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7 Types of Commercial Buildings

Vikrant Mane — Sun, 21 May 2023 12:40:07 +0000

Discover the diverse world of commercial spaces with our comprehensive guide. Explore the seven main types of commercial buildings.

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Composite Materials in Civil Engineering

Vikrant Mane — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:29:13 +0000

Composite Materials are made up of two materials, one of which is called the reinforcing phase and the other is called the matrix phase.

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Lime : Manufacturing, Classification and Storage

Vikrant Mane — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:54:06 +0000

Before the invention of portland cement, lime was used us the chief cementing material in the construction industry.

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Purpose of Traffic Volume Study

Vikrant Mane — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:17:31 +0000

Traffic Volume Study is defined as the survey of number of vehicles and pedestrians crossing section of road per unit during selected period.

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Coning of Wheels

Vikrant Mane — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:24:32 +0000

The flanges of the wheels of railways are made in the slope of 1 in 20. This is termed as Coning of wheels. It is done to distribute equal load on track.

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Creep of Rail : Causes, Effects and Prevention of Creep

Vikrant Mane — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 11:36:14 +0000

Creep of Rail is defined as a longitudional movement of rail with respect to sleeper. The creep of rail is common to all railway tracks.

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Types of Buildings Classified by NBC of India

Vikrant Mane — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 12:25:43 +0000

Different types of buildings classified according to NBC India are Residential Buildings, Educational Buildings, Institutional Buildings, Assembly Buildings

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Water-Cement Ratio and It’s Importance

Vikrant Mane — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:31:16 +0000

Water-Cement ratio means the ration between weight of water to the weight of cement used while preparing concrete mix. Water Cement ratio plays important role in developing the strength of concrete.

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Initial and Final Setting Time of Cement

Vikrant Mane — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:45:44 +0000

In Initial setting time of cement the paste starts losing its plasticity, While in Final setting time of cement the paste completely loses its plasticity.

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What is Hydration of Cement ?

Vikrant Mane — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:25:13 +0000

The chemical reaction that takes place between cement and water is called as hydration of cement.This reacion of hydration of cement is exothermic in nature

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Stress Strain Curve For Mild Steel

Vikrant Mane — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 06:35:37 +0000

Stress strain curve for mild steel consists of strain along x-axis and stress along y-axis. Stress strain curve for mild steel have 6 stages.

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Important Abbrevations Used in Civil Engineering

Vikrant Mane — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 10:52:34 +0000

The most common abbreviation used in civil engineering are as following: A.A.S.H.T.O – American Association of state highway Transport Official. A.C.I – American Concrete Institute. A.R.E.A – American Railway Engineering Association. A.B – Anchor Bolt Or Asbestos Board. AC – Asphalt Concrete. A.S.C – Allowable Stress of concrete. A.S.T.M – American society for testing materials. ... Read more

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Cement Concrete Specification for Design Mix 1:2:4

Vikrant Mane — Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:30:17 +0000

Detailed Cement Concrete Specification : The detailed cement concrete specification give information about quality and the quantity of the materials, proportion of mortar, workmanship, method of preparation and execution of work etc. The cement concrete specification is properly prepared which makes it easy on site for execution of cement concrete work. Coarse Aggregates : Course aggregate ... Read more

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Land Acquisition Act | Necessity & Objectives

Vikrant Mane — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 12:22:42 +0000

Land Acquisition Act deals with law to acquire the land for Public purpose and for Companies or Society. Land Acquisition Act was established in 1894.

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Plumbing System Basic and Important Principles

Vikrant Mane — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:49:46 +0000

Plumbing system is one of the important aspect of the building, house or any other structure. Plumbing system should be executed under skilled plumbers.

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Rate Analysis For Construction Work

Vikrant Mane — Sat, 25 May 2019 17:02:30 +0000

Rate analysis means determination of the rate of particular item of work per unit from the rate of quantities of materials, rate of labours and other works.

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Brickwork Detailed Specification

Vikrant Mane — Sat, 25 May 2019 05:35:08 +0000

Brickwork specification specifies the nature and the class of the work, materials to be used in the work, workmanship etc. It is very important for the work

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Types of Value in Civil Engineering

Vikrant Mane — Wed, 22 May 2019 12:30:51 +0000

Types of Value - Scrap Value, Salvage Value, Market Value, Book Value, Potential Value, Sedimental Value, Speculation Value, Distress Value, Accomodation Value

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Important Stages In The Construction Project

Vikrant Mane — Tue, 21 May 2019 12:04:58 +0000

There are 5 stages in the life cycle of construction project - Initiation, Planning, Execution, Performance and Monitoring, Closure of Construction Project.

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Diaphragm Wall Construction and Procedure

Vikrant Mane — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 12:15:33 +0000

Diaphragm wall is method of creating cast in-situ reinforced concrete retaining wall using slurry supported trench method, Hence they are also known as slurry walls.

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Indus Valley Civilization│Town Planning in Ancient India

Vikrant Mane — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:37:44 +0000

Development of Town Planning in Indus Valley Civilization. Indus valley Civilization The Indo-Gangetic region formed the cradle of Indus Valley Civilization, nearly five thousand years ago, though no one had heard of such civilization till the 1920’s. However, the excavations carried out in the latter half of twenties at Mohen-jo-Daro (Hill of the Dead, on ... Read more

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