Saad Iqbal Frame Structures are one of the mostly used type of structure system in the world including Homes, Plazas and even sky-scrappers. But the behavior of this frame structure is not easy to understand. For this recently a device have been made which will help the students to understand the behavior of the frame structures very … Read more
The first edition of this popular book was published in August 1976. At that time, the book contained 25 chapters with 963 standard size pages, as compared with the 33 chapters and 1572 large sized pages in this 19th edition. Never, even in his dreams, the author thought at that time, that this book will … Read more
The aim of compiling this book has been to give a working knowledge of the important details of civil engineering, construction, materials used in civil engineering, including the source of raw materials, their characteristics, the process of manufacture, their defects, structures and uses in the industry, and the basics of surveying and leveling and several … Read more
When building bridges, engineers and architects don’t always look for the shortest possible crossing. The new ring-shaped bridge across Laguna Garzon in Uruguay\’s southern coast is such an example. The concrete structure consist of two semi-circular bridges, joined at either end to create a ring, and was built to replace a raft crossing between the … Read more
Right of Way (ROW)is something that civil engineers work with a lot. It’s on virtually all of the surveys that we use. It’s a key point that must be known if you’re working on a project where private property meets public property. This is especially important when working on transportation projects for local governments. There … Read more