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What Is Self Compact Concrete | What Is Slump Flow Test | Equipment for Slump Flow Test | Procedure of Slump Flow Test

What Is Self Compact Concrete? Making concrete structures without vibration has been done in the past. For example, the placement of concrete under-water is done by the use of tremie without vibration. Shaft concrete and…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Bar Bending Schedule | Preparation as Per Bs 4466 | Tolerances as Per Bs 4466

What Is Bar Bending Schedule? Bar bending is calculating of steel quantity that calls bar bending schedule. The preparation of bar bending schedules is one of the final stages in any concrete design…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Self Compact Concrete | History of SCC | Advantages & Disadvantages of (SCC) Self Compacting Concrete

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Diversion of Headworks (Rivers) | Types of Diversion Headworks | Component Parts of Diversion Headworks (Rivers)

What Is Diversion of Headworks (Rivers)? For direct irrigation from the river, a structure is constructed across a river to raise the water level is known as diversion headwork. It divers the required…

Matthew L. Deloney·

Requirements of Good DPC | Prevention of Dampness: Use of DPC | Methods of Damp proofing

Requirements of Good DPC Totally impervious and should not allow travel of dampness. Durable and keep the building damp proof permanently. Economical and easy in laying. Able to resist load to which it…

Matthew L. Deloney·

Different Between Clamp Burning and Kiln Burning | What Is Clamp Burning | What IS Kiln Burning

What Is Clamp Burning? A typical clamp is shown below figure The bricks and fuel are placed in alternate layers. The amount of fuel is reduced successively in the top layers. Clamp Burning…

Matthew L. Deloney·

Introduction of Clay Product | Types of Clay Product

Introduction of Clay Product There is a wide variety of structural clay products, broadly classified as facing materials, load-bearing materials, paving materials, roofing tile, and chemically resistant materials. Examples of facing materials are…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Structural Settlement | Causes For Structural Settlement | What Is Soil Settlement & Foundation Structural Settlement

What Is Structural Settlement? The term Structural Settlement is defined as the vertical displacement of the base of a structure, or of the surface of a road or embankment due to the compression…

Matthew L. Deloney·

How to Excavation Calculation in Excel Sheet | What Is Excavation | Important Point of Excavation as per IS Code

What Is Excavation? Excavation will be understood as the process of excavating and removing volumes of earth or other materials for the conformation of spaces where foundations, water tanks, concrete, masonry, and sections…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Passometer & Pedometer | Advantage of Passometer & Pedometer | Passometer Vs Pedometer

What Is Passometer? Passometer is an electromechanical and portable instrument, which count the number of paces or velocity of the body movement. It automatically records the number of paces. Its mechanism is being…

Rajanikant Solanki·

What Is Building Bye-Laws | How Essential Building By Laws:

According to the definition, building bye-laws are the norms set forth by the government authorities such as Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority(GUDA), City Corporation and Developing Authorities, for instance, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) in…

Rajanikant Solanki·

IS 456 Most Important Point Part- 1

Metakaolin IMP Point As Per IS 456 • Metakaolin having fineness between 700 to 900 m2/kg may be used as pozzolanic material in concrete. (As Per IS Code-456, P-13, Cl. No: 5.2.1.4) •…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Plaster | Types of Plaster As Per Material | Defects In Plastering

What Is Plaster? This id the process of covering rough walls, uneven surfaces in the construction house and other structures with a plastic material, called plaster or mortar. Sometimes, the term ‘rendering’ is…

Matthew L. Deloney·

Tests on Stones | Crushing Strength Test, Water Absorption Test, Abrasion Test, Impact Test, Acid Test

Tests on Stones To determine the required properties of stones, the following tests Could be conducted: (a) Crushing Strength Test (b) Water Absorption Test (c) Abrasion Test (d) Impact Test (e) Acid Test…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Mortar | Test of Mortar | Process for Compressive Strength

What Is Mortar? Mortar is an intimate mixture of binding material, fine aggregate, and water. When water is added into the dry mixture of binding material and the inert material, binding material develops…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Pedestal | Functions of Pedestal | Methods of Construction: Pedestals | Advantages and Disadvantages of Pedestal

What Is Pedestal? The term “Pedestal”, so far in the Civil Engineering field is concerned, is a compressive structural member which is provided in between the footing and column, in order to transfer…

