In recent years free-standing and geometric (Sprial, helical, elliptical and combinations) staircases have become quite popular. Many variations of these staircases exists. A number of researchers have come forward with different concepts in the field of analytical, numerical, design and of experimental assessments. The aim of this book is to cover all these methods and … Read more
In any construction project it is obligation of a contractor to establish a well equipped material testing laboratory. Quality Control Manager or Quality Control Inspector has a team along with Material Engineer from consultant end and one material engineer from the contractor\’s end. Both of these persons try to optimize the quality standards and thus … Read more
Surveying is said to be heart of civil engineering. Every single activity of construction starts from survey, whether you are construction pile foundation, you need a surveyor to locate and layout that pile according to the coordinates i.e. northing and easting along with chainage, reduced distance (RD) from a bench mark. similarly the steel reinforcement … Read more
As we all know fluid includes gases and liquids, things which are compressible and sometimes non-compressible and doesn\’t have a shape as a bulk but might have fixed volume in case of liquids. Mechanics is a branch of physics that deals with state of rest or motion of something or somebody under the influence of an external … Read more