Interview Questions Answers in Civil Engineering

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tensile strength of shuttering ply wood=?

L&T,

2 Civil Engineering 5612

what is the density and bulk density of cement?

3 Civil Engineering 7406

how many re use can use shutting material. timber ? ply? steel? plastic? fibre? aluminium? Doka?

L&T, Puravankara,

Civil Engineering 2397

purpose of hook and bend in reinforcement ?

ECCI,

3 Civil Engineering 6023

hook and bend length in reinforcement?

ECCI,

1 Civil Engineering 5833

why spacer in reinforcement?

ECCI,

3 Civil Engineering 6060

standard sand use?

ECCI,

2 Civil Engineering 4970

Difference between ton and metric ton

DHA, ECCI,

3 Civil Engineering 6406

Answers / { sundrapandiyan }

Question { Gammon, 42830 }

What is meant by 'zero value' in quantity surveying.

Answer

the actual cost of the each activities to be performed is calculated at start/ZERO date of the project is called zero value

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Question { 30572 }

What is the specific weight of sand?

Answer

2.61 and bulk dry density 1500 kg to 1600 kg /cum

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Question { Jaypee, 72361 }

What"s mean by term of BOQ in construction?

Answer

Boq is bill of quantities , the items involved in construction are listed orderly with quantity along with mentioning specification is boq, bassed on this we can claim bill and update progress

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Question { Orbit Corporation, 8856 }

How Mney Layers in 8mm plywood

Answer

for 6mm/8mm/9mm ply board =5 ply
for 12mm/16mm ply board=7 ply

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Question { Simplex, 5804 }

If i buy some material and the seller asks me my TIN number
what does that mean??
Is it my Taxpayers Identification number or it is my Tax
invoice number?
What does both of these stands for???

Answer

TIN-tax payer identification number, issued by commercial tax dept to all dealers and companies to monitor the tax paid status.
Tax invoice number mean it is mention in the purchasing bills for their (dealers) printed one, which is filed for auditing time.

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Question { IVRCL, 40248 }

What is the maximum allowable 'Silt content' in River sand

Answer

Max 8% but normally all firms are wanted less than 7% now

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Question { L&T, 17812 }

in built up area basis what is ratio of concrete & steel
ratio may be consider in per sqft quantity

Answer

Concrete
Commercial building 0.5X area insqm= in cum.
residencial building 0.2X area in sqm =in cum.
steel
commercial= 5-5.5kg/sqft
residential= 4-4.75 kg/sqft.

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Question { L&T, 27302 }

what IS Code used for TOR & TMT steel bar

Answer

TOR=CTS= IS 432-1982
TMT=IS 1786-1985

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Question { jusco, 14886 }

what is construction joint? why do we give expancion joint
in building?

Answer

to make a monolithic structure between old and new concrete portion in member it is proposed special condition by providing L groove or joining chemical/materials is called construction joint.
Due to thermal condition concrete may shrink/expand, to avoid failure of structure due to thermal condition it is proposed to provide gap between structure , this gap called expansion or thermal expansion joint.

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Question { L&T, 14960 }

shuttering consumption per square feet in multi storeyed
building?

Answer

6 times of concrete qty 1 cum= 6 sqm,
2.4 times of build up area 1000sqft=2400sqft shuttering.

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Question { ME, 8617 }

i want to know the easy way to find the quantity of steel
in a slab , coloumn

Answer

For slab 70-100kg/cum, for column 100-140kg/cum

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Question { HPCL, 8060 }

structural engineering based

Answer

on design part in the structure.must be completed M.tech in structural engg.
1. ensuring sufficient of structural member sizes that architecture given.
2. arriving steel requirement for structural members.
3. ensuring safety of the structure.

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Question { L&T, 23865 }

How many kilo of binding wire required for one ton of reinforcemet steel binding?

Answer

Column beam =7 KG, SLAB =10 KG

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Question { NCC, 13144 }

what are the differences between opc cement and ppc cement in
applications?

Answer

OPC based on lime content, PPC is based on fly ash content.
OPC is used in small structure as PPC is sued in larger structure.
OPC less heat than PPC while chemical reaction.
PPC required more curing then OPC
PPC set quiker than OPC
PPC available more grades than OPC.
PPC eco frindly as it is manufacturing from waste fly ash.
finally for residential its recommended OPC
for commercial /dam like it is recommended PPC.

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Question { Mantri, 11330 }

What is yield strength of steel?

Answer

While tensile test the strength of steel with out elongation or 0.2% elongation is called yield strength of the steel

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