How to do Anti-Termite Treatment in a Building by Chemical Treatment? [PDF]
Anti-termite treatment is a chemical procedure carried out for soil, masonry, wood, and electrical fixtures to provide the building with a chemical barrier against the subterranean or wood-nesting termites before and after construction. In this article, we discuss how to ...
How Prefabrication can help build Emergency Buildings? [PDF]
With the outbreak of Covid-19 in many countries, there is an increasing and urging demand for isolation facilities and hospitals. When China built two hospitals, both within 9-10 days, everyone wondered if the same could be done in their country- ...
Concrete Sealing Compounds – Features & Types [PDF]
Concrete sealing compounds or concrete sealers are liquids applied on the hardened concrete surface to prevent the penetration of deicing solutions, carbon-di-oxide, acids, water, etc. into the concrete. The penetration of such materials results in corrosion of reinforcing steel and ...