Most of the loss of life in past earthquakes has occurred due to the collapse of buildings, constructed in traditional materials like stone, brick, adobe and wood, which were not particularly engineered to be earthquake ...

Concrete differs from other construction materials in that it can be made from an infinite combination of suitable materials and that its final properties are dependent on the treatment after it arrives at the job site. ...

In view of the rapidly developing technology and owing to the exploration of new fields in civil engineering, the construction works are subjected to continuous developments through out the world. In the field of civil ...

Natural polymers are in use as a building material from ancient times. As early as the second century B.C., polymers were used for important masonry constructions such as the great wall, prominent pagodas, palaces and ...

Numerical simulation now has an established place in the design process of any Water Resources engineering project. We used the software FLO-2D to simulate the flow in River Indus reach downstream Ghazi Barrage when it ...

It is an established fact that through better management we can obtain better quality, price & quick results. Project management as a professional discipline, has been accorded the least importance in construction ...

Congestion on roads has always been considered a big problem of developing and modern cities especially big cities. Heavy loads of traffic on loads retard the movement of vehicles on the roads thus causing a administrative ...

Construction industry in PAKISTAN is passing through a rapid change whereby the existing knowledge of engineering principles, to introduce new construction techniques for building lighter structures without impairing ...