Shanthi

• Nov 24th, 2011

Durability of concrete is determined by using compression testing machine

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Scofield

• Aug 11th, 2011

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

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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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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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How DMC Pile Foundation is done?

SIVA

• Jul 15th, 2011

Dmc
means direct mud circulation.done by chisseling

jitheshengineer

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• Aug 21st, 2009

In DMC Pile Foundation, the bentonite suspension is pumped into the bottom of the hole through the drill rods and it overflows at the top of the casing. The mud pump should have the capacity to maintain a velocity of 0.41 to 0.76metres per second to float the cuttings.

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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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What is SBC Value?

yamini.kiranmayi

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• Jun 26th, 2009

SBC is the safe bearing capacity of a soil, beyond this value if soil is loaded, it will fail to bear the load applied on it and will fail. Its value can be found out by standard penetration test, plate load test or cone penetration test.

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What is the volume of mould in VICAT's Apparatus for cement test as per Indian Standards.

shruthi gk

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• Jul 27th, 2009

This test is conducted to determine the percentage of water required for preparing cement test.* The volume of mould required is 300gm of cement and 30% by weight or 90gm of water is added to it. th...

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