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Month: March 2023

Designing a Slab Raft Foundation | Worked Example
Foundations

Designing a Slab Raft Foundation | Worked Example

Posted on 27 March 202329 March 2023 by Omotoriogun Victor

Slab rafts are the simplest form of raft foundation typically encountered in practice. The motivation as with other raft foundation is to bring applied pressures to acceptable limits.

Construction of Concrete Bridges| Precast
Structures

Construction of Concrete Bridges| Precast

Posted on 20 March 202319 March 2023 by Omotoriogun Victor

Precast bridges are highly favoured, where the speed of construction is very crucial or generally where the cost of procuring precast is justified by a shorter construction programme. This article discusses the different forms of precast bridges, typically encountered in practice.

<strong>Engineering Ethics: Assumptions in Fee Proposals</strong>
Engineering Ethics

Engineering Ethics: Assumptions in Fee Proposals

Posted on 6 March 20236 March 2023 by Omotoriogun Victor

Items relating to “boundaries of duties” constitutes a vast proportion of the frustrations and misunderstanding, and claims made against engineers. This article identifies and expatiate on the six boundaries of duties which an engineer must define in a fee proposal.

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