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What Is Road Pavement | Types of Road Pavements | Flexible Pavement | Rigid Pavement

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Information of Road Pavement. Roads play a vital role in the overall economic development of the country and the pavements are an important part of the road. So that it is important that the road pavements should be well designed and constructed so that they can allow the heavy movement of traffic through them.

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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. The structural frame consists of slabs, beams and columns. Structural frames are mainly used for offices, car parks and retail developments. The cross-wall frame consists of floor slabs and solid walls.

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REPAIR OF POST CONCRETING DEFECTS IN STRUCTURES

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Cleanliness: when repairing concrete, care must be taken to remove any dirt or dust that will prevent the repair concrete bonding with the parent concrete. Correct technique : The correct technique and the correct tools are essential for repairing damaged concrete.

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CONCRETE CURING METHODS

The Constructor

Both the rate and degree of hydration, and the resulting strength of the final concrete, depend on the curing process that follows placing and consolidating the plastic concrete. This reaction, called hydration, produces a stone-like substance—the hardened cement paste.

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COMPOSITION OF REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE (RPC)

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It is new technique involved in the civil engineering.Reactive powder concrete in made by replacing the conventional sand and aggregate by grounded quartz less than300 micron size, silica fume, synthesized precipitated silica ,steel fibers about 1 cm in length and 180 micron in diameter.

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CELLULAR LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE?FLY ASH BASED

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It has many advantages when compared to the normal conventional concrete. Fly ash is considered as one of the waste industrial product that cannot be easily disposed. It solves the problem of disposal of flyash and at the same time it reduces the cost of the construction.

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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

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Improvements also include a new West Garage with a pedestrian walkway connection to the new terminal, and upgrades to the airport roads and utilities. At Portland International Airport , our redevelopment project is pursuing LEED® Gold certification while expanding and showcasing Northwest beauty with various sustainable features.

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