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Frugal Mom Builds Family Home with Recycled Materials

Natural Building

Beautifully rustic, hand-chiseled pine and cedar timbers are fitted with wooden pegs, but new construction materials and techniques like passive solar were also employed. Energy-saving radiant heat rises from the foundation through oversized, gray porcelain floor tiles from Italy. “I Reusing old materials kept expenses down.

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What Is Mat Foundation | Mat Building | Advantage and Disadvantage of Mat Slab Foundation | Types of Mat Foundation | Where Mat Foundation Is Used

CivilJungle

What Is Mat Foundation? Mat foundation is also called a raft foundation. By the mat foundation, all load of the building or structure is transferred to the soil. Where the soil condition is very weak there the mat foundation is used. For the basement, a mat foundation is very good.

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African Seed Bank Built From Recycled Materials

Natural Building

It is here that we meet Ms Elke Cole, a natural building specialist, a volunteer who has travelled all the way from Canada to come to Elementaita to show how this technology is used. “My The seed bank is made of locally available materials, some of which would otherwise have ended up being toxic to the environment if not well recycled.

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Introduction of Bamboo | Advantages & Disadvantages of Bamboo | Bamboo Uses in Construction | Properties of Bamboo as a Construction Material | Bamboo Architecture

CivilJungle

Bamboo is one of the oldest and traditional construction material used in different construction activities. The bamboos strength it is more as compared to other construction material. Bamboo as a building material has greater compressive strength and it is lightweight so that it is widely used as a construction material.

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Pile Cap Design | Pile Cap Construction | Piles Structure | Pile Cap Foundations | Square Piling Caps | Pile Cap Reinforcement

CivilJungle

Introduction of Pile Cap: The pile cap is a type of thick concrete mat-like structure which rests on the pile (timber or concrete) which gives a stable foundation to the whole system. The similar structure of the pile cap is a raft foundation, where there is also a concrete block -like structure is constructed. Depth of Pile Cap.

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What Are Weep Holes | Need for Weep Holes | Foundation Weep Holes | Types of Weep Holes | Weep Holes In Retaining Wall | Window Weep Holes

CivilJungle

Also, Read: What Is Pad Foundation | Failure of Pad Foundation | Pad Foundation Detail | Types of Pad Foundation | Design of the Pad Footing Depends on Several Factors. Foundation Weep Holes. There are different ways from which the water enters into the basement of the foundation of the structure.

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BALANCED CANTILEVER METHOD OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

The Constructor

The complete pier segment is then used as an erection platform and launching base for all subsequent travelling formwork and concrete segment construction. Sun, 30 Sep 2012 About Jobs Connect Groups Forums Toolbar SMS Alerts RSS Feed Search The Constructor Subscribe by E-Mail to receive latest updates.

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