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Reading Guide: September 2020 Issue

Hello and welcome, folks, to our first ever issue, of the Construction Feeds 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.

September 2020 Issue

The following is the complete reading guide for the September 2020 issue of the Construction Feeds.

Cover Story

Baseline Guide for Column Layout

In this article, we will experience the basic thumb rules to be followed for giving a column design. Obviously, columns must be planned in agreement to the complete powers following up on the structure, however separated from that, it is fundamental for each Civil specialist and Architect to recall a couple of thumb rules so they are kept from committing errors.

Articles

Estimating the Quantity of Bricks Needed Per Cubic Meter

On the off chance that you need to realize what number of bricks required per square meter or square feet, in this post we will talk about brick amount figuring. You can utilize this brick amount adding machine equation for your home or divider development.

Designing Trusses Step-by-Step

Trusses are upheld by different items in building model and nature should be finished before trusses are included. All articles are not functioning as bearing segments. Dividers, shafts, rooftops, roofs and floors can function as bearing parts with some impediment.

Estimating the Quantity of Steel in a Beam

A customary individual can evaluate reinforcement as a singular amount. We see numerous individuals gauge reinforcement as a level of solid volume, for example, 2% or 1.5% of solid volume. In any case, as a development proficient you shouldn't gauge rebar amount as a percent of solid volume. You should appraise that as appeared in the basic drawing.

Errors You Need to Look Out for During Residential Construction

Building a house is a tedious cycle that requires loads of planning and right dynamic. Any off-base choice taken by the mortgage holder is irreversible. Subsequently, cautious planning is required the extent that structuring, sourcing and execution is concerned.

News

Recycled Plastic Roadway: The Caltrans Way

Caltrans will repave a segment of Highway 162 in Oroville this week utilizing recycled black-top.

Tribal Burial Sites Being Desecrated by Border Wall Construction

President Trump's beloved Border Wall construction is reportedly desecrating the burial sites.

World's Largest Ongoing Construction Projects

The great construction projects that started before the pandemic are still going on.

Nonresidential Building Spending to Decline Through 2021

AIA's Consensus Construction Forecast paints a grim future in office space construction in 2021.

Construction Costs Are Rising in the U.S.

One of the most well-known concerns industry specialists referred to during the current year has been the increasing cost of working together because of material cost increments. So how has the turnaround in material costs influenced construction up until now

Report on Construction Disputes from Arcadis Paints a Grim Picture for North American Construction Businesses

A report delivered today by Arcadis uncovers that the volume and estimation of construction disputes in North America expanded just because since 2013, while the normal time taken to determine these disputes likewise expanded in 2019.

Dubai Aims to Build World's First 3D-printed Skyscraper

Dubai-based development firm Cazza Technologies has declared designs to fabricate the world's first 3D printed skyscraper. "At the point when we originally thought of actualizing 3D printing innovations, we were for the most part considering houses and low-ascent structures.

Milwaukee Wood Skyscraper Wants to Reach Even Higher

The city of Milwaukee Plan Commission and the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee have consistently affirmed changes to New Land Enterprises' Ascent private project that will include height, parking space and private units to the tall wood project. Thornton Tomasetti is the structural engineer.

Dodge Momentum Index Mentions $320 million Elk Grove Hospital Project

The $320 million Dignity Health Hospital in Elk Grove is the main institutional venture for July recorded by Dodge Data and Analytics in its month to month Dodge Momentum Index. Dignity Health's future, $320 million hospital in Elk Grove will kill the current utilization of their south Sacramento hospital, hospital president Phyllis Baltz said before.

Editor's Desk

What is Shoring and how are They Used

Shoring is utilized to support a structure to forestall a breakdown. The most widely recognized shoring methods that we experienced are during the beginning phase of development which is an unearthing. Shoring is expected to support a profound uncovering to forestall the held soil upsets and inevitably cause a task incident.

Tips & Tricks

Plinth Beams Vs Tie Beams

To be completely forthright, all beams that gave in outline structure of building development work is known as tie beam whether it will be given in Super structure and sub structure of building, when tie beam is given at ground level that tie beam is known as plinth beam.

Why Sea Sand is a Good Choice for Fine Aggregate

Concrete is a mixture of cement, coarse aggregates, fine aggregates or sand and water. The rough proportions of these segments depend upon what type of concrete you need at the construction.

Series - Green Building

How to Find Out the Rolling Margin of Reinforced Steel

Steel is defined as difference between actual weight and nominal weight of steel.

Comparing Asphalt to Concrete - Which is Better for Road Construction

You have to decide whether you want to build it with asphalt or concrete.

Series - Construction Cost Estimating Sheet

How to Select the Right Type of Formwork

Formwork is the mold you put the concrete in that holds concrete while it's still wet.

Quality Assurance of Fe-500D TMT Bars

TMT bars are to the building what your bones are to your body. To ensure that

Resources

Quantity Takeoff Estimation with Spreadsheets

While there are numerous approaches to create estimates for solid development extends, the decision today is between spreadsheet-based evaluating and database framework assessing. Which strategy you pick is actually a matter of individual inclination.

Videos

Quantity of materials for RCC Columns

The design of RCC columns are significant, as in the framed structured building that is in the cutting edge development the frames are shaped by systems of columns and beams.

How to Calculate Cement, Sand and Aggregate quantity in 1 cubic metre Concrete

Concrete is a composite material made out of fine and coarse aggregate fortified along with a liquid (cement glue) that solidifies (fixes) after some time. In the past limebased cement covers were regularly utilized