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SOIL NAILING-ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW The soil nailing technique is used to reinforce soil to make it more stable. Added to that, it is used for slopes, excavations, retaining walls, etc. to make it more stable. This article will shed light on the soil nailing technique, its types and their applications. Also, Soil nailing […]
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CROSS FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER –ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW A Cross flow heat exchanger exchanges heat energy from one air stream in an air handling unit (AHU) to another. Unlike rotary heat exchangers, cross-flow heat exchangers do not exchange moisture and there is no risk of airflow short circuit. Cross flow heat exchangers are used in
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MEANING OF TRAVERSE SURVEYING –ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW A series of connected straight lines whose lengths and directions in the field are known as traverse. The word traverse means to pass across. In the process of traversing the direction of the survey, the line is fixed by taking the angular measurements with suitable instruments and
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IMPORTANT TIPS TO REDUCE CONSTRUCTION COST-ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Building a dream home is everyone’s aspiration. Every person wants to construct a home where they can cherish their memories. But when people want to make their dream into reality it is very hard to fulfill. It is because house construction cost is not cheap nowadays. For the middle-class family is about investing their whole life income in building a home. People always search for ways to reduce
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COMPACTION FACTOR TEST- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW The compaction factor is defined as the ratio of the mass of compacted concrete in the compaction factor apparatus to the mass of fully compacted concrete. The compaction factor test is used for concrete which have low workability for which slump test is not suitable. The compacting factor test is performed
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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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