Hello and welcome, folks, to our first ever issue, of the Construction Dive Magazine. As you may know, this magazine is a venture of our main site www.quantity-takeoff.com. We are releasing these magazines, completely free of cost, to help everyone related to the civil and construction engineering industry.
In our inaugural issue, we will talk about a major issue worrying the construction industry for ever. It is about earthquakes. We will try to cover that what, why, and the how's of seismic activity and the ways to fight it.
Besides, we are starting two exciting new serieses for you - on Green Building and Construction Cost Estimation Sheets. Cherry on top, you get good instructions on how to create templates in AutoCAD and how to make salt-finish concrete. Also, we have some ideas on increasing the durability of brick masonry.
The following is the complete reading guide for the May 2020 issue of Construction Dive.
We talk about how engineers around the world have fought earthquakes in the top five anti-seismic structures. We will see what is a quake and how it affects a building. Then, we will see how the most famous modern buildings around the world resist the seismic waves. Also, we will discuss the technologies we can use, today or tomorrow, to make a building quake-proof.
Technologies discussed are: Base Isolator Systems, Tuned Mass Damper, and Seismic Invisibility Cloak.
We are based in India, originally, So, in this issue, we will talk about how India is faring in the earthquake resistance construction.
Do you want to make a concrete surface with the nice, porous finish? The one they call the salt finish? If you do, read this to find out how.
Much of most construction work is bricklaying. How can you make sure the brick masonry will be of top quality? Read this to find out.
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You can't start a drawing in AutoCAD without a template. But do you know how to make one? Learn how to churn out repetitive drawings with AutoCAD without the copy-paste nightmare!
What is this newfound trend we see in the construction industry? Why do you want it? We analyze what is green building in this episode.
If you are an engineer or a student, cost estimating is perhaps one of the most boring but laborious things you have to do. Don't worry, we're here to ease the matter.
That's it for this issue! Please let us know what you think. We have lots of things planned for the coming issues. And a few surprises too! Please subscribe to our newsletter and keep an eye on our facebook page so you never miss something interesting.