Concrete Footings – Some useful guidelines

Usually, it should be examined when the footings are arranged for concreting i.e. reinforcement is completely engrossed but it is recommended to examine it in two phase i.e. 01. Initially verify formwork prior to arrange reinforcement. This is very useful because finding out & rectifying formwork defect is very difficult once the reinforcement is organized […]

Download truss design spreadsheet

This estimating spreadsheet is specifically created for designing truss. By using this spreadsheet one can design light gage truss on the basis of AISI S100/SI-10 & ER-4943P. The following design criterion is required for truss analysis. The intermediate, finite element analysis contains shear deformations with E & G equivalent to 29500 ksi & 11300 ksi. […]

How To Calculate Labour Cost For Concrete Work

In this construction video tutorial, detailed process is given for calculating the numbers of labors in excel sheet that is necessary for accomplishing PCC or concrete work. The number of necessary labors and their rates for PCC or concrete work are derived from a standard DSR Book. Microsoft Excel is considered as the most vital […]

List of the 10 Tallest Buildings in the World

The ten tallest buildings in the world will take your breath away when you see them. As civil engineering technology improves, the world’s buildings become taller and taller with more and more impressive architecture. The latest ultra-tall building in the world is planned to be 2,400 meters (7,900 feet) tall. It will be called Dubai […]

VIDEO: How to Calculate Cube Roots in Your Head

Cube root is a number that must be multiplied times itself three times to equal a given number. Do you know the cube root of 39304? You can learn how to solve this and other cube roots very quickly using the steps below. Step 1: Memorize the cubes of each number from 1 to 10, […]

Watch This Forgotten Technology: Man Lifts 20 Ton Block By Hand

4,000 years ago, Stone Age Britons raised the mysterious monument known as Stonehenge. Today, no one really knows how they moved and stood up those massive stones. It’s a scientific mystery this man swears he’s cracked. He’s building his own Stonehenge in his Flint Michigan backyard to prove it. Wally Wallington is not a scientist […]

Appropriate Dimensions for Bathrooms

Appropriate dimensions are part of the curriculum of the earliest semesters at university. These bathrooms are more suitable and more practical. In fact, if you renovate the bathroom in your home, you can pick what is best for you and the needs of your family. But, the bathrooms that are used by more people, like […]