The business of construction is one that, generally speaking, requires a great number of tools to operate smoothly. What this means is that most construction companies, no matter how well equipped, won’t have every tool for every occasion. Hiring tools that you use infrequently is a common practice, and often the cost of purchasing and maintaining a tool is simply too much when the purpose of…
By: Dean Kaplan, CEO and President, The Kaplan Group
Like many seasonal businesses, construction companies often have trouble keeping their cash flow steady. The highs are great, but the lows have the capacity to ruin your business. Sometimes even the highs can be hard on…
The valuing of variations in any project are lifeblood of a project provided they are properly settled in terms of fair and properly evaluated Star Rates. So actually you want to know “what are star rates”.In unit price contract the Bill of…
Well, the word door is a very common and a very widespread word; however, today we will explain and enlighten some of the unique types of doors you might not be familiar with. Before going into that let’s first talk about technical definition of door in civil engineering.“The arrangements made to provide free and easy access inside and outside the rooms of a building are called Doors.
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15+ Essential Tips for Civil Engineers regarding quality of construction
August 23, 2014
Do you know what? in the field site engineer is acting like a soldier fighting for the betterment of the construction quality. Ensuring construction quality is like ensuring good taste in food to make it tasty for the ones who are going to eat it. Quality of construction has…
Primavera P6 is the latest software package that is used for comprehensive enterprise project portfolio management (EPPM) solutions. Primavera was founded by Primavera Systems Inc. in 1983 which is then acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2008.
Installation of Primavera is a bit tricky but not very difficult at all. In this post I am going to share the procedure that how one can install Primavera…
Civil Engineering has projects that include large number of activities, excess amount of resources in terms of labor, machinery, time and tools. All these activities are to be managed. Planning engineer first has to perform work break down Structure (WBS) and then allocate…
Project Management in general or construction management in particular is a very significant and important part of any civil engineering projects that includes labour, activities that has specific duration and some resources like machinery or time as well. A project by a…
The purpose of this source book is to provide the user with an all-inclusive overview of the general pattern of civil engineering as it is practiced by private consulting firmsDownload Civil Engineer\’s Illustrated SourceBookAuthor
By; Robert O. Parmley, P.E.
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Civil Engineering Illustrated Source Book
PrefaceAny engineer entering the profession, seeking a career in the area…
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Are you a project manager or going to manage your projects? if Yes then These ten rules will help improve your construction projects. Are these ten rules the top ten? It is up to your decide, but not take too long. Share these rules with your team. Your team members are sure…