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 ...
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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- ...
Application of Lasers in Highway Engineering [PDF]
In this era of technology, the use of lasers has a very vast application in highway engineering. It is used for various purposes like road profiling, pavement surface deflection, bridge deflection, speed checkers, etc. These techniques have eased human efforts ...
Storage Silos – Types & Advantages [PDF]
A silo is a pit structure used to store bulk materials like cement, carbon black, woodchips, etc. in large industries. Based on the bulk material it carries, the silos can have several types like bunker silos, tower silos, etc. The ...
7 Uses of Natural Pozzolans in Concrete Applications [PDF]
Pozzolans can be blended with lime (or Portland cement) to produce blended cements that can replace pure Portland cement commonly used in building materials such as concrete, masonry block, masonry mortar, bricks, and other construction units. Utilization of natural pozzolans ...
Chemical Requirement of Aggregates as per European Standards [PDF]
The aggregates used in the production of concrete are inert granular materials such as gravel, crushed stone, sand, slag, recycled concrete, and geosynthetic aggregates. The aggregates may be natural, manufactured, or recycled. This article is in continuation of the article: Geometrical ...
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 ...
Intelligent Compaction [PDF]: Benefits and Limitations
Intelligent compaction is the compaction of road materials, such as the layers of soils, aggregate bases, or asphalt pavement materials, using advanced vibratory rollers armed with a unified measurement system, a computer reporting system, GPS-based mapping, and Optional Feedback Control ...
How to Install Natural Stone Cladding by Wet Method? [PDF]
In the wet stone method, the stone cladding adheres to the perimeter wall of the building by using wet mix like mortar or adhesives. The wet installation can be performed by two main methods-the Direct Adhesion Method and Spot Bonding ...
Methods to Install Natural Stone Cladding [PDF]
The natural stone cladding can be installed mainly by two methods, namely the wet installation method and dry installation method. Both the ways have their pros and cons, whose application is based on the objective and the wall conditions. The ...