How many microns of sand we can use in concrete brickwork and plastering?

afzarul

• Oct 2nd, 2016

Generally sand having fineness modulus more than 3.2 microns is not used for making good concrete

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What are the Duties and Responsibilities of a Site Engineer in irrigation site?

Rjs Manna

• Sep 13th, 2016

A site engineer offers advice in the planning, co-ordination and supervision of technical aspects of construction projects. A site engineers role is vital to a construction project: they have a number...

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What is the weight of sheep foot roller in road construction?

Mahesh thakur

• Dec 27th, 2016

30 kg to 10 tonnes

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Do we require any other information other than SPT value for Foundation Recommendation?

Shaikh moyunuddin

• Mar 19th, 2018

Depth of water table of site, swelling value of soil, visual inspection of soil during boring etc

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What is the Percentage of Steel required for the Footings of building?

A.Rajesh

• Mar 29th, 2017

Reinforce concrete footing is 0.5 %/m3.( 40 kg/m3).

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How long we can construct the slab or beam by using PCC[Plain cement concrete]?.
Instant of RCC in beam or slab how long we can able to construct the beam or slab by using PCC.

Rajasekhar

• Jul 2nd, 2017

Concrete is a brittle material, beam and slab occurring certain loads like dead, live & Impact loads PCC will not be able to resist the loads ,
RCC is Reinforced concrete cement including steel and concrete, it will act ON both tension and compression when resist on loads

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hetal

• Oct 12th, 2006

I was working in L & T Chiyoda, India. I was working on Canadian Project of B.A.energy Industrial company. I was doing equipment foundation, equipment supporting structures, pump foundation, pipe rack...

sachinshinde84

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• Jul 22nd, 2006

Yes i am. I am working for the project from the American Building Company which deals with the Detailing & Design of the Pre -Engineering Buildings. for the Eufaula ,Alabama , Modesto ,Jamest...

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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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dijuponnarambil

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• Jun 23rd, 2009

The masonry which is constructed with two more combination of materials, like stone facing and brick backing, stone facing and concrete backing etc.Bonding of masonry is same as ordinary masonry using cement mortar, lime mortar etc.

hemasanthosh

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• Oct 15th, 2008

1. Using of composite materials such as fibre reinforced polymer composites (FRPC) instead of steel in masonry structures is nothing but composite masonry. 2. Mainly composites have been extensively ...

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KAZIM AFRID

• Jan 29th, 2007

The soil whose bearing capacity is low, this type of soil is know as soft soil, followings are the types of foundations which is used for construction on soft soil. 1. Pile foundations 2. Raft fou...

hetal

• Oct 2nd, 2006

Soft soil is that cannot take heavy load coming from the super structure. Also having low soil bearing capacity, like black cotton soil, clay. For shallow foundation raft, continuous foundation is good. For deep foundation pile foundation is preferable.

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I am studying in NIT, kurukshetra. My branch is civil engineering. Please advice for civil engineering projects I can do

Syamala

• Mar 3rd, 2007

Hi Kumar, Doing a Project in GIS is a gud option for you along with Transportation.You can find Gud oppurtunities for GIS People,ALong with GIS you better Do Primavera n other Softwares.. too

ragvendar

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• Aug 21st, 2006

i wanna do project in GIS applied to transportation or to structuresplease guide me the topics(hi-fy ones)

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Manoj Kumar Tanwar

• Jan 31st, 2007

Concrete Pre Casted Bridges are best for building bridges.

HabazalCoonya

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• Nov 29th, 2006

Cardboard, and lots of superglue.

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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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If a tall structure subjected to only dead load and live load. there is no earthquake or wind load on the structure.a)settlement in internal structureb)settlement in external structurec)differential settlementd)none.and why??????

rzaman68

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• Jan 25th, 2009

It will exert differential settlement.  

sauvirsingh01

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• Dec 7th, 2008

It is not possible without air pressure, if structure is enough strong and foundation is strong this will settle internally.

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What is Quick Sand Condition?

abhishekcivil

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• May 2nd, 2009

Sudden loss of shear strength is what results in quick sand condition.

ravibarun

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• Feb 23rd, 2009

The phenonmenon of lifting up of sand due to high head of the water above the ground level.

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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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How many layers are required for a 4-lane Expressway in general? What are they?

S.KALAIYARASAN

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• Apr 27th, 2009

There are 4 layers.1.) Bitumen layer2.) Concrete3.) Metal bed4.) Gravel

S.KALAIYARASAN

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• Apr 25th, 2009

There are 4 layers.1. Asphalt2. Concrete3. P.C.C.4. Sand filling

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What method needs to be adopted for designing Water Retaining structures?

abhishekcivil

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• May 14th, 2009

Because the shape effect is the least for the 15cm cube and we get a fairly accurate idea of the strength of the concrete as such.

abhishekcivil

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• May 14th, 2009

The reinforced water retaining structures should be based on working stress method of design.Secondly the crack thickness and the width of the crack is also to be watched for.Use of water bars during ...

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What is bending moment?

kuldeep.professional

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• Nov 30th, 2009

Bending moment is actually meant for check whether the member can take the load or not technically there is method to find out BM at any point but on overall bending is maximum at that point which is ...

bhupi1588

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• Aug 14th, 2009

Bending moment at a section is defined as the algebraic sum of moment of forces either on the left or right side of the section.  The load can be any loads point load or uniformly distribute...

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When you find lot of cracks on the completed apartment wall, How will you arrest them?

kishkumar10

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• Sep 7th, 2009

Use filling adhesive?materials.

kishkumar10

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• Aug 19th, 2009

Use stiching and grouting method for heal cracks.

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