Certification to be must for road expansion joints

New Delhi: The road transport and highways ministry will soon make it mandatory for road contractors to get all expansion joints on bridges and roads certified to avoid mishaps arising out of premature failure or deterioration of joints which may result in accidents. Though this would mean additional compliance, the government feels it will significantly […]

How and Why Bridges Are Made to Move

Everyone talks about the weather, but it falls to civil engineers to actually do something about it. Weather and temperature affect everything we use, from car batteries to bridges. When temperature causes changes in structure, it’s referred to as thermal expansion or thermal contraction, and it’s a phenomenon. you have to carefully control for if […]