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Engineers React to Large Span Cantilever Slab Construction

Ivy Ugorji - 8
A structural engineer posted a picture of a large cantilever slab construction on LinkedIn, and so many reactions have followed the...
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Business

Top Civil Engineering Consultancy Firms in Nigeria

Ubani Obinna - 5
The construction industry in Nigeria remains a very promising area for the present and for the future. Infrastructure and housing deficit...
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Daily Questions

What is the cause of the failure of this staircase?

Ubani Obinna - 11
Considering structural design and detailing standards, what do you think is the cause of the failure of this staircase?
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Engineering Leadership

The Everyday Engineer

Ivy Ugorji - 2
What comes to your mind when you hear the word engineering? Does it bring to your imagination skyscrapers, bridges, highways, tech...
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Construction

Inclusion of women in construction industry

Peace Ikpotokin - 0
Growing up as a Nigerian from one of the least developed communities, I have identified that our continent Africa and Nigeria in...
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Construction

Can you identify the cause of failure of this building?

Ubani Obinna - 24
Structural failure is real, and it is the duty of structural engineers to identify all possible modes of failure in a structure,...
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Construction

What is Site Instruction?

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 0
A site instruction is a formal written order given by the heads of a project to contractors or sub-contractors on specific projects issues such...
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Daily Questions

How will you describe this system of forces?

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 0
What is the best description that you will give to this system of forces? (a) Coplanar parallel system of concurrent forces (b) Non-coplanar...
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Daily Questions

Is This Ultimate or Serviceability Limit State Failure?

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 12
Kindly look at the image carefully, and lend your professional opinion if the failure of the building will be categorized under ultimate or serviceability...
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Guides

Do Commercial Softwares Make Engineers Better?

Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 4
In the 1950s, a method of analysis involving discretization of a continuous domain into a set of discrete sub-domains called elements started in the...
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Design of Profiled Metal Deck Composite Slabs

Beams Ubani Obinna - 0
Composite slab with profiled metal decking provides economical solutions for floors of steel framed building systems. This is because they are...
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Effects of Trees on Wind Comfort of Pedestrians

Architecture Peace Ikpotokin - 0
Pedestrian wind comfort can be improved when horizontally incoming airflow passes through trees in the urban areas. This is according to...
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Difference Between Pile Load Test and Pile Integrity Test

Construction Ubani Obinna - 0
Pile foundations are slender structures used to transmit superstructure load to firmer sub-soil stratum beneath the natural ground surface. They can...
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Design of Pile Cap Using Staad Foundation Advanced

Eurocode 2 Peace Ikpotokin - 0
Pile caps are rigid plate structures that are used to transfer superstructure load from columns to a group of piles. They...
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EDITOR PICKS

Design of Pile Cap Using Staad Foundation Advanced

Eurocode 2 Peace Ikpotokin - 0
Pile caps are rigid plate structures that are used to transfer superstructure load from columns to a group of piles. They...
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Effects of Wind on Different Configurations of Telecommunication Masts

Staad Pro Ubani Obinna - 1
Telecommunication masts or towers are tall structures that are designed for transmission of telecommunication signals or for radio/television broadcasting. Telecom masts...
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Analysis and Design of Arch Bridges

Bridges Ubani Obinna - 0
The use of arches as a structural form can be dated back to antiquity. Arch structures are unique structural forms which...
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PRACTICAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL ROOF TRUSSES TO EUROCODE 3: A SAMPLE DESIGN

Eurocode 3 Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 27
1.0 INTRODUCTION The most widespread alternative for roof construction in Nigeria is the use of trusses, of which timber and steel are the primary choice...
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Can you identify the cause of failure of this building?

Opinion Ubani Obinna - 24
Structural failure is real, and it is the duty of structural engineers to identify all possible modes of failure in a structure,...
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Structural Analysis and Design of Residential Buildings Using Staad.Pro, Orion, and Manual Calculations

Column Ubani Obinna Uzodimma - 23
This should be a long post, but I am going to try and keep it as brief as possible. This post...
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