High-performance concrete (HPC) is produced by careful selection and proportioning of its constituents namely cement, sand, gravel, cementitious materials such as fly ash; silica fume; and slag, and chemical admixtures for instance high range water reducing admixtures. The strength and ...
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Top Unique and Creative Ideas for Staircase Design
Design of staircases is now performed in the ways that are vastly different from conventional construction ideas. New principles of modern architecture are now applied to the design of staircases. Instead of simply considering a staircase just as a connection ...
Types and Uses of Tractors as Construction Equipment
A tractor is a versatile earth moving equipment that finds many uses at a construction site. While its primary purpose is to pull or push loads, it is also used as a mount for many types of accessories, such as ...
What is Operating Cost of an Equipment?
The operating cost of construction equipment comes into play only when the machine starts to operate. The operating cost is dependent on the period of operation (hours), location of the construction site, the site conditions under which the machine is ...
Construction Equipment – When to Buy, Rent or Lease?
When mobilizing your construction equipment for a project site, the enigma whether to buy, rent or lease must be tackled in a very sane and judicious way. Important questions pertaining to the duration of the need for equipment, the number ...
Different Sources of Water in Concrete
Every concrete design follows a specific amount of water quantity. But there are some important sources of water other than the designed that can contribute to an increase in water content of the concrete. This unknown water content is detrimental ...
What are Infiltration Galleries?
An infiltration gallery is a subsurface source of water used for a water supply system whose structure is like a horizontal drain that is positioned below the water table so that it collects the groundwater. It collects the subsurface sources ...
Common Wall Materials: Composition, Properties, and Applications
There are different materials with different composition and properties which are used to construct a wall. The functions or duties of the wall, which are either load-bearing or non-loading bearing, determine its construction materials types such as various types of ...
Road Studs – Types, Requirement, and Placement
The road studs are retro-reflective supplements used in the road to improve visibility at night time and adverse weather conditions. Road studs serve the purpose of speed arrestor before junction/crossings/end of the flyover section wherein road crashes are prevalent. In ...
How to Replace Damaged Concrete Members in Structures?
The replacement of damaged concrete elements requires demolition and removal of existing structural elements and their substitution with new members. The demolition process is carried out after proper jacking is applied to relieve imposed loads on the damaged structural member. ...