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No Fines Concrete No fines concrete is one type of light weight concrete. As the name indicates, this a concrete mix without fine aggregate or sand. This type of concrete consists of only water, cement and coarse aggregate. Important Notes on No fines Concrete Normally coarse aggregates passing 20 mm sieve and retained on 10 … Read more
Special Materials in Concrete Industry 1. Ferrocement Ferrocement is a type of reinforced concrete composed of concrete with small aggregate (or coarse cement mortar), 12 to 30 mm thick, reinforced with a minimum of two layers of small diameter, orthogonally woven wire mesh separated by 3 to 6 mm diameter galvanized spacer wires or weld … Read more
Root Pile Construction Root piles are very small diameter piles (generally 60 mm to 135 mm). Length of the root piles generally vary within 4 m to 30 m. The concept of root pile was first introduced by an Italian engineer named F. Lizzi. His primary concern behind root pile development was to do underpinning … Read more
Construction of Low Cost Brick Walkway The primary aim for construction of a walkway is to provide easy access within a garden, awn or yard. Because in rainy season, water collected on the ground surface makes it sloppy or muddy. This causes difficulty in easy access. To avoid this we can build an inexpensive brick … Read more
Repair of Cracks in Reinforced Concrete Beams & Columns The primary cause of corrosion of steel in concrete is due to carbonation or due to chloride. Corrosion is electro-chemical process which results in formation of rust. The volume of rust formed due to steel corrosion is more than the volume of original steel. This increase … Read more
Scaffolding Scaffolding is a temporary rigid structure made of still, bamboo or timber. The primary aim of constructing a scaffold is to create a platform on which mason can work at different heights. Scaffolds also help to lift materials for the immediate uses at different heights. Common Types of Scaffolding The following 4 types of … Read more
Corrosion of Concrete Reinforcement Corrosion is a chemical process of destruction of material because of its reaction with the environmental conditions. The most predominant among various factors of corrosion is the atmospheric corrosion which causes the rusting of steel. Appreciable corrosion only starts when the relative humidity of the air exceeds around 65%. In dry, … Read more
Recommended Procedures for Concrete Inspection The following procedures have been found worthwhile, to enhance the probability of carrying out the intent of the designs and specifications on a large variety of projects. This results in a completed facility that will properly ensure the purpose for which it is intended, at minimum maintenance cost. The purpose … Read more
What is A Gabion? A gabion is a netted (wire mesh) box (Fig-1) filled with aggregate material – compatible with the size of the net mesh – serving as gravity units forming retaining structures. It provides a means to contain such aggregates of small and diverse sizes which cannot be used to construct gravity retaining … Read more
Measurement of Soil Compaction in the Field It is necessary in many instances to know the wet/dry densities of the soil in the field, especially before planning activities such as compaction. The same becomes particularly important in instances such as the construction of earth dams, embankments etc. to control the field compaction, that is, to … Read more