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Soil Stabilisation for Road Construction

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Soil stabilisation is the alteration of one or more soil properties, by mechanical or chemical means, to create an improved soil material possessing the...

Design of Pad Foundation

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Pad foundations are isolated rectangular, square, or circular slabs that are provided under reinforced concrete columns or column stubs to safely transmit the column...

Structville Webinar on the Design of Raft and Pile Foundation

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

Question of the Day (01/06/2018)

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Structville daily questionsFrom now henceforth, Structville will be publishing daily questions on different aspects of civil engineering. You are expected to enter your response...

Which Engineering Judgement Informed this Decision?

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Looking at the image above, it can be seen that the contractor lapped and cranked the column reinforcement to an entirely new position. In...

Standards for Highway Materials in Nigeria

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Earth materials are extensively utilised for highway construction in Nigeria. It has been recognised that high quality lateritic soils which are abundant in Nigeria...

Design of Inclined Columns | Slanted Columns

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Inclined or slanted columns are columns that are leaning at an angle away from perfect verticality (90 degrees to the horizontal). This is usually...

Design of Slurry Cut-Off Walls | Slurry Trenches

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Slurry cut-off walls or slurry trenches are excavations that are made under the ground and filled with engineered slurries for the purpose of preventing...

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An Investigation on the Analysis of Beam and Raft Slab Using Staad Pro

Modern codes of practice are increasingly recognising the computational power of structural analysis  softwares. Staad Pro is a renowned structural analysis and design software...

Number and Depth of Borings for Soil Investigation

The entire area of a project site cannot be fully explored for site investigation due to logistical and financial constraints. To provide enough information...

Design of Raft Foundation

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Loading and Design of Box Culverts to the Eurocodes

A culvert is a drainage structure designed to convey stormwater or stream of limited flow across a roadway. Culverts can consist of single or...

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Effect of Impact Load on Lap Length of Reinforcements in RC Structures

Lap length and anchorage length of reinforcements is very important for continuity, strength, and ease of construction in reinforced concrete structures. When reinforcements are...

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Properties of Bamboo as a Structural Member in Construction

Bamboo is a perennial, evergreen, hollow-stemmed plant that is woody, hard, and green in appearance. It is a member of the Poaceae family of...

Bricklaying Robot Constructs 3-Bedroom Apartment in the UK – Video

A block and bricklaying robot has been developed for use in the building industry by Construction Automation, a Yorkshire-based start up firm. The Automatic...

Use of Rice Husk Ash in Concrete: Literature Review

1.0 Introduction A pozzolan is a siliceous or aluminosiliceous material that, in finely divided form and in the presence of moisture, chemically reacts with the...

Proper Detailing and Construction of a Hidden Roof | Contemporary Flat Roof

A hidden roof is a flat roof whose parapet walls have been raised so that the roof covering of the building is not visible...

Top Civil Engineering Professional Bodies in the World

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

Evaluation of effects of temperature difference in storage tanks using Staad Pro

In some factories and industries, tanks are used for the storage of hot liquids which are used in production. In such scenarios, the temperature...

CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Reinforced concrete beams in buildings and bridges are predominantly subjected to bending moment and shear forces. When beams are subjected to a very high...
Cracking occurs in concrete when the restrained strain exceeds the tensile strain capacity of the concrete. In critical elements like water retaining structures, crack...

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