Traditional Design Procedures
Systems design of buildings requires a different approach to design and construction than that used in traditional design (Art. 1.9). Because […]
Traffic Flow and Safety
Openings in walls and partitions must be sized for their primary function of providing entry and exit to or from a
Transformation between curvilinear and Cartesian coordinates
As to the topographic surface, the discrete grid must conform to the free surface to suppress artificial scattered waves. Such grid
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Trial pits
Hand-dug trial pits are expensive, take time to excavate and are not always as informative as expected. They do, however, expose
Training
As part of the drive towards safer designs and safer sites there has been a big increase in training in the
Traditional designtenderbuild
We call this approach to construction project delivery traditional because it has been the approach of choice for owners of
Trenching for pipelines
The hydraulic hoe or backacter is the machine most widely used for trench excavation for pipelines. In hard ground, rock or
Torsion in Reinforced Concrete Members
Under twisting or torsional moments, a member develops normal (warping) and shear stresses. The ACI 318 Building Code assumes that no
Tolerances for Precast Construction
Dimensional tolerances for precast members and tolerances on fitting of precast members vary for type of member, type of joint, and