Matthew L. Deloney·

Difference Between M25 and M30 Concrete | What Is M25 Grade | What Is M30 Grade

What Is Concrete? Contrary to popular belief, concrete and cement are not the same; cement is really just one component of concrete. Concrete consists of three basic components: water, aggregate (rock, sand or…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Canal | Classification of Canals | What Is Perennial Canal | Advantages & Disadvantages of Canal Irrigation

Introduction of Canal Canal plays one of the most important roles in transportation and global commerce. The canal is widely used for the irrigation and drainage urban Water Supply, hydroelectric power generation, transportation…

Aditya Bhople·

Must-Have Knowledge for Civil Engineers | Civil Basic Knowledge

We know the civil engineering line different work different parts of basic knowledge. So we are below points show. 1. Drawing Points to Remember for Civil Site Engineer 2. QA /QC Points to…

Matthew L. Deloney·

How to Structural Design a Building/House Step by Step Part-4 (Column Design)

As per our last article How to Structural Design a Building/House Step by Step Part-1, 2 & 3. In this article, we design slab load, slab depth, slab steel design, Slab beam design.…

Matthew L. Deloney·

How to Structural Design a Building/House Step by Step Part-3 (Slab Beam Design)

As per our last article How to Structural Design a Building/House Step by Step Part-1 & 2. In this article, we design slab load, slab depth, slab steel design. Now in this…

Matthew L. Deloney·

How to Structural Design a Building/House Step by Step Part-2 (Two Way Simply Support Slab)

Two Way Simply Support Slab Calculation /Design Two Way Simply Support slab Below Point Calculation Required 1. Effective Depth (d) 2. Effective Span 3. Load Calculations 4. Mid Span Moment 5. Effective Depth…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Sand Blasting | Concrete Sand-blasting Equipment | Key Benefits

What Is Sand Blasting? Commonly called abrasive blasting, grit or sand-blasting can be used to expose the aggregates inside a hardened concrete, giving it a rustic also attractive look, by eroding the surface…

Matthew L. Deloney·

How to Find House Construction Cost

How to Find House Construction Cost Any house construction work started before need some basic detail like before staring work completion. How much cost requirement in house construction. Here, Before construction, we calculate…

Matthew L. Deloney·

Part Require for CNC New Machine

New CNC Machine | Part Require for Cnc New Machine| Make on Cnc Machine | How to Make Cnc Machine 3 Axis CNC PCI Base Controller USB /3 Axis controller Step Motor /Servo…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Rolling Margin | The Procedure of Rolling Margin

What is Rolling Margin? Rolling margin is the difference between the actual weight of round bars (Reinforcement) Vs. Theoretical weight of round bars. This theoretical weight of round bars pick in IS Codes.…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Waterproofing | Types of Waterproofing

What Is Waterproofing? This is the process of making a structure water-resistant or impervious to the ingress of water. Water-Proofing is essential that prevents water from penetrating buildings also helps to keep the…

Matthew L. Deloney·

Difference Between Carpet Area and Built-up Area

What Is Carpet Area? Carpet area means it is an accurate area that can freely be covered by a carpeted inner a house and is the area of the house, excluding the…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Bleeding In Concrete | What Is Segregation In Concrete

What Is Bleeding In Concrete? Bleeding in concrete is sometimes referred to as water gain. This is a special form of separation, in which some water from the concrete flows to the surface…

Matthew L. Deloney·

Testing for Silt Content in Sand

Why We Measure the Silt Content from the Sand? Silt content is a fine material that’s less than 150 microns. It’s unstable in the presence of water. It’s unstable in the presence of…

Matthew L. Deloney·

What Is Cinder Block | Cinder Block Properties | Shapes of Cinder Blocks |Advantages of Cinder

What Is Cinder Block? Cinder blocks are totally different from concrete blocks. Concrete and cinder blocks are made from the same basic components; however, there is a special key component for cinder blocks…

Matthew L. Deloney·

21 Difference Between Gypsum Plaster and Cement Plaster | What Is Gypsum Plaster | What Is Cement Plaster

What Is Gypsum Plaster? Gypsum plaster is made by heating gypsum at low temperatures to drive off water, to produce plaster of Paris a chalky, fast-setting material commonly used for molds and for casts to repair broken bones.…

Matthew L. Deloney·

How to Speed Controller Spindle for CNC Hardware Setup

Dear friend lets know how to set up spindle motor speed control in CNC Machine, Detail 4131 103 ep potentiometer IC use as 10k Potentiometer resistance VDD = Positive power supply 1.8 to 5.5…

Matthew L. Deloney·