by GCO | Mar 4, 2020 | experts
The U.S.’s historically low unemployment rate has elevated the importance of employee recruitment and retention for construction companies across the country. Human resources experts are relying on a range of best practices to entice the brightest and best workers to...
by GCO | Mar 3, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
Abstract The paper discusses the possibilities of using ecological, organic materials such as sawdust and shavings for the production of lightweight cement composites. First, the method for determining the approximate constitution of such composites was proposed. A...
by GCO | Mar 3, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
Abstract This paper presents an experimental and analytical investigation on the behavior of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) slabs with plastic bubbles under concentric and eccentric load. Twenty-four slabs of dimensions 1500 x 1500 mm (59 x 59 in.) with a total...
by GCO | Mar 3, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
The recent revision of a guideline in the United States allows for the first time ever the qualification of post-installed reinforcing bars for end anchorages and overlap splices. The design of end anchorages and overlap splices with post-installed reinforcing bars...
by GCO | Mar 3, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
Massive foundation slabs are one of the structures in which early age effects play a significant role. These effects are mainly related to the exothermic nature of cement hydration and a consequent temperature rise in the structure. The inhomogeneous volume changes...
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