Site office personnel
An office manager is needed on all but the smallest sites. He deals with getting all the miscellaneous requirements for the […]
Silica Fume (Microsilica)
Silica fume, or microsilica, is a condensed gas, the by-product of metallic silicon or ferrosilicon alloys produced by electric arc furnaces.
Site checks on concrete quality
until some days after the concrete has been placed. If weak concrete appears to have been placed in a structure
Site roads
A contractor who pays insufficient attention to the right construction of site haulage roads runs the risk the road will begin
Skeleton Framing
In skeleton framing all the gravity loadings of the structure, including the walls are supported by the steel framework. Such walls
Sizing an Air-Conditioning Plant
Consider the building shown in Fig. 13.3 (p. 13.43). Assume only the first and second floors will be air conditioned.
Site investigation
In parallel with other preliminary planning, investigation of the site is conducted at varying levels of detail. When several alternatives
Simply-supported beam of rectangular cross-section
Flitched beams, whose strength depended on shear connection between parallel timbers, were used in mediaeval times, and survive today in the
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Shrinkage and swelling (Dimensional stability)
Shrinkage of concrete is caused by loss of water by evaporation or by hydration of cement, and also by carbonation.