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STRUCTURAL USES OF PRECAST CONCRETE

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Use of Precast Concrete in frames: There are two main types of precast building frame. Structural frames are mainly used for offices, car parks and retail developments. Use of Precast Concrete for Floors: Each year the industry makes about 5 million square meters of precast floor slabs.

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A winning foundation: Solid defense with low carbon concrete

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These winning ways have now extended beyond the court as the teams new $64-million training facilitythe Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performancewas named a winner in the National Ready Mixed Concrete Associations (NRMCA) 2024 Concrete Innovation Awards. The design called for lighter, whiter concrete for the structure.

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SITE PLANNING

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There should be good transport facilities such as railway, bus service, for going to office, college, market, etc. The site should be in fully developed area or in the area which has potential of development. The site should command a good view of landscape such a hill, river, lake, etc.

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STEPS IN ANALYSING A BRIDGE

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Another example of idealization is office loading. Think of the contents of a typical office: desks, chairs, filling cabinets, people etc. However this is very inconvenient to analyse as individual components, so it is idealized as a uniform loading as shown below. fortunately most of the idealization has been done by the code authors.

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Civil Engineering Marvels- 5 Tallest Skyscrappers

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However, the towers are still the tallest twin buildings and office building in the world. It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. It has been hailed as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World and Seven Wonders of Engineering (Discovery Channel, 2005).

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TYPES OF PRECAST FRAMES

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The bending moment diagrams of the precast concrete skeletal frame will vary from those of the in-situ frame as the joints are normally taken as being pinned, though moment joints may be possible. It can be seen from the diagrams above that the joints in the precast frame are made at positions of minimum bending moment.

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SURVEYING: ERROR SOURCES IN TOTAL STATION

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A line close to the office with a large difference in elevation will provide the best results. Bubbles can be examined by establishing a check station under a doorway in the office. Vibrations can cause the compensator to be unstable. i) Collimation errors When sighting points a single time (e.g.,

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