RCC design & detailing
Bar bending schedule: working out the steel quantity
Building a BBS from a drawing step by step, including the cuts, bends and laps that are easy to miss.
Engr. Md. Nuruzzaman3 minutes read
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Quantity & estimating
Estimating concrete materials: cement, sand and aggregate in a 1:2:4 mix
How the material quantities for a given concrete volume are arrived at, and the allowances that belong in the figure.
Engr. Md. Nuruzzaman3 minutes read
AutoCAD & drafting
An AutoCAD layer standard a team can actually keep to
A practical layer setup for structural drawings, and what makes a standard survive contact with a deadline.
Engr. Md. Nuruzzaman3 minutes read
AutoCAD & drafting
Mouza map to CAD: keeping the scale and the position right
The steps that keep a scanned mouza map at true scale and in the right place once it is in CAD.
Engr. Md. Nuruzzaman4 minutes read
Foundation & geotechnical
Pile capacity: a first estimate from the static formula
Skin friction and end bearing, what the static formula assumes, and why it is a starting point rather than an answer.
Engr. Md. Nuruzzaman3 minutes read
Structural engineering
Bolted connections: the shear and bearing checks
Checking a bolt group for shear and the plate for bearing, with the failure modes each one is guarding against.
Engr. Md. Nuruzzaman3 minutes read