The importance of hydraulic excavators can never be undermined from any perspective, due to the role that they play in prepping construction sites. From digging hard soiled strata to breaking concrete and drilling holes to cutting steel laying gravel, paving breaking boulders, these heavy construction machines typically reduce the work time and workload of a traditional human workforce.The very…
Hiring a Box Trailer – A Quick Transportation Solution
August 30, 2019
Are you looking for a fast and easy way to transport your goods? If you don’t have the cash to hire a truck why not try a smaller scale transportation application such as a box trailer?There are many reputable companies that hire equipment out to people who need a quick…
Stainless Steel Waterstop for Concrete Joints
August 4, 2018
In most of the construction project you might have already used the PVC Waterstop but did you know about Stainless Steel Waterstop and its benefits?If not than this post is for you; as i am going to discuss in detail what is stainless steel waterstop? How it is fixed in the…
Self Sealing Concrete Using Superabsorbent Polymer
October 11, 2016
Concrete throughout its life passes by many phases and changes, starting from initial shrinkage from hydration to serviceability hair cracking after loading. Concrete has countless advantages with no-doubt at all and is the reason why it is the second most widely used material after water. During these phases the concrete also go through cracking which is not visible and perceptible with…
Scientists from Singapore have developed Conflexpave a bendable concrete
September 30, 2016
Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) scientists from the NTU-JTC Industrial Infrastructure Innovation Centre (I³C) have invented a new type of concrete called #ConFlexPave that is bendable yet stronger and longer lasting than regular concrete which is heavy…
This is one of the oldest non-destructive tests and it is still widely used. It was devised in 1948 by Ernst Schmidt, and is therefore known also as Schmidt hammer, or sclerometer, test. The hardness measured by the rebound hammer is quite different from the hardness…
Concrete Vibration, Concrete Vibrators and its types
July 16, 2016
Quality of concrete depends on many factors among which the most vulnerable and defenseless is workmanship. During pouring the concrete and execution of work cautious supervision is imperative. The supervisor has to look for many things including the finishing of concrete, pouring quantity, at-site testing, unremitting and continual supply of material from the batching plant. Beside all those…
Types of Concrete
July 9, 2016
Concrete is one of the widest used construction material whether it is a dam or a house or a bridge or flyover. Concrete is basically of three components water, aggregate and cement. Aggregate acts as a filling agent while cement mostly Portland cement act as a binding…