Finishing Touches With Architectural Facade & Cladding Materials
While the least important structurally, sometimes the most important step in finishing a building construction project is the outer skin. These …
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What is Tilt up Concrete Construction? Tilt up Concrete Wall Panels.
Tilt up concrete construction process is used for building of schools, office buildings, houses etc, ranging from single storey to multiple story …
Continue ReadingBernoulli's Equation - Energy Equation for Ideal Fluid Flow
In the last two articles we discussed position, velocity, and acceleration of fluid particles in a flow. What causes fluid particles to move and …
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Retention Ponds and Urban Lagoons - Rain Water Storage Units in Urban Planning
In recent years new trends in hydrology have emerged because of high urban development. This necessitated reviews of theory and practice in this …
Continue ReadingMarble Formation, Characteristics, and Applications
Marble has been used since ancient times in sculpture and as a decorative construction material. It has been a symbol of beauty in the grand buildings …
Continue ReadingVersatile Lightweight Concrete: Creative Construction Meets Structural Design
While still not light and resilient enough for a vehicle tire, properties of lightweight concrete lends creative architectural design possibilities to …
Continue ReadingAccelerations in Fluid Flow. What is Tangential Acceleration?
If velocity is a basic property of any fluid flow then the change in velocity, acceleration, is also an important attribute of fluid particles in a …
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Insight at Organic and Dynamic Architecture
Since the beginning of architecture, values such as balance and strength were the basis for all design, but recently a tendency to the adoption of …
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What are Formwork Systems?
The formwork sector is being influenced by the requirements of improved workplace safety and crane-independent systems that are fast and reliable. …
Continue ReadingMethods of Eco-friendly Construction
Construction techniques used today should focus on protecting the environment and decreasing pollution to slow down the impact of global warming on …
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