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Top Civil Engineering Professional Bodies in the World

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Civil Engineering is the oldest engineering profession in the world, and has been at the forefront of developing infrastructures such as buildings, roads, bridges,...

Floor Loading in Buildings

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Floor loadings are loads applied to the floors of buildings such as slabs, decks, and pavements. All floors should be able to withstand the...

Using Specialist Equipment on Site: A Comprehensive Guide

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Using specialist equipment on site is essential for the efficiency, safety, and success of various projects across industries such as construction, manufacturing, and logistics....

Understanding the Role of Performance Bonds in Construction Projects

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Your construction project needs to be protected against contractor failures! Performance bonds provide essential protection in the construction industry, but many project owners fail...

Quantity Estimation Guide for Construction Sites

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Site managers are saddled with the responsibility of making material requisition and ensuring that construction progresses without too many glitches. One of the major...
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Cost of Duplex Construction in Nigeria | 2024

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In Nigeria, duplexes are the most preferred choice for private residential building construction. Duplexes normally consist of a ground floor and one suspended reinforced...

Dynamic Compaction | Deep Compaction

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Luis Menard developed dynamic compaction (DC), also known as dynamic deep compaction, in the middle of the 1960s. However, there are claims that the...

Solution to Questions of the Week and Winners (03/06/2018)

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Last week, we presented some questions on structural mechanics, and we wish to publish the answers and congratulate the winners. Monday (28/05/2018)We were...

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

Structural Analysis and Design of Truss Bridges

Lattice truss structural systems have been employed in constructing railway and highway bridges with great success for so many years. The design of truss...

Column Axial Shortening in Tall Buildings

When a vertical compressive load is applied to a column, it shortens. Axial shortening takes place in all structures but when reaching great heights...

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Loads on Footbridges | Actions on Pedestrian Bridges

A footbridge (also called a pedestrian bridge) is a structure that is designed to enable pedestrians to cross over natural or man-made obstacles such...

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Optimized Design of Passenger Aerial Ropeway Support Structures

The use of passenger ropeways (cable car) is a viable alternative for public transportation in urban areas with challenging topography. Aerial ropeway transportation is...

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Design of Steel Beams According to BS 5950 – 1: 2000

Universal beam sections are normally employed in buildings to carry floor and wall load. Loads on beams may include the load from slab, walls,...

Webinar Invitation: Design of Pile and Raft Foundation

Structville Integrated Services Limited is pleased to announce the third edition of the webinar on the 'Design of Raft and Pile Foundation'. The details...

Construction of Underground Water/Septic Tanks by Sinking

Underground water retaining structures have wide applications in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. According to Lagos State Development Laws (2005), a building with more...

Massive Diaphragm Wall Reinforcement Installation (Video and Discussion)

A video was recently shared on Linkedin showing a huge and long reinforcement cage for a diaphragm wall being put in place. Please watch...

Design of Steel Columns for Biaxial Bending | Eurocode 3

When a column section is subjected to bending moment in the two axes in addition to a compressive axial force, the column is said...

Design of Piled Raft Foundations

Piled raft foundations represent an economical and practical solution for situations where a conventional raft foundation falls short of design requirements. This type of...

CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Concrete is the building material that is most usually used for sewer systems because of its favorable structural qualities, capacity for prefabrication, and freedom...
For long-span slabs in a building subjected to a low live load, ribbed slabs are more economical than reinforced concrete solid slabs. In ribbed...

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