REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURAL WORK

 The structural materials here I am going to discuss is all about concrete works. Actually the work which is done before plastering and painting or before modifying. All structural works consists of two IS Codes i.e., IS 456:2000 & IS 800:2007. Because in their the structural works of each and every element is given in details. 

IS 456:2000

IS 800:2007

So you have deeply understood about the structural work that I am going to discuss about. Well for building the structural materials are footing, column, beam, slab, staircase, chajja etc. For bridge pile, pile cap, pier, pier cap, wing wall, abutment, girder, deck etc. and etc. For road we have sub-grade, sub-base course, base course, surface course etc. As well as for tunnel also, canal, dam, embankment and airport and railways also. But not us let talk much because the codes which I have given above are mostly used for building works and bridge works. 

So let us discuss about the materials required for making these structural works. The most common materials are cement, fine aggregates, coarse aggregates, steel, binding wires etc. Definitely you will asked a question who dosen't know as all these things are taught in colleges. But do you know what are the equipments or tools needed for these works? Or what are the machineries needed for these works? 

All these things might seem quite complicated for you as a fresher. But if you are an experience enough you are quite familiar with these terms. But for fresher once you visit at the site you will get to know each and every work you see on the site. Because the most common equipments you will get to see in every sites are spade, hook, cutting machine, blades, grinding machine and the most common tool is measuring tape. This measuring tape is must for every site engineers. The machines which required are concrete mixer for concrete mixing, water pump generator for dewatering, transit mixer for high grade concrete, concrete pump for pouring the concrete, vibrator for compacting the concrete etc. and many other machineries as well as JCB (Backhoe) is also needed. Where in some construction sites crane is needed for lifting heavy loads. 

The things which you get to study in your college is all about calculation of that structures. It's live load, dead load, earthquake load, wind load etc. so that the structure may not fail. But the things that you get to learn in the practical site is all done by machineries and cannot even imagine what types of loads are applied and how the workers are doing their work. The most basic software to learn all these are staad pro and etabs. 

To do all these structural works you should have to be experienced enough and high skilled caliber. You should have the ability and manpower to control all the statutory work. No one will guide you how to do the work but everyone will misbehave with you for faulty works. So you should be highly skilled enough to do about all kinds of work.