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  • Road Network in India……………

    Introduction India has the second largest road network in the world. 314 million kms of roadways spread a ...

    Introduction India has the second largest road network in the world. 314 million kms of roadways spread across the length and breadth of the country. The roads are primarily made of bitumen, with some ...

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  • Green Building Index (GBI)

    Negative Impact of Built Environment Construction industry is a major consumer of non-renewable resources ...

    Negative Impact of Built Environment Construction industry is a major consumer of non-renewable resources and a massive producer of waste, and the operation of buildings is responsible for around half ...

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  • Estimation and costing of soil and water conservation measures……

    Estimate An estimate is calculation or computation of the quantities of materials needed for a particular ...

    Estimate An estimate is calculation or computation of the quantities of materials needed for a particular work and expenses likely to be incurred in the execution of the work.   Necessity To asse ...

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  • Classification of Roads

    Introduction It is a branch of Civil Engineering, which deals with Design, Development, Construction and ...

    Introduction It is a branch of Civil Engineering, which deals with Design, Development, Construction and Maintenance of Roadways, Railways, Airports, Harbors, Docks, Tunnels and Bridges.   Modes ...

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  • Indian Metro Railway

    Introduction of Indian Metro Railway India’s 1st and Asia’s 5th metro rail was introduced in Kolkata. Ove ...

    Introduction of Indian Metro Railway India’s 1st and Asia’s 5th metro rail was introduced in Kolkata. Over a length of 16.45km and the work on this project was sanctioned on 01/06/1972. The constructi ...

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  • Distribution Reservoirs

    Distribution Reservoirs Distribution reservoirs also called service reservoirs are the storage reservoirs ...

    Distribution Reservoirs Distribution reservoirs also called service reservoirs are the storage reservoirs, which store the treated water for supplying water during emergencies (such as during fires, r ...

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  • Runway Orientation

    Runway “Rectangular area on an aerodrome used for landing and takeoff.” Runway orientation is important i ...

    Runway “Rectangular area on an aerodrome used for landing and takeoff.” Runway orientation is important in airport planning. Current practice is to layout a runway in the direction of prevailing wind. ...

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  • Types of Joints………

    End Cap Joint Comprises a cylindrical gasket-type fitting formed of soft, malleable material. The end cap ...

    End Cap Joint Comprises a cylindrical gasket-type fitting formed of soft, malleable material. The end cap is connected to the end of an air filter with an adhesive. The end cap has a general “U” shape ...

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  • Underwater Concreting

    Introduction We are quite familiar with the concrete placed in air, but what if the concrete has to place ...

    Introduction We are quite familiar with the concrete placed in air, but what if the concrete has to place in water, that contain at several warnings like cement washout, segregation, laitance, cold jo ...

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  • Types of pipes

    PVC Pipes PVC stands for polyvinyl chloride. This type of pipe has a wide variety of plumbing uses from d ...

    PVC Pipes PVC stands for polyvinyl chloride. This type of pipe has a wide variety of plumbing uses from drainage pipe to water mains. It is most commonly used for irrigation piping, home and building ...

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