09JUNE

Procedures on how to Design Reinforced Concrete Columns

Tie Design Standards ACI Standards Columns Bars Details ACI Column Splice Details ACI Bar Bending Details ACI Bar Bending Details ACI Column Ties Requirements Structural Design for column using Interaction Diagram Interaction Diagram plot using Column design software and MS Excel Spreadsheet Example of ACI Interaction Diagram. Interaction Diagram-Rectangular Section-Courtesy of ACI Interaction Diagram-Spiral Column-Courtesy […]

08JUNE

Tool That Needs Every Constructor On The Field

Tool that will simplify the work on the construction field now you can use it. This is easy project that can be made as DIY project and will help a lot in the house building process. This way the bricks will be on its place easier, faster and more important – all the same. You […]

07JUNE

Visual Glossary Of Screws, Nuts and Washers

has a great selection of charts used to identify and explain the wide variety of screws, bolts, nuts, washers and other pieces used for building just about every project you can imagine. Wood screws, machine screws, carriage bolts, lag bolts, square heads, torx, ogee washers and more. There’s even a section about the grade/strength types […]

06JUNE

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 […]

04JUNE

How to Build Stairs in 3 Easy Steps

Building a staircase, even a short one, isn’t simple. It requires precise measurements and some careful calculations. Here’s how. From a technical standpoint, there’s nothing particularly difficult about building stairs for a deck, porch or shed. Anyone with basic carpentry skills can make the necessary cuts and assemble the parts. And yet, stair building is […]

04JUNE

Roof Frame and Materials Used for that Purpose are of Giant Importance

Roof frame is the base where the actual roof stands, preventing the building from all outside weather inconveniences. The actual protection is not only from the rain and excessive heat that can enter your home, but also the roof makes the building safe to avoid accidents as well. Good decision about its structure should be done […]

03JUNE

Brief overview of foundation construction

Definition of foundation: The foundation can be defined as follow : Any structure is segregated into 2 parts: 1. Superstructure: It is the portion of structure located over Ground level (GL) 2. Substructure/ Foundation: It is the portion of structure under GL Constituents of foundation: Generally there are 3 constituents of foundation: (i) Footing, (ii) […]

02JUNE

Pavement Types

Flexible Pavement A flexible pavement structure is typically composed of several layers of material with better quality materials on top where the intensity of stress from traffic loads is high and lower quality materials at the bottom where the stress intensity is low. Flexible pavements can be analyzed as a multilayer system under loading. A […]

02JUNE

Foundation Details.

Foundation consisting of flexible and rigid spread footings (no connecting beams) Foundation generally includes the footings and the pedestals. The simplest type of foundation is the spread foundation (pad foundation) i.e. isolated column footings. As a rule, spread footings consist only of a box and they are usually called flexible. Sometimes they may have a […]