Construction Engineering Design Calculations and Rules of Thumb

Front Cover -- Construction Engineering Design Calculations and Rules of Thumb -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Construction-General Introduction -- 1.1. History of Construction -- 1.2. Building Construction -- 1.3. Steel Erection -- 1.4. Moving and Lifting of Material (Rigging) -- Chapter 2: Site Work -- 2.1. Permanent and Temporary Site Work -- 2.2. Site Clearing -- 2.3. Demolition of Existing Structures and Utilities -- 2.4. Mass Grading -- 2.5. Fine Grading -- 2.6. Temporary Drainage -- 2.7. Erosion and Sediment Control -- 2.8. Surveying -- 2.9. Sheet Piles

2.10. Soil Stabilization -- 2.11. Site Work-Permanent Construction -- 2.12. Permanent Drainage -- 2.13. Construction of Utilities (Water Pipes, Sewer Pipes, Electrical Conduits) -- 2.14. Landscaping -- Chapter 3: Concrete Construction -- 3.1. Cement, Fine Aggregates, and Coarse Aggregates -- 3.2. Pozzolans -- 3.2.1. Fly Ash -- 3.2.2. Blast Furnace Slag -- 3.2.3. Silica Fume -- 3.3. Concrete Admixtures -- 3.3.1. Air Entraining Admixtures -- 3.3.2. Water-Reducing Admixtures -- 3.3.3. Accelerating Admixtures -- 3.3.4. Super Plasticizers (Commonly Known as Super Ps) -- 3.4. Concrete Slump Test

3.5. Concrete Cylinders -- 3.6. Splitting Tensile Strength Test -- 3.7. Mixing, Transportation, and Placement of Concrete (ACI 304R) -- 3.7.1. Concrete Plants -- 3.7.2. Storage of Material -- 3.7.3. Cement Silos -- 3.8. Concrete Mixing -- 3.9. Concrete Placement -- 3.9.1. Concrete Buckets -- 3.9.2. Concrete Buggies -- 3.9.3. Concrete Chutes -- 3.10. Concrete Pumping -- 3.10.1. Pumping During Cold Weather -- 3.11. Tremie Pipes -- 3.11.1. Free Fall of Concrete -- 3.12. Concrete Vibration (Concrete Consolidation) ACI 309 -- 3.12.1. External Vibrators -- 3.13. Concrete Finishing

3.13.1. Ride-on Trowel Machines -- 3.14. Concrete Grinding -- 3.15. Concrete Scarifiers -- 3.16. Tolerances -- 3.17. Cold Weather Concreting -- 3.18. Hot Weather Concreting (ACI 305) -- 3.19. Concrete Elements -- 3.20. Concrete Accessories -- 3.21. Curing Compounds -- 3.22. Bonding Admixture (Bonding Agent) -- 3.23. Waterstops -- 3.24. Concrete Formwork -- 3.24.1. Wall Formwork -- 3.24.2. Prefabricated Formwork -- 3.24.3. Formwork Material -- 3.24.4. Formwork for Curbs -- 3.25. Shoring and Reshoring -- 3.26. Reinforcement Bars or Rebars -- 3.27. Dowels or Rebars for Masonry Walls

3.28. Construction Joints in Slabs -- 3.29. Concrete Mix Design -- Chapter 4: Steel Construction -- 4.1. Steel Construction Process -- 4.1.1. Design Drawings and Shop Drawings -- 4.1.2. Erection Drawings -- 4.1.3. Steel Erection Process -- 4.2. Elements of a Steel Building -- 4.2.1. Corrugated Metal Deck -- 4.3. Installation of Base Plates -- 4.3.1. Construction Procedure of Base Plates -- 4.4. Summary of Steel Construction -- 4.5. Welding -- 4.5.1. Butt Joints -- 4.5.2. T-Joints -- 4.5.3. Lap Joints -- 4.5.4. Corner Joints -- 4.5.5. Edge Joints -- 4.5.6. Fillet Weld -- 4.5.7. Seam Weld

4.5.8. Size of the Weld

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