What are Articulating concrete blocks? Uses and Functions

Sediment transport in streams and rivers is inevitable as the stream or river transport capacity rises and falls with the streamflow. If the transport capacity in a location exceeds the sediment supply, erosion will occur. Streambank erosion must be controlled in critical areas (e.g. near bridge crossings) for safety as well as economic reasons.  The … Read more

What is the difference between working stress approach and limit state approach?

For working stress approach, service loads are used in the whole design and the strength of material is not utilized in the full extent. In this method of design, stresses acting on structural members are calculated based on elastic method and they are designed not to exceed certain allowable values. In fact, the whole structure … Read more

Greenline Bus Rapid Transit System inaugurated in Karachi

In the recent times, Punjab and specially Lahore have been the center point of development including flyovers, highway projects, underpasses, metro bus systems and much more but now the PM have certainly expanding these projects throughout the country.  Greeline Bus Rapid Transit System in Karachi Besides criticism and censure the projects have proved to provide … Read more

84 MW New Bong Escape Hydropower Project, Pakistan

The 84 MW New Bong Escape Hydropower Project, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan (the “Project”) is a run-of-the river hydropower scheme without any dam, new storage, displacement/resettlement of human habitation, change in the hydrological regime or any other adverse environmental impact. The Project is a low head hydropower scheme and is strictly run-of-the-river without … Read more

Islamabad to Build Pak-China Science Technology, Commerce and Logistic Park for $1.5 Billion

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanveer Hussain said the Pak-China Science, Technology, Commerce and Logistic Park would be established in Islamabad at the cost of $1.5 billion. Hussain, addressing a press conference, said it would be set up as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and serve as a platform for technological and … Read more