Aci Concrete Mix Design ¨The most common method used in North America is established by American Concrete Institute. Economy– The material cost are most important in determining the relative costs of different mixes. Since cement is more expensive than aggregate it is clear that cement should be minimized. Workability A good mix design must be … Read more
The Construction Contracts The Nature Of Contracts All construction is done within a contract except that done by a person for himself. A contract determines the actions of the parties in their dealings with each other. The parties to a contract are bound to each other for a certain period of time by a unique … Read more
Civil Engineering PowerPoint Presentations (Civil ppts) 1. Building Technology Building Technology as the name suggests deals with how technology is used in construction and infrastructure industry. This branch basically deals with construction methodologies and building materials that can enhance the function and performance of the structures. You can browse through various Building Technology ppts and … Read more
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From ScienceDaily — Motivated by the desire to determine the simplest 3-D structure that could take advantage of mechanical instability to collapse reversibly, a group of engineers at MIT and Harvard University were stymied — until one of them happened across a collapsible, spherical toy that resembled the structures they’d been exploring, but with a … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Venture deep inside the new skyway of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and it becomes clear that the bridge’s engineers have planned for the long term. Courtesy NYTimes At intervals inside the elevated roadway’s box girders — which have the closed-in feel of a submarine, if a submarine were made of concrete … Read more