What is Box Girder, Advantages and Disadvantages

As we move across highways we see a mess in traffic, cars making noise of horns, you sometimes can’t even see the carpet of highway. The increased population and expansion of residential areas and highways in all directions cause conflicts in directions. We sometimes see an interchange with over 5 highways merging at one line; … Read more

Download Book on Soil mechanics and Foundation Engineering by Dr. K. R. Arora [PDF]

Soil mechanics and foundation engineering (geotechnical engineering) is a fast developing discipline of civil engineering. Considerable work has been done in the field in the last 6 decades. A student finds it difficult to have access to the latest literature in the field. The author has tried to collect the material from various sources and … Read more

Under what situation shall engineers use jacking at one end only and from both ends in prestressing work?

Prestressing is now a must-to-have phenomenon in every mega project whether it includes flyovers or dam or whatever. During the design procedures a very important question that arises in the mind of the engineer is; whether to use jacking at one end only or from both ends.  Jacking at one end or both ends The … Read more

Top 10 Concrete Structures of the World

1 | Pantheon, Romepossibly by Apollodorus of Damascus, c126 AD The ancient Romans didn’t have reinforced concrete (that is, strengthened with steel) but they had concrete, and used it to such heart-stopping effect on the Pantheon that no one has really been able to match it since. The true moment of genius is the way … Read more

12+ Important Points to pour concrete in cold weather

Harsh weathers for sure effects the working schedules in a civil engineering project. Whether it is too hot or too cold outside the considerations in the mind of a construction manager is \”How to fight with this new hurdle\”. Concrete shrinks and expands due to temperature variations which is very critical as far as fresh … Read more