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STRUCTURE Building materials can be termed as the materials used for the construction of a house or a civil engineering project. Over the years humans have been using numerous building …
STRUCTURE Quality of Sand on Site:- Sand is one of the most important constituents of concrete. The main purpose of mixing sand (fine aggregate) in concrete is to fill the …
STRUCTURE In reinforcement detailed drawings and bar bending schedules, you usually come across the following terms Concrete Cover, Clear cover, nominal cover and effective cover today I will answer all …
Notes Hey civil engineers and Civil engineering students. From the past few days, we are seeing a surge in requests to send the specific IS codebooks in our Whatsapp Groups. …
STRUCTURE Unit Weight of Building Materials: In this post, we are going to tabulate the Unit weights of different building materials. Before getting started. What is the Unit Weight and …
STRUCTURE Estimation of the amount of concrete required for the construction of the staircase: In this post, we are going to explain, how to calculate the volume of concrete required …
STRUCTURE Introduction to Bar Bending Schedule :- “BBS” The word BBS Plays a significant role in any construction of High rise buildings. BBS refers to Bar Bending Schedule. Well, What’s …
STRUCTURE To cater the stresses and loads in RCC, Bars are bent to different shapes in the bar bending schedule. Different shapes of bars have different cutting length. In this …
STRUCTURE Thumb rules play a most crucial role while taking quick decisions on site. Thumb rules enable you to calculate the solution using a simple mathematical formula and make smart …
STRUCTURE There are many activities that should be performed by civil engineer at site and in lab. Here we are going to discuss some important points which every civil engineer …
TECHNOLOGY Formwork: Formwork is a mould for a structure. Into this mould, fresh concrete is poured to harden the concrete. The construction of formwork takes time and involves expenditure upto …
STRUCTURE In this article, you are going to learn about Slab on grade. As we already discussed about 16 different types of slabs which we usually used in construction. If …
STRUCTURE Bricks are building blocks of a structure. Brick is most extensively used materials of the building construction. As an Engineer, you must know how to check the quality of …
Notes Main and Mini projects for Civil Engineers Academics: Hi Civil Engineers! Thanks for being with the Civilread Community we appreciate your time in whatsapp group and in forum for …
STRUCTURE The Permeability of Concrete: Before learning about the Concrete Permeability tests, you should know about what porosity is? Porosity: Every material either it may be sand, soil, cement, etc. …