The damage to a building due to water/moisture is a significant factor that either shortens its useful life or necessitates costly repairs. The types of damages a building suffers due to moisture are listed below: Decay of wood-based materials Spalling ...
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What is Glulam in Construction?
Glulam is glued laminated timber formed by stacking a number of timber boards or wood lams and bonding them together using a durable and moisture-resistant adhesive. It is a type of structural engineered wood product that is light in weight ...
Composite Decking: Types and Benefits
Composite decking is made from artificial deck boards manufactured by mixing recycled plastics, waste wood fiber, and bonding agents. Composite decks require less maintenance and offer more design flexibility than traditional wood decking. Composite decking, also referred to as wood-plastic ...
Why is Polycarbonate Popular in Construction Industry?
Polycarbonate is an engineering thermoplastic with outstanding impact resistance, heat resistance, and transparency. It is light in weight and 250 times stronger than standard glass and therefore used for widespread building and construction applications. The polycarbonate most used in construction ...
Clay Roof Tiles: Types, Properties, and Advantages
Clay roof tile is a ceramic product made up of a solid unit of clay or shale, or both, formed into any shape, generally rectangular planar shapes while in a plastic state and fired in a kiln. Classification of Clay ...
Argon Gas-Filled Windows: Advantages and Applications
Argon gas-filled windows consist of double or triple glass panes and argon gas that fills the space between them. The argon gas improves the durability and insulation capacity of the window. In addition, it does not conduct heat and prevents ...
Hemp Rebars: Low-Cost Non-Corroding Reinforcement
A team of researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA, has invented hemp-based rebar as an alternative to traditional steel reinforcement for concrete structures. The study claims that hemp rebars for concrete reinforcement mitigate the problem of corrosion and ...
Life Cycle Cost: Category, Costing Technique, and Application
Life cycle cost (LCC) is defined as the cost of an asset or its parts throughout its life cycle while fulfilling the required performance. Whole life cost (WLC) is the total of all significant and relevant initial and future costs ...