Floor systems The floor system is the primary horizontal building structure which must withstand both live loads and dead loads, (BCA Part B1.2) (AS 1170.1). Any flooring system consists of linear beams and joists to distribute floor loads evenly throughout floor surface, transferring horizontal loads down to vertical structures such as beams, columns or load bearing walls. Floor systems must safely support moving loads. A floor system should be relatively stiff while maintaining its elasticity
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Introduction 1.1 Background CMC was a leader in the industry for over 25 years since 1946 in concrete block business. Even if it is a leader in different reasons .But it is not competent in the new prestressed concrete business CMC uses matrix structure but it is not a reason for its failerity in prestressed business, instade the top managements didn’t recognize the changing nature of prestressed concrete business in the industry. When the prestressd industry gained wide industry acceptance
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design of Precast concrete structures in New Zealand – Robert Park(PCI journal : 1995) MOMENT RESISTING FRAMES WITH PRECAST REINFORCED ELEMENTS The approach is to design and construct connections that possess stiffness, strength & ductility similar to that of cast-in-place concrete monolithic constructions The three different types of beam column connection arrangement are discussed below: 1. System 1 * The precast beam elements are placed on the cover concrete of cast-in-place
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Tatayana Greene Create Real Impact Contest Essay You Only Get One Summer 2014 in Cleveland, Ohio. My considered-second family, The Morrings, had came to get me in the early afternoon to go on a 2-3 hour drive to get my sister Terraé her new puppy to cure the mourning for her recently lost one. I climbed into the third section of the run down 2014 jet black Tahoe, Ms.Morring in the driver seat, family friend Tanisha in the passenger, Tanisha’s daughter and our friend Darius in the
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Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Abstract This report investigates the Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC). AAC, or known as Autoclave Cellular Concrete (ACC) is an innovative concrete material that used for all types of structures. In this paper, its history (development), manufacturing process, some typical attributes and advantages, properties and limitations would be interpreted; in order to give an idea why it is so popular to be building material nowadays. Introduction AAC is a precast building
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CASE STUDY 1 http://www.scribd.com/full/38399959?access_key=key-222j5zlz3s8dd9x2b6pu CASE STUDY 2 http://www.antiessays.com/free-essays/99985.html CASE STUDY 3 1) DESCRIBE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PRIMARY SECONDARY AND TERTIARY SECTORS. GIVE EXAMPLES OF HOW CEMEX CARRIES OUT WORK INVOLVING EACH OF THESE THREE SECTORS There are three main sectors of industry. CEMEX’s business covers all three sectors of industry: * Primary – involves extraction, processing and use of raw materials
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1824 and is a key ingredient in concrete. Every year the average family uses one tonne of cement without even knowing it. No house, school, bridge or road would be built without it. Concrete is the second most consumed substance in the world after water. It is made from aggregate, cement and water and can be mixed on building sites or supplied ready-mixed from a concrete plant. The UK’s first readymixed concrete plant was set up by a company called Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) in the 1930s. In 2005
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Beams for the construction of a residential apartment, which is closely interrelated with columns and slabs. Controls: 1) Configurations of beam span. (Width, length, shape, bracing) 2) Material particularities (steel, bar spacing, concrete, admixtures) 3) Known/ Estimated Loads on beam Pattern of the geometry could be modified at any stage to optimize the objective. Along with the choice of materials; the quantities can make substantial difference in efficiency.
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Trinity Mirror Regionals to become partner of Google’s AdWords campaign TRINITY Mirror Regionals (TMR), publisher of the Liverpool ECHO, has announced it has become the first newspaper group to become a Premier SME Partner of Google’s AdWords advertising programme in the UK. It means TMR will sell a range of AdWords account management services from account setup and activation to ongoing campaign maintenance and optimisation, allowing them to use online advertising as a cost effective way to
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The Joplin Tornado was a deadly tornado that made it's way through Joplin, Missouri in 2011. The two articles about it, “The Evil Swirling Darkness,” and “A storm chaser’s first hand account of the Joplin Tornado,” are alike and unalike in many ways. First and foremost, a similarity is, both texts tell us that "nothing could prepare" Jeff Piotrowski for the Joplin Tornado. The scope article (“The Evil Swirling Darkness,”) states, "he could not have imagined the horror that was about to strike in
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