Terry Collins

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Sustainability consultant

This type means which type of brick bond are you asking about? Your question is incomplete.

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Hi, Following are some process to identify the defects and done inspection of Steel bars in reinforcement concrete

1. Eddy current Technique,
2. Single frequency method,
3. Microwave heating of numerical modelling,

Refer this methods in ACI for details practical use.

Following are some easy and best software to use.

1. TinkerCAD
2. FreeCAD. 
3. BlocksCAD
4. Fusion 360
5. Solidwork
6. CATIA.
7. Creo
8. AutoCAD
9. Rhino
10. OpenSCAD

One should do more practice to become familiar with softwares.

The safeguards which are used to avoid mistakes in drawing a plan are as follows :-

• Take care on basic dimensions and keep it in three decimal places.
• External lines should not coincide model sides.
• One dimension line should not... (More)

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Ballast also holds the track in place as the trains roll over. It is typically consists of crushed stone, although other less suitable, materials have sometimes been used such as burnt clay.

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I added some technical points about Chrome corundum bricks

• It is a new excellent grade refractory materials with a very high-temperature performance with strong corrosion resistance and high strength which is made up of chromium oxide and for corundum... (More)

Difference between map and plan:

• The plan has a small scale where a map has a larger scale which covers larger areas.
• A plant is a true scale representation of any building but the map is drone search that extra... (More)

Biological oxygen demand(BOD):

Biological oxygen demand is one of the clinical procedures which is used to determine the amount of dissolved oxygen which is needed by aerobic biological organisms in a body of water to director organic material is present... (More)

The Lotus Temple in New Delhi, India, is a temple belonging to the Bahaii faith and can house 2500 people and was opened to public in 1986.

The dome-shaped circular temple has a maximum height of about 35 mtrs at... (More)

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According to ISSCS, plasticity chart, depending on the values of liquid limit (WL) and plasticity index (IP). The ‘A’ line is illustrated as IP is 0.73 (WL – 20). fine soils are split up into clays(C), silts... (More)

Good concrete mix design creates the foundation of a sound infrastructure. Concrete mix design involves a process of preparation in which a mix of ingredients creates the required strength and durability for the concrete structure.

Hi, To understand which type of soil is used for pile Foundation first you must need to know what is pile Foundation.

Pile Foundation is a Deep Foundation provided when a hard stratum is at great depth. If the soil... (More)

Positive and negative reinforcement in reinforced concrete:

positive reinforcement: Whenever the reinforcement is provided in the reinforced concrete structural element to resist the positive bending moment then and that type of reinforcement is called positive reinforcement.

Negative reinforcement: When the... (More)

IS 10262: 2009 and IS: 10262: 2019 in concrete mix design:

This IS provides guidelines for proportioning concrete mixes as per requirements using the concrete materials and the supplementary materials. IS 10262: 2019 is the second revision of the first... (More)

There are many factors which are responsible for the deformation of RCC roads ;
-Shrinkage cracks
– Damaged portion of rigid pavements
– Durability cracks
– Effect of pumping
– Faults in rigid pavements
– Uneven curing
– Delaying in... (More)

Inspection carried out by local authorities during construction:

The purpose behind the inspection of the construction work is to verify compliance with the requirements of the contract documents.

On large projects, separate site inspections will be carried out for mechanical... (More)

The concrete mix for piles should be high-slump self-compacting mix which is able to flow between r/f confine easily. Since concrete is intended to act self-compacting, vibrators are not utilized for giving further compaction. In addition, the solid in heaps... (More)

Stucco is used like any other plaster to cover the bricks or concrete surfaces and give an appealing and finished look.

It is made up of OPC, fine aggregate and water. It is very common in India and goes by... (More)

Crazing often occur within a few hours of plaster being applied to the wall and cracks may hardly be visible until dust or moisture makes them noticeable. These cracks normally occurs when a plaster mix with a high cement content... (More)