Essays on Construction

Abstract This project is about the design and construction of a concentrated solar furnace. The basic aim of the report is to provide information about the design and working principles of a solar furnace. The project utilized a parabolic concentrator and we designed the furnace...

Portable is a term usually referred to electronic devices. The thing we usually don’t know is that it is not only used with electrical media but also with automated systems. Portable buildings are the latest trends of technology in our construction industry produced by many...

Indonesia has long been using English as a high power language as a language of modern communication, while the national language is regarded as a force of unifying the nation and local languages as carriers of ‘tradition’ or ‘historical’ identity (Lie , 2017). Indonesia has...

There is often a very close relationship between a building and the body that occupies it. I picked the Therme Vals designed by Peter Zumthor to analyze this concept and took into consideration the views of architects Vetruvius and Le Corbusier. Therme Vals, located in...

Structure and Levels of the Profession of the Engineer (Civil Contracting Engineer) There are two major branches of Civil Engineering, Contracting and Consultant engineering. Engineers who specialize in construction will often work as project managers. They are responsible for the time management of the project...

Every hydraulic system has a minimum number of basic components regardless of its design and function. The fundamental components of the hydraulic system include pump, reservoir, directional valve, check valve, pressure relieve valve, selector valve, actuator, and filter. An open center system has fluid flowing,...

In my opinion I feel both the commercial industries should be responsible and alter what they put in product to keep us Healthy and we as consumers of the product should be more alert to the items we are purchasing. As a child my grandmother...

Rolling Hills is an excellent location west of Disney near Splendid China in the sought after Formosa Gardens area of Kissimmee. It`s a quiet spot away from the traffic of Hwy 192 but still very close to everything. Situated close to shops, restaurants and supermarkets...

Term of self-properties for foamed concrete such as: Low density and high strength Typical densities of foam concrete are between ranges 350 to 1600 kg/m3 and the compressive strengths of 28 day are 0.2 to 18.0 N/mm2. Due to its low density, foam concrete imposes...

1. Introduction Polished concrete, discovered about 14 years ago and has taken its path to history as a sustainable and low-maintenance paving option in almost all market segments. We have all walked on a polished concrete surface in recent years. It is such a popular...

"More concrete is used than any other man-made material in the world.[1] As of 2006, about 7 cubic kilometers of concrete are made each year—more than one cubic meter for every person on Earth.[2] " this briefly shows how concrete greatly affects our lives since...

The cascade seems to rundown the mass of a room and over the floor, anyway the take the path of least resistance is an apparition – an advanced display at another intuitive exhibition hall in Tokyo. The bloom filled cascade is the works of art...

El Lissitzky, a Russian born avant-garde designer, painter, and artist, led the avant-garde’s movement from art to construction through his Prouns. Lissitzky started making his Prouns in 1919 which infused flat geometric forms of Suprematism with a sense of virtual architectural space. Lissitzky uses axonometric...

Earthquake-proof Buildings After the massive earthquake near Japan one wonders if it’s possible to build an earthquake-proof building? The answer is yes and no. There are of course, engineering techniques that can be used to create a very sound structure that will endure a modest...

In automobile field, the present situation is to exchange the current material used in the vehicles to advanced bio material. To make it eco-friendly and improve in energy, weight reduction plays major role in it. For the suspension in heavy vehicles leaf spring is used...

Clay bricks are traditionally made by shaping, drying and firing a mixture of clay and sand to a temperature in the range of 900–1100 °C. (Jackson, 1984) The ceramic properties of clay bricks are primarily determined by the mineralogical composition of raw clay and fired...

The costing method that is commonly practiced by construction industry is contract costing. Contract costing is a technique that is used to track the cost of a specific contract with a specific customer. When two parties enter into a contract, for example, a construction company...

Concrete (Links to an external site) is a material that is widely used in various building structures making it a very important in construction industry. It is inexpensive and strong. It is easy to make, it is made by using all natural ingredients and because...

Ceramic capacitor These capacitors are used in everyday products ranging from audio to RF. Their values range from a few picofarads to around 0.1 microfarads. These act as a dielectric and have a fixed value always. It is built of two or more alternating layers...

In the recent years, the construction industry continues to be troubled by the time, budget, and quality constraints. The search for better strategies to improve each aspect has resulted into the proposal of innovative approaches that pursue to combine construction materials and methods to optimum...

Offshore Engineering is that branch of Engineering that deals with the designing and construction of the structures amidst the oceans. These structures are to be in stationary position and must be able to resist the extreme weather conditions in an Ocean Environment. The atmosphere that...

Types of claims There are several types of claims that occur during a lifecycle of a construction project. Typically, these claims can be classified into three main categories: Changes in the scope of work. Change of work order claims Extra item and variation claims Damage...

The Golden Gate Bridge, one of northern California’s main attractions, is said to see about 110,000 people a day. The 8,981 ft. suspension bridge was originally named after the “Golden Gate” strait, which is the body of water that sits below the bridge. What the...

INTRODUCTION In olden some humans are naturally able to climb the trees without the help of any equipment because the foot is like the monkey foot. And then the rope is used to climb the tree. But not all the humans have the ability to...

“This building has been a companion in my journey; the soaring free-standing stone walls appeared to me as the social barrier and isolation resulting from my long history of drug abuse while the frame of sky they enclosed was my hope for a brighter future....

Spanning Tree Protocol, also known as STP, was produced in order to obtain a methodology where bridges can obtain layer 2 routing with redundant and loop-free operation. Spanning tree protocol is defined as a protocol where two bridges interconnect two computer network segments and allow...

This Novel by Michael Kimmel, Guyland, is solely about the life experiences of men roughly through the ages of 16 and 25. A handful of these young men where interviewed to see the way the handle the big transition into manhood. The transition to manhood...

Did you know that the crossbow was actually invented in 700 BC? The crossbow was invented in Ancient China during the Zhou dynasty, just about the year 700 BC. A Chinese text, from around 200 BC, credits Mr. Ch’in of Ch’u for creating the crossbow....

Equipment needed: Drum mixer Grinder Aluminum straight edge Trowel Plumb Spirit level Wheel barrow Hand shovel Water tank Right Angel Elastic hammer Material Delivery, Storage and Handling: Only materials that approved will be utilized as a part of execution of tiling works. Handling, delivery and...

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) is a store that we are all familiar with today. Bed Bath & Beyond started out with a bang in 1971 and has continues to expand since then. Recently, BBBY has had some serious competition especially in the e-commerce platform....