Building close to trees presents its own challenges for foundations as highlighted in a previous article, but ground heave is the focus here.What’s Ground Heave?It refers to the upward movement of the ground typically associated with the expansion of clay soils that swell when wet. Since the ground is unable to expand either sideways or downwards, the result is that the upper surface of the…
Having the desire to be a civil engineer is a great goal to have a will be a promising career that will certainly keep you challenged. It’s a role that’s been around forever and will continue to be in demand in the future.If you decide you want to really succeed in this…
With the price of property constantly rising, many homeowners are choosing to stay where they are rather than looking for somewhere bigger, with more features. This means that the home improvement world is expanding, and people are looking for ways to improve their home that…
The construction industry in Australia is one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors that has diverse disciplines and skill sets that include architecture, engineering, trade, project management, and labor. All these work independently and collectively, thus making the construction industry a vast and multidisciplinary field. Job prospects for this line of work are promising, more so given…
Everyone wants to save money on their energy bill, and ensure that the money spent on heating bills is not going to waste. Draught-proofing can be effective; however, it is too focused and the cost benefits are difficult to realise. The bottom line is that prevention is…
For a typical homeowner, the upkeep and bills just never seem to end, and that’s because they do not. However, the disasters that arise from disrepair and unforeseen incidents can sometimes be avoided. A great example of this is looking after the roof of your house. It’s…
Working for your Final year Project is not a hectic and boring routine and you must not take this for-granted.Take this as an exciting opportunity and try to develop interest by concentrating on the topics of your taste.For Civil Engineers\’ we had created a secret list of awesome, innovative and interesting final year projects you can read here.Now, let’s jump in and have a look at the…
Well before finding the characteristics of a good building we should first establish the fact that what do we mean by a good building.But wait; you can’t just start pinning down the set of feature immediately as this is completely dependent on different perspectives.For…
The diversified types of bricks available in market might confuse you while deciding what type of brick would be suitable for your building type. Knowing about classification of bricks would make this decision making an easy step for you while planning for your house…
The book in PDF Form with title Geology for Civil Engineers By A.C. McLean C.D. Gribble of University of Glasgow Second Edition is a famous book with introductory and in depth knowledge of geology which every civil engineer must know.
Today I am going to share a review as well as the download links to you that I have found on the internet.
Most civil engineering projects involve some …
Is your home a bit blockage and closure sort of stuff? Or some portion of it is having shortage of illumination? Or maybe the space of your room doesn’t allow you to have a window or a door in there? If that is so, then this is not a big problem in this 21st century of…
As the year has started the people are now looking for trends in home building, home building trends 2018, trends in residential architecture; So today I am going to present my research and experience with you.As the size of computer has been reduced a lot in the past…
In this post I am going to discuss radon mitigation techniques in a building because it is a relatively new concern and the one in which techniques to deal with it are just emerging.
What is radon?
Radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas found in soils and underground water.An element with an atomic weight of 222, radon is produced in the natural decay of radium, and exists at varying…
30 Posts for Civil Engineers in Communication & Works Department through PPSC
May 8, 2018
30 regular posts including 26 for open merit are being advertised by PPSC on 6th May, 2018 for Civil Engineers as Assitant Engineer / Sub divisional Officer, Assistant Director last date to apply 21st May, 2018. Apply Online Now.
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A strap footing also known as cantilever footing, is a special case of combined foundation in which two separate footings are tied together by a beam called tie beam or strap beam.Mostly in cities, the houses are adjacent to each other due to limited and congested space…
Tile can be created from concrete, clay and a plethora of different materials. There are in fact several different kinds of marble tile utilized in property along with commercial requests. It\’s essential that the tile is correctly demolished in its entirety so the new flooring will have the ability to lay correctly. It\’s possible to try Moroccan tile to improve the attractiveness of…