Site Layout In Construction

by Mr. Vine on May 16, 2010 in Construction Workforce

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The construction of a building can be considered as production with temporary factory. The building site being the ‘factory’ in which the building contractor will make the product on site. Site layout can be defined as site space allocation for material storage, working areas, units of accommodation, plant positions, general circulation areas, and also access and egress for deliveries and emergency services. [ Read further... ]

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Engineering Continuing Education

by Mr. Vine on May 13, 2010 in Education Guide

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Technology is a wonderful thing especially in today’s world. Things we once though impossible are now realities thanks to technology. Whether it is sharing music online, chatting with friends across the globe in real time, driving an electronically powered car, or able to build an awesome skyscraper buildings as we are seeing things that didn’t exist a few years ago. [ Read further... ]

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Steps of Concrete Mix Design

by Mr. Vine on May 12, 2010 in Materials Testing

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Concrete mix designs is best defined as a process in selecting suitable ingredients, which is cement, aggregate, sand and water, and determining their relative proportions to give the required strength, workability and durability.  A design mix, which is a performance specification stating required strength and minimum cement content but leaving the grading and details of the mix design to be work out. [ Read further... ]

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Video: Geotechnical Investigation at Site

by Mr. Vine on April 30, 2010 in Add-on Videos

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In today’s topic, I’m expanding the previous topic regarding geotechnical investigation in construction or civil engineering project. Nevertheless, by taking a different twist of presentation with this series of 8 nos. of videos obtained from world’s most famous media stream, Youtube. [ Read further... ]

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The Elements of Site Investigation

April 29, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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Site investigation is a process of site exploration consisting of boring, sampling and testing so as to obtain geotechnical information for a safe, practical and economical geotechnical evaluation and design. Generally it is an exploration [Read further...]

3 Methods for Truss Analysis

April 28, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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A structure that is composed of a number of bars pin connected at their ends to form a stable framework is called a truss. It is generally assumed that loads and reactions are applied to [Read further...]

2 Category of Rock Testing

April 14, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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The most important and essential scope in rock mechanics is measuring and determination of rock properties and behavior by using the recommended testing methods, procedures, and specifications. These include the engineering characteristics of rock such [Read further...]

Article: Civil Engineering News

April 12, 2010 by Mr. Vine
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A series of additional articles regarding civil engineering news gathered from various websites. I find it to be interesting and included 11 news articles (linking to the sites) just for reading pleasure and knowledge… [Read further...]

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