Many times, during my site inspections, I have found fault with the Contractors for providing an inadequate cover for the reinforcements in R.C structures. Obviously inadequate cover for the R.F has to be rectified immediately as less cover causes the larger crack widths in concrete and thereby it exposes the reinforcement to surrounding environment to get corroded. This is ...

I have been very busy since last August,2010 owing to my academic work, job and family commitments. Although work loadings in every fronts are mounting up, I thought time is right for recommence this blog which I really enjoyed in past. It simply keeps alive my appetite to learn.Unlike in previous writings, this time I am thinking of writing more ...

Last time I wrote that Civil Engineering is a half science plus half art. The artist feels something intangiable where he will convey that feeling to rest of us through his Art.Then how could Engineer become a half artist?..confused??Engineer feels the answer (which is an art) and then use his science to achive that answer ...that is an art..see the ...

During the time of my undergraduate, one of my professor took a great effort to teach us the difference between a mathematician and an engineer. To his credit, he almost did it in a 100%Mathematics is the paramount in engineering. But Engineering is not all about mathematics.The photos which received from a email gave me better way of presenting the ...

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. - Lao TzuWater is an important entity in our life.Still most of you may not aware that Civil engineers play a significant role when it comes to providing the drinkable water (palatable) to your tap. Water treatment is a highly developed area where so many civil engineers ...

Today I came across a good picture which you can see below, where it gives a different perspective to the subject matter of 'Women'. Although I' m not intended to find the validity of above, my simple intention is to appreciate the creativity an

I think character or the personality of a person is a mixture of Attitude, Knowledge, Skills and Luck. In my way of thinking, the correct mixture of above should always make a strong character and it will make a person who withstands to various types of problems which he comes

There are so many Guinness records for the tallest entities which may fall in to the categories such as tallest man,tallest woman,tallest building etc.So,I thought it would be appropriate to discuss the details about the world tallest bridge through this blog.The world highest Bridge is 'Mill

It would be hard to find a person who has not gone across a bridge during his lifetime. But, have any of among you taken the trouble to look at the underneath of a bridge?, which helped you to cross over the river. Surely,

This year (2010),the field selections of University of Moratuwa (UOM), SL, have depicted a different trend from its past consistent behavioral pattern. Even though, when considering the whole picture, it cannot be catogor

While we were having a beer, one of my Zambian friend, Earnest told me that their women are concrete machines (wow!!! Sure SL contractors think of importing few of them )While thinking of that good idea, i thought to write my n

This time I thought to write something reference to the foundation design in bridges. Typically two types of foundations can see in Sri Lanka. i.e1. Spread Footing2. Pile FoundationI thought to discuss why pile design is defer in Bridges compar

I thought to start my first blog with a simple but very useful information to civil engineers and technical officers.I have seen very senior engineers going through their handbooks when they were been asked to calculate the weight of a particular length of a R/F bars. But if you can memorize a simple data, it is totally unnecessary to refer ...