Engineering Design & Construction

12/24/2024

12/23/2024

https://www.ennomotive.com/groundbreaking-innovation-engineering/

Innovation Engineering: A brief compilation of the 10 most important examples of innovation projects for the past few years in different industrial sectors.

02/19/2024

https://www.servicenow.com/blogs/2023/vancouver-release-genai-security-agility.html

08/11/2021

HOW TO CURE CONCRETE IN COLD WEATHER

Here is advice for curing concrete in freezing temperatures:

Remember the definition: If the air is below or expected to go below 40°F, then use cold weather techniques.

Concrete in cold weather absolutely does need to be cured—the surface can dry out even faster than in warm weather, if the concrete is warmer than the air.

When finishing concrete in cold weather, you still need to wait for all the bleed water to evaporate. Bleed water is basically the concrete particles settling (like mud in a stirred up pond) and squeezing out all the extra water. If you finish that water into the surface, you increase the water-cement ratio and get weak surface concrete. Since the concrete is setting more slowly in the cold, bleeding starts later, lasts longer, and you can get more bleed water. You can try getting it off with squeegees or vacuums--or you can wait.

Cure concrete in cold weather without additional water; adding water will keep the concrete saturated so that freezing will damage it even after it reaches 500 psi compressive strength. Learn more about curing concrete.

Concrete additives, like a non-chloride accelerator, may reduce or elimante the need for protection and heating of concrete in cold climates.

12/10/2019

ENGINEERS: Are you responsible for ensuring areas with erosion and soil instabilities are monitored for safety? Learn how our revolutionary ShapeArray technology can help mitigate risk ==> https://measurand.com/project-profiles/shapearray-data-alerted-state-authorities-to-protect-the-public-from-landsl

In 2003, a massive landslide in downtown Crookston caused significant property damage, forcing the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to seek out newer and better monitoring solutions. MnDOT sought out Measurand’s ShapeArray. Five ShapeArrays were installed at two sites with the most soil instability. In Sept. 2008, ShapeArray data revealed that soil movements were deeper than anticipated and the deformation rate was increasing. MnDOT responded by diverting traffic away from the instability.

Ten days later, a landslide occurred, dropping a 150-meter section of the highway three meters. The slide continued over several days, but because MnDOT decided to use the ShapeArray, engineers were able to preemptively ensure that no members of the public were hurt during the slide.

Download the full case study about the Crookston slides and how the revolutionary ShapeArray technology helped keep the public safe. Click to learn more ==> https://measurand.com/project-profiles/shapearray-data-alerted-state-authorities-to-protect-the-public-from-landsl

Measurand designs and manufactures ShapeArray, which is used to monitor deformation of soil and structures like dams, tunnels, walls, and buildings.

11/02/2019

Who is dumb? :P

Interviewer - So what's your email ID?
Candidate - Sir, [email protected]
Interviewer - And password?
Candidate - 12345678
Interviewer - You are so dumb. You shared such confidential information so easily for the Job. How can we trust that you will not share any confidential information about the company for some better Offers?
Candidate - Sir, I might have shared my password with you but I don't think you can still log in to my email account. Let's look for the possibilities. My Password can be

12345678
Or
Onetwothreefourfivesixseveneight
Or
1twothreefourfivesixseveneight
1twothreefourfivesixseven8 . . . so on . . .
Or
2444666668888888 (one 2, three 4s, five 6s seven 8s)
13355557777778 (1, two 3s, four 5s, six 7s and 8) 😎
Or
Combination of all of these . . .

By the way, did I mention the use of capitals?

Interviewer - How much salary will u take?
Candidate - I refuse to accept your offer, Sir! Becoz I don't want to work under dumb people.

Never underestimate Job Seekers!

12/07/2016

Construction engineering:

Construction engineering is a professional discipline that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and management of infrastructures such as roads, tunnels, bridges, airports, railroads, facilities, buildings, dams, utilities and other projects. Construction engineering is considered a professional sub-practice area of Civil engineering.

Construction technology is a related field that deals more with the practical aspects of projects. Construction technologists or construction technicians learn some of the design aspects similar to civil engineers and some of the project site management aspects similar to construction managers. These technicians are unique such that they are a cross between civil engineers and construction managers.

At the educational level, civil engineering students concentrate primarily on the design work, which is more analytical, gearing them toward a career as a design professional. This essentially requires them to take a multitude of challenging engineering science and design courses as part of obtaining a 4 year accredited degree. Also, education for construction managers is primarily focused on construction procedures, methods, costs, schedules, and personnel management. Their primary concern is to deliver a project on time, within budget, and of the desired quality.

The difference between a construction technologist and a civil engineer is that civil engineering is an engineering discipline. Construction technology students take basic design courses as well as construction management courses. This allows them to understand both basic design functions as well as the building requirements needed to design and build today's infrastructures.

12/07/2016

The Engineering Design Process

To solve engineering problems, engineers follow a series of steps called the “Engineering Design Process.”

A Five-Step Process

Because the EiE Project serves young children, we’ve created a simple Engineering Design Process (EDP) to guide students through our engineering design challenges. This EDP has just five steps and uses terms children can understand.

ASK: What is the problem? How have others approached it? What are your constraints?

IMAGINE: What are some solutions? Brainstorm ideas. Choose the best one.

PLAN: Draw a diagram. Make lists of materials you will need.

CREATE: Follow your plan and create something. Test it out!

IMPROVE: What works? What doesn't? What could work better? Modify your design to make it better.

Test it out!

It’s important to note that the EDP is flexible. There are as many variations of the model as there are engineers. With EiE, students work through all five steps, but in real life, engineers often work on just one or two steps, then pass their work to another team.

Note that the EDP is a cycle—there’s no official start or end point. You can begin at any step, focus on just one step, move back and forth between steps, or repeat the cycle. For example, after you improve your design once, you may want to begin all over again to refine your technology. You can use the EDP again and again!

~ by Professional Engineer

08/17/2014