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  1. Asked: August 9, 2020In: Construction Site Related

    How to Check the Strength of the Brick at Site?

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    Added an answer on August 10, 2020 at 8:50 pm

    This is a common building construction material. Nowadays concrete bricks are taking the place of traditional bricks. Traditional bricks are used for two types of walls. The testing of brick is the same for its uses in any type of wall. Partition wall Load-bearing wall Following are the site tests tRead more

    This is a common building construction material. Nowadays concrete bricks are taking the place of traditional bricks.

    Traditional bricks are used for two types of walls. The testing of brick is the same for its uses in any type of wall.

    1. Partition wall
    2. Load-bearing wall

    Following are the site tests to check the good quality of bricks:

    1. Edges of bricks should be sharp and the surface should be scratch resistant.
    2. All the bricks are of the same size
    3. Bricks must have a size of standard brick i.e 19 cm X 9 CM x 9 CM. To check the length breadth and height take randomly 20 bricks and observe its edges.
    4. A good brick should have a bright and uniform color.
    5. soundness test on brick: select 2 random bricks and stuck with each other so that the clear and ringing bell sound must be produced. It indicates a good and strong brick.
    6. Structure and material of bricks: select any randomly break and crack it from the middle then observe the inner portion. It must be free from any type of lumps and materials compacted homogeneously.
    7. Efflorescence test: Bricks must be free from any types of salts. Take a brick and placed it in water for 24 hours. Take the brick out and dry it in a shade. After some time of drying if any white substance produced on the brick it indicates the amount of salt present inside bricks. This type of bricks must be avoided for construction
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  2. Asked: December 18, 2018In: Construction

    Which cement is best for concrete slab construction? OPC or PPC?

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    Added an answer on August 10, 2020 at 8:45 pm

    Generally, Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) is used in the factories, power plants and in large construction slabs. Portland pozzolana cement (PPC) is used for the construction of houses, schools, and residential building slabs. PPC is cheaper than ordinary Portland cement. Thus to reduce the buildingRead more

    Generally, Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) is used in the factories, power plants and in large construction slabs.

    Portland pozzolana cement (PPC) is used for the construction of houses, schools, and residential building slabs. PPC is cheaper than ordinary Portland cement. Thus to reduce the building making cost, PPC should be adopted.

    Both the PPC and OPC cement is used in the construction of slabs.

    Portland pozzolana cement is Better resistant to sulfate attacks. Thus PPC is used in underwater construction where water has some amount of sulfur quantity. Its setting time is higher than OPC.

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