Mitigating 100 Year Floods: Catchments And Watershed Management
Two of the most economically prosperous nations in the world own the lion’s share of watershed engineering. As this vital infrastructure ages, …
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What is Precast Concrete ?
Generally, precast structures are more economical since these are produced on a mass scale. Such techniques are more efficient, fast, and reliable. …
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Answering: What is Concrete Curing?
Owners and builders should be seriously concerned about the concrete curing process because it can significantly influence concrete characteristics. …
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What is Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete?
GFRC is an engineered concrete that has numerous applications in concrete products including ornamental structures, fountains, domes, and planters. …
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What is Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete?
The use of steel fibers has led to the improvement of the concrete’s mechanical properties such as material toughness in tension and also …
Continue ReadingRainwater Storage, Attenuation and SUDS - Prevent Flooding
Under SUDS requirements rainwater has to be held on site and discharged into the drainage system at a slow rate in order to prevent flooding …
Continue ReadingSUDS - Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems for Car Parks
Drainage discharges from any hard surfacing where there are vehicles can be a problem to keep clean. This is done with the use of separators.
Continue ReadingEnvironmentally Sustainable Building and Construction
There is much talk at the moment about ozone layers and sustainable building practices, but very little help on how to design and build sustainable …
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Measuring Open Channel Flow Rates with a weir or a flume
Open channel flow measurement is usually done with a weir or a flume. The weir or flume causes a change in water depth that correlates with water flow …
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Channel Tunnel is the largest engineering project in history of humanity – Did you know it?
Come with me and we shall explore one of the world’s largest projects in history of humanity as well as a civil engineering wonder. To know surveying …
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