Sandblasting is one of the techniques used to provide texture to the surface of hardened concrete. It’s an abrasive blasting techniques that exposes the aggregates giving concrete a rough surface finish. What is sandblasted concrete finish? It is used to give an abrasive finish to a concrete surface. Sandblasting can be used on concrete columns, … Read more
Quartz pool finish has gained popularity over recent years because of plethora of pros. It stands as the best swimming pool finish among number of options like plaster, salt finish, cement, or stone. Quartz is a natural stone that has been used to decorate homes, foyers, and bathrooms for years now. It’s hard, scratch-resistant surface … Read more
The city of Chicago has no shortage of unique attractions, but there’s one thing the Windy City does have plenty of—tall buildings. There are so many skyscrapers in Chicago that the entire list of them could probably go on forever, but here’s a list of five of the tallest buildings in Chicago to give you … Read more
When you are in the business of sending out packages (which many people are in the modern world) you must be able to choose the right courier to move everything around from A to B. Otherwise, your whole logistical empire can easily come crumbling down around you. Therefore, choosing the right courier should be a … Read more
A mat foundation is defined as a thick reinforced concrete slab that spreads over a large area of soil and transfers loads to the underneath soil. It supports all the columns and load bearing walls of a structure. A Mat foundation covers the entire footprint of a building. It is also commonly known as Raft … Read more
You might have heard the term egg shell; that’s exactly how we can describe a shell structure. It’s a type of structure or structural element that can resist compressive, tensile, and shear forces because of the curvy shape. Most of the shell structure are of concrete reinforced with steel mesh and take care of the … Read more
When we are looking to build a modern high-rise building in a seismic region, we can make use of the Moment Resisting frames short written as MRFs. A moment resisting frame consists of rectilinear combination of beams and columns where it forms rigid connection. Rigid frame actions take its part by providing resistance against lateral … Read more
In different types of frame structures, braced frame are ideal to resist lateral forces like wind and earthquake loading. It includes steel bracing that is easy to erect and can resist more forces than non-braced buildings. You can easily use brace frames for its flexibility, strength, and stiffness. So, in our today’s article we’re going … Read more
Stem walls on concrete foundations are popular in the construction industry of America and Canada and make up the spinal cord of one of the five common and basic types of construction footings in the USA. Here is the entire mechanism behind how such small walls manage to hold up such large structures What is … Read more
Did you notice, is that an arterial road or a motorway? Well, with so many different types of roads depending on number of factors; it is important to know the features and differences between all. We classify the roads on number of factors; but in most of the cases we have following types of roads … Read more