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Soil Stabilisation for Road Construction
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
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
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)
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?
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
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
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
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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