What Is An Electroless Plating? Electroless plating, also known as chemical plating or autocatalytic plating, is a method of creating a metal coating on a variety of materials through the use of a chemical bath that reduces metal cations. This process differs from electroplating, in which an electric current is used to create the metal […]
What Is Exterior Insulated Finishing System? Exterior Insulated Finishing System (EIFS) is a non-load bearing building cladding system that provides exterior walls with an insulated, water-resistant, finished surface in an integrated composite material system. EIFS has been in use since the 1960s in North America, and was first used on masonry buildings. Since the 1990s, […]
What Is A Facing Tool In Metalwork? A facing tool is an important tool in metalwork that is mounted into a tool holder and placed onto the carriage of the lathe, allowing the user to cut away material from the outer surface of a rotating piece. Facing tools feed perpendicularly across a part’s rotational axis […]
Steel Structure Vs Concrete Structure | Is Structural Steel Stronger Than Concrete? Steel Structure Vs Concrete Structure Here we compare concrete structure with the steel frame structure and what are the qualities of the concrete structure as compared steel frame structure. What Is A Steel Frame Structure? A Steel structure is a structure that is […]
Culverts | Types of Culverts| Box Culverts | Pipe Culverts | Arch Culverts What are Culverts? Culverts can be defined as small channels that allow water to flow under a railroad, trail, road or similar obstruction from one side to the other. A culvert is a drain of the watercourse, totally enclosed and usually carried under […]
Coarse Aggregate | Coarse Aggregate Size | Coarse Aggregate Sieve Analysis Coarse Aggregate Coarse aggregate is a building and construction ingredient made of stones or rocks extracted from ground deposits. Some common ground deposits include crushed stone, river gravel, rock from quarries, and even previously used concrete. It consists mainly of quarry stones, gravel, uncrushed stones, and […]
TMT Bars | Bar bending Schedule (BBS) | TMT Bar Weight TMT Reinforcement Steel (TMT Bars) Thermo Mechanically Treated Bars (TMT Bars) are is high-strength reinforcement steel bars with a tough outer core and a soft inner core. TMT Bars are known for their high tensile strength and ductility. Generally, there are two types of […]
Plain Cement Concrete (PPC)| Column Formwork | Concrete Curing Plain Cement Concrete (PPC) Plain cement concrete is concrete without steel reinforcement. Plain Cement Concrete is often used in foundation beds, and this is provided as based concrete for laying the foundations and flooring. The purpose of providing a PCC bed is to have a uniformed […]
Building Codes | National Building Code | Certificate of occupancy What is the Building Codes? A building code, which is also called building control or building regulations is a collection of laws and rules that specify the standards for constructed structures like houses, buildings, and even non-building structures. Buildings must meet the code’s minimum requirement […]
Sustainable Buildings| Difference Between Green Building and Sustainable Buildings Sustainable Buildings Sustainability was defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development 1987 Report Our common future, also known as the Brundtland Report, that meets the needs of the present without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own needs. The US Environmental Protection Agency defines it as the ability to achieve […]
