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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Construction Engineering & Management provides information on Equipments, Contracts, Project Management and cost estimation of project.
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Time Management Programs: Objective, Advantages, and Disadvantages
Time management is organizing and implementing a strategy related to the time required for different activities in a project. No aspect of work, be it the individual’s work, others, project, or process, can be controlled unless it has been planned. ...
FIDIC Suite of Contracts
The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC, French: Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseil) drafts and publishes the FIDIC contract suite. The original edition of the FIDIC books dates back to 1957. However, FIDIC has recently published many new contracts to complement ...
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 ...
Analogous Estimation Techniques
Analogous estimating is an estimation technique that uses the historical data of old projects to estimate the cost for similar new projects. Analogous estimation is also called top-down estimating and is used by project managers when there is limited information ...
Submerged Floating Tunnel: Principle, Features, and Challenges
A submerged floating tunnel (SFT), also called Archimedes bridge or suspended tunnel, is a tunnel that floats in water supported by its buoyancy (specifically, by employing the hydrostatic thrust, or Archimedes’ principle). Tunnels in water are not new in civil ...
FHA Construction Loan: Features & Requirements
A Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan is the only home mortgage insured by the government in the USA. It is one of the largest construction mortgage insurers in the world and is part of the U.S Department of Housing and ...
What is Construction Mortgage?
Construction mortgages or construction loans are short-term loans designed to finance the construction of a home. Construction mortgages require strict qualifications and higher interest rates due to the possible risks associated with the lender. These mortgages demand only the interest ...