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Showing posts with label cement concrete. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cement concrete. Show all posts
Friday, July 26, 2019

Properties and uses of white cement concrete

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White cement concrete has similarity with grey Portland cement but the main difference lies in fineness and color. The white color of this...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Steps involved in cement concrete works

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Given below, brief specifications for executing cement concrete works for different objectives :- 1. Materials for Cement Concrete: Diffe...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Some vital guidelines to build up a raft foundation

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A raft foundation alias mat foundation refers to a continuous slab that stands on the soil that expands over the whole footprint of the bu...
Friday, February 8, 2019

Types of plasticizers commonly used and their benefits

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Plasticizers & super-plasticizers facilitate concrete to enhance it's workability. Due to it’s strong fluidity, shotcrete is highly...
Saturday, February 2, 2019

Plain cement concrete – Uses and formation method

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The objective of plain cement concrete alias PCC is to arrange a firm impermeable bed to RCC in the foundation where the soil is soft and f...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Advantages of microsillica in concrete

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Microsilica alias silica fume or condensed silica fume stands for is a mineral admixture that is formed with very fine solid glassy spheres...
Friday, January 18, 2019

Characteristics of polymer-Modified Mortar

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Mortar is considered as one of the vital components in masonry construction. It is normally formed by mixing water with portland cement, hy...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Raft foundation construction details

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This construction article provides the detail construction methods for raft foundation of a building. The raft foundation is conducted for ...
Monday, January 1, 2018

How to estimate cement bags in 1 cubic meter

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Suppose the proportion of nominal mix is 1:2:4 (one part cement, 2 part sand and 4 part aggregate) Wastage of cement is taken as 2% Outpu...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Definition of M20 grade of concrete

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In construction, there should be individual strength for each building element. To maintain the strength of concrete for different eleme...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Setting Process of Cement

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The reaction of cement starts immediately when the water is mixed. In it’s pure and finely ground form, it is extremely sensitive to water...
Monday, March 27, 2017

Detailed methods for slump test to check the consistency of fresh concrete

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This construction video briefly explains the importance of Slum Test and how it is used to examine the workability and conformity of fresh...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Different types of foundation and their usefulness

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Maximum structures are built with two parts like super structure and sub-structure of the foundation. Super Structure is located over the...