Door locks are an essential part of any residential or commercial space. They provide safety and security like no other appliance or tool. Often underestimated and overlooked, the selection of door locks should be done carefully to meet your specific ...
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4 Types of Cracks in Concrete Columns and their Causes: Video Included

Four types of cracks developed in reinforced concrete column are diagonal cracks, horizontal cracks, splitting cracks, corrosion cracks. The causes of cracks in columns can be incorrect design, faulty construction or overloading, corrosion of reinforcement, isolated settlement of foundations, creep ...
Major Problems in Concrete Pumping Works: How to Avoid Them? Video Included

The major problems that one encounters when pumping concrete are blockage of pipeline, and segregation and bleeding of concrete mix. Blockage is the failure of concrete to emerge at the end of the pipeline. It is characterized by an increase ...
What are the Causes of Cracks in Reinforced Concrete Slab? Video Included

Several factors like poor concrete quality, improper structural design, inappropriate steel bar spacing, large slab span, improper aggregates, etc. are responsible for the development of cracks in RCC slabs. While the issues pertaining to improper structural design can be eliminated ...
How to Prevent Honeycomb in Concrete Structures? Video Included

The prevention of honeycomb in concrete structures can save time and money, and help construct structurally sound concrete members. Therefore, undertaking preventive measures to avoid the occurrence of honeycomb is of utmost importance. The measures include proper compaction, use of ...
Preliminary Activities for Carrying out Riveting and Bolting

The process of making connections in steel structure is carried out using one of these three methods: welding, riveting, and bolting. The preliminary works such as laying out, fabrication, making holes, and assembling of steel members before executing the actual ...
13 General Items of Work for Building Cost Estimation

We are all aware of the importance of estimation in any civil engineering work. The builder needs to have knowledge of the amount of work and the associated costs before taking up any project. It is also important to know ...
Concrete Slump Variations at Site: How to Deal with it? Explained with Video

Adjusting the slump of concrete is a part of the concreting process, which the contractors should manage properly and cautiously. The concrete slump variation from one transit mixer to another is generally due to aggregate moisture content, concrete temperature, mixing ...