Civil Work Study 
How to Calculate and Give the Cutting length of stirrups for column & Beam Stirrups Column A column or pillar is a compression structural member which transmit load through them which comes from the above structural member. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces. Columns are frequently used … Read more
Steel Bar Quality of Reinforcement Steel Bars used for Construction of RCC Structure. · When a maximum quantity of steel received at construction site, first check the Manufacturer test certificate for its actual properties which is sent by Manufacturer Company. · At every lot of steel manufacturing, manufacturer should send a test certificate of same lot for … Read more
Cement Cement Test on Construction Site In the construction site there are no laboratory to test the quality of cement but we have to test cement for field work. The quality check is performed with the help of some basic field tests. Although these tests are not very accurate, they provide some idea about the … Read more
Development Length (Ld) Development Length is known as the minimum length of reinforcement bar needed to provide embedded into the concrete column to maintain and establish the required bond & design strength between concrete and reinforcement bar. Development Length What is the use of development length, reason for providing development length ? To maintain a … Read more
What is meant by curing of concrete, what is mean by curing? Curing The maintaining of an adequate amount of moisture content and temperature in concrete at early ages so that it can provide or give the properties the mixture was design to achieve. Curing begins immediately after RCC or PCC work and finishing so that … Read more
Engineering Tips After compilation of Engineering we are not well knowledge about how to work at site, which type of work is to do first, how to check the quality of work and workmanship because we are fresher Civil engineer does many work and activities at construction site and there are many works which are … Read more
What do you mean by concrete cover? The least & minimum distance between the surface of embedded reinforcement and the outer surface of the concrete. The concrete cover depth can be measured in mm or as per code. Cover Block Cover in Slab Height of cover block may varies as per requirement. Generally concrete cover are provided for … Read more
Lap Length in RCC Generally, Steel TMT found on the length of (11.88-12) m Lap is provided when you require to provide tension reinforcement but the length of the bar is not sufficient to continue through the entire member, as we know that consider, columns are typically 30m tall. Neither can we have a 30m … Read more
Unit Weight of Building Material Or Construction Material This standard deals with dead loads to be assumed in the design of buildings and same is given in the-form of unit weight of materials. The unit weight of other materials that are likely to be stored in a building are also included for the purpose of load calculations due … Read more
Why is retrofitting required? Problem faced in concrete structure • Damage to structural members • Excessive Loading • Error in design or construction • Modification of structural system • Seismic Damage. • Structural Cracks • Corrosion due to penetration honeycomb. PROBLEM IN CONCRETE COLUMN Column Problem PROBLEM IN CONCRETE SLAB Slab Problem RETROFITTING * It is the modification of existing structures to … Read more