Category: Videos & Tutorials

Water in Concrete: Why is it Used? Any sort of concrete must contain water as a constituent. In a concrete mixture, water hydrates the cement...

What is Recycled Concrete Aggregate? Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) are an alternative to natural aggregates in concrete ( NA ). Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) are...

What is Foundation Drainage? Foundation drains are pipes put beneath your foundation or basement floor to collect water and transport it away from your home,...

What are Concrete Grades? Concrete Grades are set depending on the composition and strength of the concrete. After preliminary construction and a period of around...

Chair Bar- Chair Bars or Chair reinforcement is tiny structural elements that holds the reinforcement bars placed properly in position and maintains space between top...

Bearing capacity is the power of foundation soil to hold the forces from the superstructure without undergoing shear failure or excessive settlement. Foundation soil is...

Quantity Takeoff is a part of the cost estimating process in the construction industry. Estimators have to use construction blueprints, either manually or electronically and...

Architectural Services include providing services in connection with the aesthetic design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have as their...

Quantity of cement mortar is required for rate analysis of brickwork and plaster or estimation of masonry work for a building or structure. Cement mortar...

The bar chart (Gantt chart) is used for the representation of a project in which the activities are represented by horizontal segments, of which the...

This exclusive civil engineering article along with video tutorials focuses on many useful tips on how to maintain the standard depth of foundation or footing...

Foundation marking procedure is very much an important part of any building construction project. Learn in this video how to mark foundation or setting out...