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COST AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW COST AUDIT:- A cost audit is an audit of cost records on utilization of materials, labor, overheads, and other items of cost applicable to the production of goods. On the other hand, management audit has a much wider scope and it deals with the assessment of all […]
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RAINWATER HARVESTING AND ITS METHODS Water Harvesting as, “The collection of rainstorm-generated runoff from a catchment (the area from which the water flows into bodies) to provide water either for immediate utilization as irrigation or for subsequent utilization by storing in above-ground ponds or aquifers.” In layman’s terms, water harvesting is the direct collection of rainwater. There are mainly two methods of rainwater harvesting are Surface runoff harvesting and Rooftop rainwater harvesting methods. Although three–fourths of earth is water, a minute amount is available for human consumption or irrigation. Moreover, due to increasing global temperature and population,
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRAWING USED IN CONSTRUCTION Different types of drawings is used in construction such as architectural drawings, structural, electrical, plumbing and finishing drawings. These drawings provides layout plans and details for construction of each and every part of the building. Drawings plays an important role in the construction field to convey the ideologies
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MEANING OF PORCH AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE HOUSE The main function of porches is to increase the aesthetic beauty of the structure and plays an important role in a building. The porch is the structure provided in a building to have a shelter cover. The porch is constructed in the front section of
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WORKING STRESS, ULTIMATE LOAD, AND LIMIT STATE METHODS-ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Working Stress method This method of design was the oldest one. It is based on the elastic theory and assumes that both steel and concrete and elastic obey Hook’s law. It means that the stress is directly proportional to strain up to the
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LONGITUDINAL SKIN REINFORCEMENT-ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Longitudinal skin reinforcement is deformed rebar, wire, or bonded prestressed reinforcing bars evenly placed on either side of the vertical surface of the tensile region in a relatively deep beam to control the width of the crack. If the deep beam is not provided with such reinforcement, the crack width
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BAR BENDING SCHEDULE – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Bar bending schedule or schedule of bars is a tabular representation of a reinforcement bar. It is generally represented for each type of R.C.C work. With the help of a bar bending schedule, the requirement of different lengths and sizes of bars may be known and
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOOTING AND FOUNDATION Footing:- A footing is the part of the foundation which supports it and transfers the load to the larger area on soil, so it safe the foundation from the settlement. It is generally provided with reinforcement and cast with concrete. Footings are majorly used in conjunction with shallow foundations commonly. The width and depth of any footing mainly depend on the
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MEANING OF RAIN GAUGE AND ITS TYPES A form of precipitation in which rainfall water reaches the earth from the atmosphere is measured by an instrument called rain gauge. Rain gauge is also variously known as hyetometer, Ombrometer, or Pluviometer. ALSO, A rain gauge is an instrument you can use to measure the amount of rainfall your area receives
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BUILDING SURVEY- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW A building survey, previously known as a full structural survey, is one of the most comprehensive property surveys you can have when buying a house. It’s similar in many ways to the homebuyers report, but a building survey is better suited to older or unusually constructed buildings and results in a much
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CONTOUR LINE AND METHODS OF CONTOURING IN SURVEYING Contouring is an important aspect of surveying which basically involves the determination of the elevation of various points on the ground followed by fixing the points of the same horizontal positions in the contour map. A contour may be defined as an imaginary line that passes through
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HIGHWAY DRAINAGE SYSTEM-ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW The system which is designed for road for proper collection, removal and disposal of surface as well as sub-surface water is called as road drainage. To maintain the stability and durability of the road, the road surface and its foundation should be kept as dry as possible. This practice
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