Posts by Kanwarjot Singh

The 7th China (Guangzhou) International Roof,Facade&Waterproofing Exhibition(ROOF CHINA 2017)

Date: May 12-14,2017

Venue Address: Poly World Trade Expo Center

China Market, With Boundless Business Opportunities!
In recent years, Green Building becomes the focus of environmental protection in China and more people pay attention to the transformation of building industrial production, thus more high-tech rooftile products are in great demand. Therefore, China must be the market you never ignore in the next few years and ROOF CHINA2017 is a must-come event especially for companies who are going to step into this expanding market.

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The 7th China Rooftile& Technology Exhibition ?ROOFTILE CHINA2017?

Venue:Poly World Trade Center Expo (PWTC Expo)

Date: May 12th-14th, 2017

Rooftile? Don’t miss china market!
In recent years, Green Building becomes the focus of environmental protection in China and more people pay attention to the transformation of building industrial production, thus more high-tech rooftile products are in great demand. Therefore, China must be the market you never ignore in the next few years and ROOFTILE CHINA2017 is a must-come event especially for companies who are going to step into this expanding market.
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Prefab Houses to Be in Great Need in Pearl River Delta Under Government Supports

According to a government document released this September, Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province has been listed as one of the key regions to promote prefab houses. Soon worldwide prefab house enterprises from all will gather here to seize their opportunities. If you want to grasp the opportunities, 7th China Prefab House, Modular Building, Mobile House & Space Fair (PMMHF 2017) is the leading trade shows in Asia for you to explore your market!

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Here is Your Chance to Break Into China’s Steel Construction Market!

Steel construction has been listed as green buildings and its residential use is now strongly promoted by the Chinese government. It is believed that steel houses will be the major engine for the growth of China’s steel construction market. What’s more, with the rise of e-business, needs for steel warehouses are expected to grow drastically.

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By
Sourav Dutta
Manager-Civil

What is Foundation?

Any structure can be divided into 2 parts:
1. Superstructure: Part of structure above Ground level (GL)
2. Substructure/ Foundation: Part of structure below GL

Components of foundation:
Typically there are 3 components of foundation: (i) Footing, (ii) Column, (iii) Tie beam (refer to picture below)

What is a footing?
Footing is that part of substructure that ultimately transfers the load (dead/live/wind/seismic) to the supporting soil in such a way that the safe load bearing capacity of soil is not exceeded (refer to table 1 for estimation of the safe load bearing capacity of the soil). Footing is a structure constructed in brick work masonry or RCC (refer to figure 1) under the base of a wall or RCC column for distributing the load over a large area.

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By
Sourav Dutta
Manager-Civil

What is slab?
A RCC (Reinforced Cement Concrete) slab is the most common structural element of any type of building. Horizontal slabs, typically between 4 and 20 inches (100 and 500 millimeters) thick, are most often used to construct floors and ceilings.Here discussion on “flat slab” has not been considered.

Typical loads to be considered for slab design
(i) Dead load: Any permanent load acting on the slab e.g. self-weight of slab, weight of floor finish & plaster

(ii) Live Load: Any non-permanent or moving load e.g. weight of occupants, furniture, and partitionon the slab

(iii) Snow load (if any)

Note: Earthquake and Wind loads are not considered in the design of slabs.

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By
KAUSHAL KISHORE
Materials Engineer, Roorkee

While carrying out Concrete Mix Design, there are chances that we do not consider some technical points resulting the production of poor quality concrete. This is best illustrated by the following two examples. The I^st mix design is carried out carelessly, where as the 2^nd mix design is worked out taking into consideration all technical points. In both mix design examples the materials and requirements are same as given below:

1. Cement, PPC, 7-days strength 36.5 N/mm² and 28-days strength 46.8 N/mm². Specific gravity 3.0
2. Aggregates grading are as given below:

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Description: Driven by immense requirements for incontestable safety & meticulousness of air navigation services as well as burgeoning rates of growth in airfields’ capacity expansion and airports construction throughout the world, numerous ATC Towers (ATCT) are being added every year across countries. Whether an ATCT is being maintained & retrofitted; planned afresh and designed on a new airfield; or constructed as a replacement tower, there are critical & sophisticated aspects Projects controllers, planners, developers, architects, engineers, end-users and necessary stakeholders need to consider during every phase of construction projects. These considerations involve sophisticated decision-making aspects including heights decision & siting analysis, structural analyses and non-structural damage prevention, foundation types geotechnical examination, seismic & wind performance design approaches, constructability studies and undoubtedly aesthetically architectural designs with recent attention given to environmental friendliness.

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Description:
Equip Global’s Airfield Pavement Engineering & Maintenance Summit 2017 is part of the renowned AEMS global series and the 12thAirfield Engineering & Maintenance Summit taking place in Singapore, 25-28 April 2017. It has established itself as the world’s foremost and leading event of its kind. As the world’s largest meeting place for key industry stakeholders, every year, C-Level Executives, Heads of Engineering, Heads of Assets & Civil Works, Heads of Construction and Heads of Aerodrome/Airside Operations, Heads of Pavement Engineering & Maintenance amongst other senior decision makers in airfield pavement engineering & maintenance gather to discuss the latest technologies, techniques, strategies and best practices in the industry.

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BRICO 2017 – The Nordic Steel Bridge Competition

BRICO 2017 is a great opportunity for students studying civil engineering, mechanical engineering or architecture (students from other faculties are also welcome) to test their designing skills in competitive and fun atmosphere. Best teams will receive considerable monetary prizes. BRICO 2017 is not only about competition. During five days in Estonia a lot of different social and cultural events are planned as well. Food and accommodation will be provided for all the participating teams.

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