General Knowledge

 One bag of cement is 0.0347m3 or 1.25 ft3

 Minimum dia of bars for slab is 8mm
 For column 12mm
 Dowel bar 12mm
 Maximum dia of bars in slab
o 1/8 of slab thickness
o X3 of maximum aggregate
o Less than smallest spacing between two reinforce bars.
 Dimensional tolerance of cube is +-2mm
 Max water absorption for 1st class brick is 15%
 Unit weight of RCC is 25Kn/m3
o PCC 24Kn/m3
o Steel 7850kg/m3
 1 gallon of water UK =4.546 liters per gallon
o Wet US =3.785 liters per gallon
o Dry US =4.404 liters per gallon
 Weight of steel D2/162.2 kg/m or D2/533kg/ft
 Slope of stair 25 to 40 degrees
 Max shear wall thickness 40cm
 Min thickness of shear wall 150mm
 Min & Max % of steel in column 0.8% - 06% respectively
 CC for Footing =50mm Column =40mm,
 Beam =25mm Slab =20mm
o Cube dimensions =150x150x150mm filled in 3 layers
o Cylinder =150x300mm filled in three
layers

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