Portland cement is the name used worldwide for the input used in construction, having its properties of start and endding of casting, fineness, strength, durability, etc., defined by its chemical composition, attributing ...

The budgeting process used by small and mediumsized construction companies usually uses consumption indexes drawn from the Table of Price Compositions for Budgets (TCPO, by the abbreviation in Portuguese) in their cost ...

The increase in the occurrences of natural disasters has been an alarming feature in recent decades, making it essential the use of tools to prevent their impacts. The identification, characterization and mapping of the ...

With the population growth in urban centers and the vast diversification in goods and services consumption, there has been occurring an intense industrialization in many productive sectors and with these, a significant ...

Facing the greater economic adversities and the search of new constructive paths, the present work is based on a managerial, commercial and economic overview under a point of view of new unusual structural concepts in ...

With the continuous growth of competitiveness in the construction sector, construction companies are seeking more efficient construction techniques aiming an increase in productivity and cost reduction of their buildings. ...

The ornamental and cladding rocks are defined by ABNT, respectively, as a natural rocky substance that under different degrees of modeling or processing, can be used with any aesthetic function and a rocky material that ...

One of the recurring problems in the implementation of the pre-molding of the structures is the need of the connections between the elements with the aim of ensuring stability and a good distribution of efforts. The ...

This study aims to analyze relevant aspects of Computational Modeling of high performance concrete beams subjected to shear behavior using Finite Elements Method based program. The text first describes the main features ...

The corbels are structural elements widely utilized in the connections between prefabricated elements of reinforced concrete structures, but their conventional industrial production presents difficulties due to the large ...