With the growing population, there can be seen many developments in the construction field in recent times. People tend to move to the city areas seeking more facilities. However, this has been very difficult due to the ...

The cement blocks are a prefabricated material mainly used to build masonry walls in construction industry. Self-weight of units, workmanship and construction time are key factors affecting the masonry wall construction. ...

The concept of using Fiber reinforced polymer composites for strengthening of concrete structures is one of the trending research areas in the civil engineering industry. Although the use of Near Surface Mounted (NSM) CFRP ...

The ever-increasing demand for housing and other types of buildings results in heavy utilization of construction materials. Such a growing demand causes an over-exploitation of natural resources in the material manufacturing ...

The flexible pavements are highly vulnerable to surface damage due to an increase in temperature, excessive load, moisture and aging of asphalt mixes. They should have high engineering and structural performance to have a ...

JIIPE Gresik’s Industrial Area, East Java, Indonesia is located in Randublatung depression zone, which is rich of sedimentary rock. In this study, we use two samples sedimentary rock (samples K2 and K5) that have been ...

Acoustic performance of an arena is measured and classified by it’s acoustic parameters. The acoustic parameters are used for the designing of the sound systems and improving the arena’s acoustic performance by proper sound ...

Historic buildings are considered an important asset for countries and societies as they reflect the cultural past as well as become a source of income for both the country as well as the people living in the area. UNESCO ...

In modern facade construction, unitized aluminium framed and glazed facades have gained increasing popularity. In these unitized systems, vertical load bearing member is a split mullion (or mullion couple) made of thin-walled ...

Strength and durability are two key aspects of the construction industry all over the world. Even though durability still holds an important position and it will have a huge impact in the maintenance period of a structure, ...