What is Working Drawing? Working Drawings for Micropile Foundation
Working drawing is a technical drawing as a part of documentation required to build/construct an…
Month: January 2020
Advantage of Raft Foundation in Weak Soil
We know raft or mat foundation cover entire floor area of structure; it is a…
What is Floating Raft Foundation?
Dear Reader we know soil is very heterogeneous materials; they may change properties both in…
Concrete in Cryogenic Temperature
At temperature higher than -120F (-110C) concrete shows small increase in strength. Development of strength…
How to Measure Stiffening Time of Fresh Concrete?
We are not discussing here about Vicat apparatus; this apparatus is used to measure setting…
What is Wet Sieving of Soil? Why is It Required?
In particle size analysis, soils are separated in different fractions depending on particle size. A…
How to Determine Cement Content in Hardened Concrete?
In some cases question about quality of concrete is raised whether concrete mix is designed…
What are Engineering Properties of Soil?
We all use the term engineering properties of soil and index properties of same too…
Earthquake Influence on Bearing Capacity of Foundation Soil
Building codes uses intensity of earthquake for a designed area rather than earthquake magnitude. Depending…
What is the Difference between Consolidation and Compaction of Foundation Soil?
At first we will define both terms consolidation and compaction of soil. Consolidation is a…