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Civil Engineering Tips – Points to Remember f

Engineer

Civil engineer does many activities at construction site and there are certain works which a
So, some points, tips and tricks which a civil engineer should remember for faster calculatio
solutions to construction site problems.

Points to Remember for Civil Site Engineer

Following are few general points to remember for civil site engineers to make the construct
maintaining quality of construction.

Lapping is not allowed for the bars having diameters more than 36 mm.

Chair spacing maximum spacing is 1.00 m (or) 1 No per 1m2.

For dowels rod minimum of 12 mm diameter should be used.

Chairs minimum of 12 mm diameter bars to be used.

Longitudinal reinforcement not less than 0.8% and more than 6% of gross C/S.

Minimum bars for square column is 4 No’s and 6 No’s for circular column.

Main bars in the slabs shall not be less than 8 mm (HYSD) or 10 mm (Plain bars) and the d
8 mm and not more than 1/8 of slab thickness.

Minimum thickness of slab is 125 mm.

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Dimension tolerance for cubes + 2 mm.

Free fall of concrete is allowed maximum to 1.50m.

Lap slices not be used for bar larger than 36 mm.

Water absorption of bricks should not be more than 15 %.

PH value of the water should not be less than 6.

Compressive strength of Bricks is 3.5 N / mm2.

In steel reinforcement binding wire required is 8 kg per MT.

In soil filling as per IS code, 3 samples should be taken for core cutting test for every 100m

Density of Materials

Material Density

Bricks 1600 – 1920 kg/m3

Concrete block 1920 kg/ m3

Reinforced concrete 2310 – 2700 kg/ m3

Curing time of RCC Members for different types of cement

Super Sulphate cement: 7 days

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Ordinary Portland cement OPC: 10 days

Minerals & Admixture added cement: 14 days

De-Shuttering time of different RCC Members

RCC Member De-shuttering time

For columns, walls, vertical form works 16-24 hrs.

Soffit formwork to slabs 3 days (props to be refixed after rem

Soffit to beams props 7 days (props to refixed after remov

Beams spanning upto 4.5m 7 days

Beams spanning over 4.5m 14 days

Arches spanning up to 6m 14 days

Arches spanning over 6m 21 days

Cube samples required for different quantity of concrete

Quantity of Concrete No. of cubes required

1 – 5 m3 1 No’s

6 0 15 m3 2 No’s

16 – 30 m3 3 No’s

31 – 50 m3 4 No’s

Above 50 m3 4 + 1 No’s of addition of each 50 m3

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About Gopal Mishra (https://theconstructor.org/aut

mishra/)
Gopal Mishra is a Civil Engineer from NIT Calicut and has more than 10 years of experience in
Construction. He is the founder of The Constructor.

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