
Failure and Collapse of civil engineering structures
The failure and collapse of civil engineering structures in general and buildings in particular has become a very common phenomenon in last few years. This paper highlights the new reasons of failure

Do Away with the Polluting Cement!
By the end of the Nineteenth century, the British rulers had imported 'Cement' to India and commenced discouraging the method of using freshly ground lime for masonry construction that was in vogue

Volvo Systems to enhance safety
Since 1927, traffic safety has always been one of Volvo Trucks' core values and the company is currently well to the fore when it comes to safety development. Tiredness alerts, lane change assistance and help

Magnetized Water: An Upcoming Technology for Construction Industry
Cement based construction industry plays a vital role in infrastructure development of a country. Cement concrete is the backbone material of construction industry. Water plays an important role in the production

Identifying And Managing Vital Risks In Construction Projects
"No construction project is risk free. Risk can be managed, minimized, shared, transferred or accepted. It cannot be ignored." Risk is a state of uncertainty where some possible outcomes have an undesired effect or significant loss. Uncertainly is meaning that the lack of certainly due to limited knowledge that it is impossible to state the outcome

Recent Development in Eco-friendly Sustainable Rapid Wall Gypsum Panels
The prominent building materials used in building and other constructions are cement, steel, sand, stone, concrete, RCC, bricks, timber, plastic & polymers, etc. Occurrence of natural disasters like earthquakes

NORMET
Normet is a fast growing Finnish Technology firm with operations across the globe providing advanced solutions for selected customer processes in underground mining and tunneling environs. It develops

TERRATEC delivers cutting-edge Tunnel Boring Machines around the globe
With a major boom in infrastructure development including transport infrastructure to help with traffic decongestion, the urban development authority is focusing more on the expansion of underground infrastructure. Specifically, the

Normet introduces Spraymec 8100VC
Normet introduced the most advanced model for concrete spraying in its Spraymec series at bC India. The Spraymec 8100 VC is designed for high performance sprayed concrete applications in tunnels with

Trenchless Technology for Underground Services
The implementation of trenchless technology for laying utility services under the ground in urban areas, the various problems affecting the structures and traffic congestion by using traditional methods

Tunneling Machines
Susumo has launched a totally fresh set of machines for tunnelling jobs. They consist of the whole range from simple Tractor Trolley Loading Bucket to Mucking Machines. Tunnel Excavators is an excavator mounted on tyres. The excavating arm is specially designed