An RCC column is a structural member of the RCC frame structured building. It’s a vertical member which transfers loads from the slab and beams directly to subsequent soil. A whole building stands on columns. Most of the building failure happens due to column failure. And most of the column failure happens not for design […]
All About Concrete Slump Test
We often need to carry out concrete slump test in construction sites. After mixing the concrete and before pouring, we need to run the slump test. Normally, we run one test for every twenty cubic meters of concrete.Due to its simplicity, it is the most popular test in the concrete construction world. In this post, […]
What is An Isolated Footing?
A building stands on footings. It transfers all the live, dead and natural loads to the soil through footings. There are many types of footing are used in a building. The isolated footing is one of them. What is An Isolated footing? An isolated footing is a sallow types footing which supports one column of […]
Properties of Hardened Concrete
Fully cured, hardened concrete must be strong enough to withstand the structural and service loads which will be applied to it and must be durable enough to withstand the environmental exposure for which it is designed. If concrete is made with high-quality materials and is properly proportioned, mixed, handled, placed and finished, it will be […]
Plain Cement Concrete – How to Produce and Construct
Plain cement concrete is used to provide a rigid impervious bed to RCC in the foundation where the earth is soft and yielding. It can be used over brick flat soling or without brick flat soling. The short name of plain cement concrete is PCC. It is also defined as Cement Concrete (CC) or Blinding […]
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