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A floor tile paving robot is an advanced automated machine designed to efficiently lay tiles on various surfaces with high precision and speed. Utilizing sensors, computer vision, and pre-programmed algorithms, these robots can place tiles accurately, reducing human error and labor costs. They are capable of handling different tile materials, sizes, and patterns. By automating repetitive and physically demanding tasks, floor tile paving robots improve […] Read More

Geotechnical engineering is one of the five main branches in civil engineering, which can further be categorized into soil mechanics, foundation engineering, retaining structures and excavations. Geotechnical engineering is a branch that interacts with all other branches, after all, every structure needs foundation system. Geotechnical engineering failures are usually among the costliest to fix, if the fix is possible at all in the first place. […] Read More

This is one of the posts in a series of our posts that we discuss failures. Also check out the other posts in constructmagazine.com, where we discuss failures in different contexts of civil engineering. A Brief Introduction of Earthquakes vs. Structures: Earthquakes are very important aspect of most design in civil engineering, and for any type of structure. The fundamental earthquake principles as it applies […] Read More

Structural engineering is a major branch of civil engineering, and realistically the first thing that comes to mind of many, when the words civil engineering are mentioned. It deals with designing the body of all types of structures and their supplementary components, connections, attachments per the criteria given in codes, to ensure public comfort and safety. As we mentioned in the previous post in Construct […] Read More

Pipes are inseparable components of industrial facilities which produce all the products we use in our daily life. In this article, we talk about one of the relatively less known type of structures, pipe supports, which don’t get the attention they deserve as other structures but by no means less important, as they carry and hold pipes safely in their place. Although at first a […] Read More

Drainage is an inseparable, fundamental part of highway design. The main goal of a highway drainage system is to “keep water out of the road itself”. The reasons are obvious, such that the carrying capacity of the road will decrease, and the road will slowly erode, once the water keeps coming into the road cross section. Another important consideration is driving safety. If the water […] Read More

In this post we will discuss one of the most environmentally friendly construction concepts, green roofs. The benefits of green roofs are so many that it is difficult to understand current policies being inadequate to support (or even mandate) this system, including in developed countries – of course there are incentives or certain programs that support this but in our opinion this is inadequate even […] Read More

When doing quantity takeoffs for masonry bricks, please make sure that you not only look at the plan and the exterior elevations, but also the flashing details as well, in the case of a building exterior brick. Those details will most probably show you the detail of where the brick is extending below the slab level – if any. This will not be visible from […] Read More

When a general contractor orders the materials himself, and hire an installer separately, with the hope of saving a little from the cost of materials, it is usually not worth it. From this post’s author’s experience, here are the reasons why: 1-First of all you loose your single source accountability during the execution of the job. 2-You loose your single source liability after the job […] Read More

Façade renovation job of an existing building,may consist of many items such as replacement of glass, plaster, canopies, screens, waterproofing, stone or tile application, entire new curtain wall systems, even the exterior studs or bricks that hold the facade materials. Facade renovation is important because it increases the value of the property, it provides better insulation, decrease maintenance costs, and simply will achieve a better […] Read More