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I have gone through the different replies and they contain insightful suggestions. In my opinion reusing the destroyed/dismantled materials in different new structures may not prove a wise decision. There may be more than one reason for that. First, the materials lack bearing strength compared to fresh ...

How easy or difficult is Tedds or Mathcad to learn and practice? If somebody could help me learn. I am willing to be mentored. ------------------------------ Peter Singh M.ASCE Managing Director Kingdom Designers Birganj 9779855020043 ------------------------------

Hello, Ever since computers were introduced in Nepal and engineers started using them, leaving slide rules and then manual calculators and then the electronic calculators behind, I have been using excel to prepare cost estimates. For colleagues like you it may sound strange that I didn't even know that ...

To take into account the load on a footing, usually after computing live loads for a multi storied building including seismic considerations, dead load consisting of footings self weight and soil over footing is taken 10% of the sub total mentioned above. I find it works. Some text books adopt the same. ...

The research going on regarding green concrete is very much welcome but using green concrete is totally a different matter! Concrete along with reinforcement is used in any building or other structures is due to its compressive and tensile strength taken into account for protection, either of the inhabitants ...