The presence of excessive water in a concrete mix although may facilitate the easy placement of concrete but it also lowers the quality of the overall product. The damage to concrete structures due to excessive water in a concrete mix ...
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Cigarette Butt Bricks – Physical Properties and Advantages
Cigarette butt bricks are produced by blending cigarette butts with mixture of materials used for brick production. This is an innovative and practical solution for the pollution problems caused by cigarette butt disposal. The percentage of cigarette butt addition is ...
Breathe Bricks – Operation Mechanism, Applications, Advantages
Breathe Brick is a masonry system which is designed and constructed to constitute and be a part of ventilation system of buildings. It filters polluted outdoor air so that it becomes healthy enough to bring directly into occupied spaces. ...
Grade Separation and Interchanges
Grade separation is a method developed to avoid the disruption of traffic flow at intersections. Grade separation is adopted at junctions where two or more surface transport axes cross with each other. Different types of grade separation structures, advantages and ...
Transparent Wood – Production, Properties, Applications, and Advantages
Transparent wood is one of the innovative construction materials that hold the potential to lift the construction sector to a whole new level. Not only is it environmentally-friendly, but also a great alternative to plastic and glass. Transparent wood is ...
Trailer Mounted Concrete Pumps
Trailer mounted concrete pump is a type of concrete pump generally mounted on a single axle or multi-axle trailer and high pressure is used to pump the concrete. These trailers are transported to construction sites by attaching them to a ...
6 Sustainable Innovations Shaping Construction
Sustainable innovation is the process in which sustainability considerations including environmental and economy are taken into account from idea generation to research, development, and commercialization. Since construction emit significant quantity of CO2 into air, numerous attempts have been made to ...
Placement of Rebar in Footings – Horizontal and Vertical Rebars
Steel reinforcement forms an important part of concrete foundations. Thus, good placement of horizontal and vertical rebars in a footing is of utmost importance as placing concrete. The placement, size, cover, tying and tolerance in steel reinforcement are considered to ...
Concrete Sweating – Phenomenon, Causes and Prevention
Concrete sweating is the phenomena of accumulation of water droplets on the surface of concrete due to the difference in temperature of the outer environment and concrete. A sweating concrete floor can be a real nuisance that can create a ...
Garage Concrete Floor Slab – Construction, Thickness and Cost
Garage floor slab construction process includes the preparation of base, erection of formwork, placement of reinforcement, pouring, compaction, finishing and curing of the concrete slab. In this article we discuss the construction process, thickness and cost of garage floor slab. ...