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Lift design for geotechnical engineering.
asked Oct 11, 2015 in Geotechnical Engg. by rockerock  
  • lift

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  • building

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If I was planing to build a 100x70 sq.m hotel, how many 26 sq.m rooms can I fit in a floor? Along with the hallway, storage/housekeeping room, working elevator and 2 guest elevators? I do not know the sizes for each
asked Oct 5, 2015 in Building Construction by Arin26  

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  • engineering

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  • estimation

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  • building
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suggest me a topic for my technical seminar,
asked Sep 29, 2015 in Technical Report Writing by ednashirley  

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  • seminar
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RCC slab and Beam - Concrete mixture gone wrong (Used 2:5:7)
asked Sep 28, 2015 in Reinforced Concrete by vdarshankb  

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Assuming exactly the same conditions: If an area draining 153 Cubic Feet Per Second requires a 54 inch tile, what size tile would I need to drain 431 Cubic Feet per Second at the same efficiency?
asked Sep 24, 2015 in Hydrology by edednedy  

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  • drainage

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What is definition of QA/QC?
asked Sep 23, 2015 in Building Construction by sunil.chauhan  

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Why does the gain of compressive strength of cylindrical concrete specimen is inconsistent
asked Sep 22, 2015 in Concrete Technology by mrc.stnly  

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  • compression

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What is the definition of Development length?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Reinforced Concrete by fawad  

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  • reinforcement

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  • definition
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what is weight of brick size 3''x4.5''x9''
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Building Construction by fawad  

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If F1 = 109 N , F2 = 121 N and F3 = 85 N ,
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Strength of Materials by fawad  

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  • moment
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why does plaster cracks at concrete and masonry intersection points
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Building Construction by fawad  

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  • plaster

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  • cracks

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  • concrete

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  • masonry
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Surveying for a Land after taking all coordinates for the land how can it be plotted in AutoCAD?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in AutoCAD by fawad  

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  • autocad

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  • plotting
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GPS important in Civil Engineering?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in GIS Geographic Information System by fawad  

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  • gps
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what are the type of rates used in primavera
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Primavera by fawad  

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  • primavera-p3

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  • primavera-p6
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Why to take always RL of BM as 100.000?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Surveying & Levelling by fawad  

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  • reduced-level

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  • benchmark
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What is U/S and D/S in irrigation subject only diffination
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Irrigation Engineering by fawad  

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  • definition
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how can we calculate the strenth of 1:4 cement sand mortar after time period of 3 months?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Engg. Materials by fawad  

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  • strength

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  • cement

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  • sand

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  • lab-tests
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is it ok for the steel of the S.O.G to go through the columns?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Reinforced Concrete by fawad  

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  • reinforcement

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  • columns

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  • steel
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what is a drawdown?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Irrigation Engineering by fawad  

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  • definition
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Calculate the vertical stress at a depth of 3m below the ground surface due to weight of the soil whose unit weight is 18.5KN/m^3.
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Civil Engineering by azam  

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  • problems

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  • water-table
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I have a question regarding the classification of the soil of a borrow pit.
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Civil Engineering by azam  

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  • soil

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  • pit
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what is the difference between abutment and pier
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Civil Engineering by azam  

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  • pier

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  • abutment
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What is the Structural Engineering?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Structural Engineering by azam  

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  • civil
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How is structural buildings without beam and column named ?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Structural Engineering by azam  

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  • beam

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  • column
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with out knowing ms excel can i learn primavera
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Primavera by azam  

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  • primavera-p6

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  • primavera-p3

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  • ms-excel
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what is the cement consumption for various concrete mix
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Concrete Technology by azam  

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  • concrete-mix

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  • concrete
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how todraw drawing with layers in autocad
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Drawing and Drafting by azam  

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  • autocad

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  • how-to
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What is a free body diagram
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Strength of Materials by azam  

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  • free-body-diagrams
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Before the construction of any structure we need to know soil properties.
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Civil Engineering by azam  

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  • properties

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  • structure
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what is difference b/w structural engineer and architech?
asked Sep 17, 2015 in Structural Engineering by azam  

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