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What is full form of SP in Indian standard code?
hi, SP - Special Publication According to BIS, it is a special piblication of IS(Indian Standard). IS :456:2000 (PRACTICE CODE FOR PLAIN AND REINFORCED) SP-34 (HANDBOOK ON CONCRETE AND REINFORCEMENT DETAILING)
hi, SP – Special Publication According to BIS, it is a special piblication of IS(Indian Standard).
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What is the reason behind the initial setting time of cement should not be less that 30min.?
Initial setting time of various types of cement: The value of the initial setting time is different for a different type of cement. The initial setting time of Quick setting cement is only 5 minute. The initial setting time of low heat cement is 60 minutes But usually, another type of cement has 30mRead more
Initial setting time of various types of cement:
Please refer the above image for knowing the values of initial setting time and final setting time for various types of cement.
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See lessWhat are the technical question generally asked in interview of highway company?
Hello Sir ! Recently I'm in my bachelor's but once I visited my uncle's highway company. So, there I was asked some interview questions related to highway. I want to share some of it here; - What is highway engineering and it's importance? - Describe super elevation and set-back distance. - Why tranRead more
Hello Sir ! Recently I’m in my bachelor’s but once I visited my uncle’s highway company. So, there I was asked some interview questions related to highway. I want to share some of it here;
– What is highway engineering and it’s importance?
– Describe super elevation and set-back distance.
– Why transition curve is provided?
– Describe history of highway engineering.
– What is carriageway?
Thank you!
See lessWhat is a Tender and How to Prepare Tender Documents in Construction?
I’ll better explain this with an example. Imagine Mr. X as PWD engineer. According to assurances of politicians to public, construction of a highway within a region will be taken up. Now, it is the responsibility of Mr X to take up the construction activities. Now to do this construction, no governmRead more
I’ll better explain this with an example.
Imagine Mr. X as PWD engineer. According to assurances of politicians to public, construction of a highway within a region will be taken up. Now, it is the responsibility of Mr X to take up the construction activities.
Now to do this construction, no government servants are available readily. Bulldozers, rollers, laborers..not readily available. Hence the project will be awarded to a contractor. Just like you give contract for construction of your house to a mestri or an Engineer. Except here Mr X cannot directly award the contract to any contractor according to his/her wish and will (quite practical huh!).
So what Mr. X does is, he/she will call for a tender through newspapers and/or online for the construction of highway. Tender is a document, in a very general sense, indicating money that Mr X is ready to spend on construction of highway. He will quote the max amount.
Now different contractors will “bid” their amount (based on their infrastructure and technologies) to the above mentioned project and (technically. Ahem!) project will be awarded to that contractor who quotes lowest bid (less than tender amount obviously).
All government civil engineering projects like govt schools, hospitals,dams,roads…any construction activity runs on same lines. This is very very generalized answer. there are quite many other factors involved in this.
See lessWhy only cylinders shape were used to test Split Tensile Strength of Concrete?
Tensile test is done on cylinder because only cylinders can be held under pure tension by applying a compressive load. That will only happen if it was under pure tension. If we take any other prismatic shape such as square cross section cylinder, the failure will be via compression but not tension.
Tensile test is done on cylinder because only cylinders can be held under pure tension by applying a compressive load. That will only happen if it was under pure tension. If we take any other prismatic shape such as square cross section cylinder, the failure will be via compression but not tension.
See lessWhy cubes are tested at 3, 7 and 28 days for the Compressive Test?
Cubes are tested at 3 , 7 and 28 days for the compressive test to gain more strength.
Cubes are tested at 3 , 7 and 28 days for the compressive test to gain more strength.
See lessWhat is Golden Ratio? How can we find out the Golden Ratio of any rectangular shaped body?
The Golden Ratio is an irrational number with never-ending infinite numbers of digits, 1.618033988749895..., which are highly confusing and misleading. It is a linear number and represents only two dimensions of the object. Drawing It Here is one way to draw a rectangle with the Golden Ratio: Draw aRead more
The Golden Ratio is an irrational number with never-ending infinite numbers of digits, 1.618033988749895…, which are highly confusing and misleading. It is a linear number and represents only two dimensions of the object.
Drawing It
Here is one way to draw a rectangle with the Golden Ratio:
Then you can extend the square to be a rectangle with the Golden Ratio.
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Srinivas Anumala
Map is a drawing showing the geographical features, facilities, roads, places, water bodies etc.. (natural & built) preferably covering large areas of land & waters. Plan is a drawing showing the proposed construction / development indicating the dimensions / measurements for further implemeRead more
Map is a drawing showing the geographical features, facilities, roads, places, water bodies etc.. (natural & built) preferably covering large areas of land & waters.
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