Ashokkumar

• Aug 6th, 2011

In case of getting less clearance height between floor & ceiling inverted beams are recommended also will reduce considerable amount of cost in wall construction's.

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W.C. slab is generally are sunk by about 50 cm. below general floor level for Indian type water closet. What is the term called and what is the purpose of this?

AShok

• Aug 6th, 2011

To facilitate a good ornamental view & to conceal all pipe lines regarding to W.C etc

sumaira

• Jul 23rd, 2011

It is called the trap and it is provided so as to avoid the risk of blast of the pipelines due to gases liberated in stools

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Scofield

• Aug 11th, 2011

CBR test for determining the bearing strength of the base layer.

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What is the reason of cracks developing between the joints of concrete beams and block walls

Vikas Bamal

• Aug 31st, 2011

Cracks appear in the wall due to one or more of the following reasons:

No good material used in beam construction.
Vibrator not used in concreting.
Blocks are not laid in Header Strecher method.
Vertical joints in blocks are in one layer.
Joints are not used in blocks wall.

ashokkumar

• Aug 6th, 2011

Due to the different cooefficiency of thermal expansion of concrete & Block/Brick, Upon the completion of every building there will be a settlement in foundation which also may cause cracks in joints.

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What is RCC?What is the diferenec between between RCC and cement concrete

Vikas Bamal

• Aug 31st, 2011

Full form of R.C.C is Reinfored cement concrete.
Full form of C.C is Cement concrete.

rcc bear the both compressive & tensile load but cc bear only compressive load.
rcc mostly used in heavy construction but cc not used in heavy construction.

aditya

• Aug 26th, 2011

Rcc stands for reinforced cement concrete . here concrete is reinforced with steel whereas normal cement concrete has got no reinforcement in it. rcc is used for mega structures as it can bear tensile forces also whereas normal cement concrete cannot bear tensile forces and take heavy loads

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Design for RCC multistoried building step by step process

Vikas Bamal

• Aug 31st, 2011

Type of underground water, soil. Type of seismic Test reports of water & soil. Test reports of aprroved material such as - cement, aggregate. sand etc. Nos. & size of columns, beams, slabs etc. Types of loads such as - live load, dead load. Type of climate.

DEEPAK MANCHEKAR

• Jul 18th, 2011

Soil testing report ,Test report for materials to use for construction like cement, aggregate, sand, steel, bricks. How many floors are construct in the building, Any special features and elevation to...

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What is Open Foundation?

bassam abu zuaiter

• Sep 4th, 2011

1 Drawing plans for execution the foundation
2 Preparing the ground for execution
3 Complete documentation about the foundation soil (under and over) the foundation soil
4 Preparation the machines and skill people for opening the work for foundation

engnjado

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• May 13th, 2009

Shallow Foundation

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kumaresan

• Sep 29th, 2011

To find the comp strength and splitting tensile strength by applying the comp force in longitudinal side..

Suhairali M

• Sep 27th, 2011

7th and 28th days tests are usually carried out for cc cubes for analyzing if they get enough strength as required characteristic compressive strength. (7 days- around 20 mpa...and 28 days- around 32 mpa)

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KUMARESAN

• Sep 29th, 2011

Ultimate resisting capacity of the soil per m2 area,load from the any structure

Ramzi Nunu

• Sep 22nd, 2011

bearing capacity is the capacity of soil to support the loads applied to the ground. The bearing capacity of soil is the maximum average contact pressure between the foundation and the soil which shou...

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ekram alam

• Oct 7th, 2011

Practical building construction and its management (sandeep mantry
)

sumidkhan

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• May 23rd, 2008

Book written by  T .B CUNNA.

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What is the procedure of design mix?

karthiga

• Oct 9th, 2011

In design mix, we should conduct all the tests of materials like specific gravity,bulk density, silt content,etc.,and then have to prepare cubes of size 150 x 150 x 150 mm. compressive strength will be calculated for 7 days & 28 days. from this we can know the strength.

rzaman68

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• Jan 25th, 2009

Design Mix of concrete is an important process to determine the?quantity of constituents of the concrete such as cement, aggregate, sand, water as per the grade of the concrete in order to achieve the conglomerate compound. Even the?phrase?itself advised that it is a design of a mix.??

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KARTHIGA

• Oct 9th, 2011

Shear wall is used to resist wind loads. This is often used in lifts

rzaman68

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• Jan 25th, 2009

Shear walls withstand the lateral and direct loads of a building such as live, dead and earthquake loads. It acts like columns of a building. The walls of staircases, elevators used to be shear walls in order to minimize the columns.

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how the Ready mix concrete is checked when received at site before using

DB Patra

• Oct 16th, 2011

Slump check to be done

karthiga

• Oct 14th, 2011

U didn't answer that how to check the mix of rmc. By slump test we can only able to check the workability.

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what is the minimum size of DMC piles?

nantha

• Oct 20th, 2011

DMC-Direct mud circulation Method

S N L Reddy

• Sep 20th, 2011

Minimum size of DMC piles is 50 cm

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What is the TRIMEX or TRIMAXE FLOORING?

ZAKIR

• Oct 20th, 2011

It is the process done by machinery first we put the concrete in level by Skid vibrator, Second ; remove the excess water from concrete and Third finish the surface by power disc trovel .

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Shanthi

• Nov 24th, 2011

Durability of concrete is determined by using compression testing machine

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What is the standard size of centering sheet, jack or props, acro span (in open and closed position)?

babu

• Jan 23rd, 2012

Centering sheet size=30x20
Props=3m&5m
Span=3m&5m

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Please suggest me SBC(Soil Bearing Capacity) value for raft of 19/40 mm and 40mm and 76mm...the land contain granite rocks...

How to differentiate the volumes of wet and dry sand / soil?

dan

• Feb 14th, 2012

The volumes will be the same (based on moleculer density of carbon structure).

fouad ellimoney

• Feb 6th, 2012

The volume of wet sand will be more than volume of dry sand but in the case of clay will be the same

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For economical purpose we are using open graded aggregate .... how it is economical.... and are there any problems in using this??

suji

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• Mar 7th, 2012

Open graded aggregate provides environmental benefits like ....
1.Noise reduction.
2.Durability for new construction or asphalt overlays.
3.Skid resistance.
and also Cost reduction compared to barriers.

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