What is Reverse Osmosis and how it works?
Reverse Osmosis is the process which is used exorbitantly to purify water. What we observe on water filters or bottled water labelled with R...
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Difference between Sustainability and Durability
Although these two terms appears as if they are same but, there is a difference in the context of meaning what they suggest. SUSTAINABILITY:...
What is Green Building?
When you impose a question of What is Green Building? , the answer is not specifically confined. The goals of green building design are prof...
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10 Practical things a civil engineer must know
The 10 Things a CIVIL ENGINEER should learn: 1) Basic Tests of all Building Materials. Every Civil Engineer should have knowled...
Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)
All You need to know about PRT: Personal rapid transit (PRT) , also referred to as podcars , is a public transport mode featuring small auto...
Green Rating Assessment of Building
Globally, large numbers of rating tools have evolved in a number of regions that are influencing property markets towards more sustainable p...
Types of Reservoirs
There are mainly 4 types of reservoirs: 1) STORAGE RESERVOIR Its main purpose is to store water throughout the year and utilise it for irrig...
What are special contracts?
There are certain special contracts which are used in some specific situations. They are: 1) Turn-key contract 2) Package contract 3) Negoti...
Yield of a Reservoir
The amount of water that can be supplied from a reservoir during specified period of time is called the yield of a reservoir. ex:- 25,000 cu...
Ferrocement Construction
Ferrocement or ferro-cement (also called thin-shell concrete or ferro-concrete ) is a system of reinforced mortar or plaste...
How Whitetopping of Roads is done?
Whitetopping is laying of Portland cement concrete on the top the existing asphalt pavement. The thickness o...
Types Of Contracts
Types Of Contracts Lump Sum contract (Fixed price Contract) Unit price Contract Incentive Contract Cos...
How Historical structures are repaired?
Repair and Rehabilitation of Historical Structures Various structures that are being served by repair and rehabilitation are bridges, dams, ...
Bharat stage norms bs
BHARAT STAGE NORMS (BS) Introduced in the year 2000, the Bharat norms are emission control standards put in place by the gove...
Portland Cement
image source: http://simipacific.com/ Roman builders used volcanic tuff found near Pozzuoli village near...
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Intelligent Transporation System ITS
Are you fed up with the long queue infront of the Toll gates on National Highways, Long Traffic Congestions, collisions due to high traffic,...
Meaning of Sewer Appurtenances
For effective operation and maintenance of the sewerage system, several sewer appurtenances are provided at regular intervals. List of d...
Alkali-activated materials (AAM)
Alkali-Activated Materials (AAM) (GEOPOLYMERS) Alkali-activated materials (AAM), also called geopolymers or inorganic polymers, have receive...
A new technology is impregnation of aggregates
Hydrophobization A new technology is impregnation of aggregates, which closes air gaps preventing water penetration with constant adherence ...
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