The required load-carrying capacity of columns damaged due to earthquake can be regained by retrofitting the inclined columns. During earthquakes, the top and bottom parts of a column are most vulnerable to shear forces. If the forces are large, the ...
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Lakhta Center, Russia: Skyscraper of the Year
The Lakhta Center tower is a 462.7-m tall, 87-story building in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is presently the tallest skyscraper in Russia and Europe, and the fourteenth-tallest building in the world. The tower recently won the Emporis Skyscraper Award, the ...
How to Properly Splice Column Reinforcement as per Indian Standards?
Lap length or overlapping length is the length at which two bars of a column are spliced or overlapped in order to maintain the continuity of the bars throughout the length of the column. This method of overlapping two reinforcement ...
Tell Your Construction Site Story and Win Prizes
We, the constructors, build the world. We all have been in a position where our construction sites become everything to us. The attachment between a constructor and his construction site is something unparalleled and can’t be found in any other ...
How Climbing Formwork Makes Concrete Construction Easy?
Climbing formwork is a special type of formwork that rises along with the progress of vertical concrete construction. It can move on its own by using an electric or hydraulic jack. Such formworks are also called self-climbing formworks. It is ...
Machine Learning Software for Facade Inspection | Video Inside
Machine learning and artificial intelligence have long been in the construction industry to make some real impactful ripples. After almost two years of development in Thornton Tomasetti’s CORE lab, engineers have created a computer-vision, machine-learning algorithm known as the Thornton ...
Everything You Need to Know About Concrete Slabs in Building Construction
Concrete slabs are structural elements used to create flat horizontal surfaces, like floors, ceilings, and roof decks. They support and transfer the loads safely from columns to walls. They are commonly made of reinforced concrete with their top and bottom ...
Self-Assembling Robot Swarms to Form Bridges and Buildings: The Future of Construction
A swarm of robots turning themselves into bridges, buildings, vehicles, and what not! Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie? Not anymore. Researchers at MIT and the US Army are working on robot swarms, a bunch of mechanical metamaterials ...
How to Construct a Bored Pile Foundation?
Bored pile foundation or drilled shaft foundation is a commonly used foundation for supporting heavy vertical loads. It transfers the load to the soil below or rock strata with sufficient bearing capacity and reduces the settlement of the structure. The ...
Minimum and Maximum Reinforcement Ratio in Different Reinforced Concrete Members
The minimum reinforcement ratio is the lowest possible quantity of steel that should be embedded in structural concrete elements to prevent premature failure after losing the tensile strength. The minimum reinforcement ratio controls the cracking of concrete members. The maximum ...