Words Starting With A Abrasion: The process of wearing away by friction. Absorption: The process by which a liquid is drawn into and tends to fill permeable pores in a porous body, also the increase in weight of porous solid body resulting from the penetration of liquid into its permeable pores. Abutment: A concrete support […]
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Why to water bricks or concrete blocks? As clay bricks inherently have high water absorption (to the tune of 20%), we should be ideally soaking bricks as they may absorb water present in cement mortar thus reducing the hydration of cement in mortar leading to reducing the mortar strength, adhesion and bonding with individual bricks/block.
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What is a Setback? Set back is a dedicated space/margin between the superstructure/ building and the road/street or neighbouring plots on all sides. It is provided to maintain environmental security, privacy and safety. Every state government has building policies, which are regulated by local government bodies. There should be no permanent structure in setbacks that
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The living room is the most livable space in your home as the name suggests you spend most of your time with your family and friends here, this is the space where you welcome your guests they get to see the first impression of your home here by which they also get to understand your
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Never Being Finished .. Transformable Architecture is a quality of experience rather than duration of use. It creates limited but enduring impact . The shift demands a definition for Transformable architecture… Buildings that distinguish themselves in terms of time rather than through space form or function do exist. With what we call adaptive control we
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1. Floor Plan and Design: One of the major factors influencing construction costs is the cost of architectural, structural, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design. An interior designer or an architect may charge close to Rs 20,000 for a 1,000 sq ft floor plan, which will only include the basic specifications like a 3D
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Even though the design is a very subjective thing and there is no rule to follow a trend when it comes to creativity, different designers have their own style of working and they all are unique in their own way but for the knowledge of homeowners about the design industry it is important for them
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The term flat slab means a reinforced concrete slab that directly rests on column. Flat slab behaves as a two-way slab and thickness being invariably higher than thickness of slab in Beam-Slab system. As per IS 456:2000, the minimum thickness of flat slab shall be 125 mm. Critical failure for flat slab is punching shear
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Concrete mix design is a procedure of selecting the suitable ingredients of concrete and their relative proportions with an objective to prepare concrete of certain minimum strength, desired workability and durability as economically (value engineered) as possible. Flyash is the most economical and easily available mineral admixture that can partially replace cement in a concrete
good Masonry Wall Construction Practices The first course of masonry shall be laid with great care, making sure that it is properly aligned, Leveled and plumbed, as this will assist the mason in laying succeeding courses to obtain a straight and truly vertical wall. Masonry work in a structure should be carried out in uniform
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