Characteristics of a Good Formwork

Concrete being plastic material in fresh state, has to kept within an enclosure (moulds) till it gain reasonable strength, this temporary structure which has to be built for any concrete member is called “Formwork”. Click me to read more about the Form work defintion and other defintions Characteristics of a Good Formwork Basic Requirements of … Read more

Fatigue (Alligator) Cracking

The word Fatigue means repetitive action of loads, thus fatigue cracking by names means cracking due to the repetition of loads. As the pavement is subjected to number of vehicles of different sizes and loads the stress keeps on pilling up and thus the cracks appears which are interconnected in nature.  @import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:700); Development of … Read more

Civil Engineering as The least underemployed major

Recently PaySale, a salary information surveying company has conducted a survey of more than 68,000 workers to check the underemployment, overeducated, underpaid and underworked persons. The idea behind the survey was to check the majors (graduation subjects) at graduate levels. According to Cristopher Ingram from Washinton post: \”Liberal arts majors (I\’m one of them!) are … Read more

What is Formwork, Shuttering, Scaffolding, Shouring

During construction of reinforced concrete works as well as their maintenance, we need to support the structure as long as it is in its premature state or plastic state as it could not even bear its own load. After the suitable duration of time, i.e. when concrete sets enough to take its own load, these … Read more

Busan-Geoje fixed link Deepest sea highway NatGeo Documentary Watch / Download

Your next vacation may have spent in a paradise; you’ve never heard of, you’ll just need a way to get there. Here is the catch!, that way has to go underwater, it would become the deepest immersed highway on earth, and you might also have to construct couple of bridges, and did we mention typhoons. … Read more