What Is A Chartered Quantity Surveyor?

What Is A Chartered Quantity Surveyor? Members and Fellows of the RICS entitled to use the designation (and a number of variations such as "Chartered Building Surveyor" or "Chartered Quantity Surveyor" or "Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor" depending on their field . ...

How to determine the size of elastomeric bearings?

How to determine the size of elastomeric bearings?  For elastomeric bearing, the vertical load is resisted by its compression while shear resistance of the bearing controls the horizontal movements. The design of elastomeric bearings are based on striking a balance between the...

What are the advantages of assigning the central pier and the abutment as fixed piers?

 What are the advantages of assigning the central pier and the abutment as fixed piers?  For abutment pier to be assigned as fixed pier while the bridge is quite long, the longitudinal loads due to earthquake are quite large. As the earthquake...

Civil engineering Short Question

What is the purpose of the gap in the road on this bridge? Purpose of the gap in the road is to allow the road to expand and contract with temperature changes without causing damage or deformation to the road. What is...

Why should curing not be done by pounding and polythene sheets?

Why should curing not be done by pounding and polythene sheets?The primary purpose of curing is to reduce the heat loss of concrete that is freshly placed to the atmosphere and in order to reduce the temperature gradient across the cross-section of...

Why should pumping be not used in case of concreting works?

Why should pumping be not used in case of concreting works?During the pumping operation the pump exerted pressure must overcome any friction between the pumping pipes and the concrete, also the weight of the concrete and the pressure head when the concrete...