Shear keys are designed and provided in various structures to provide resistance against lateral loads like earthquake loads and sliding forces in various structure such as bridges, retaining walls, basement of residential buildings, precast buildings and culverts, masonry wall in ...
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Quality and Safety Concern in Building Constructions
Quality control and safety represent increasingly important concerns for project managers. This is because defects or failures in constructed facilities can result in the loss of very large costs. Even with minor defects, re-construction may be required and facility operations ...
Mechanization in Construction Industry- Motivations, and Advantages
Mechanization is the process of shifting from working largely or exclusively by hand to do that work using machines. The construction projects are becoming more demanding and complicated in construction and delay of projects would arise if conventional construction method ...
What are the Contents of Construction Documents?
Construction documents are written, graphic and pictorial documents prepared or assembled for describing and communicating the design, location, and physical characteristics of the elements of a project necessary for obtaining a building permit and administering the contract for its construction. ...
What are Permanent and Temporary Works at Construction Sites?
Construction site works are generally classified into permanent site works and temporary site works. Permanent site works are required for the entire lifespan of the structure. For example, some retaining walls can be a permanent structure that is part of ...
Activities in the Construction of Concrete Foundation
Construction of concrete foundation is divided into number of work activities with specific objectives and completion time for each activity is defined. For example, marking foundation layout, excavations, base preparation including leveling and lean concrete placement, formwork and then steel ...
Excavation Hazards- Effects and Prevention Measures
Different types of hazards are associated with excavation of soil. for instance, failure of soils at sides of trenches and pits, movement of buildings due excavations at its vicinity, falling workers into pits, buried workers due to collapse of earth, ...
How to do Consultancy Work in Construction? Features and Benefits
Consultancy in construction is performed by a group of professionals designated as consultants. Consultants are appointed by the client in order to perform expert tasks on the project. Consultancy can be done for various areas of construction like structural design, ...