The design of group piles depends on either the group or single pile capacity. In conventional design method such foundations, the pile cap is not considered as a foundation element which makes the approach conservative as the contribution of the raft is not accounted for. Taking in to account of th...

The concept of microbial concrete is one of the recent advances in concrete technology, in the past two decades, concrete technologies are working towards developing high performance concrete. Researches over the globe are being carried out in the wake of promising results found on the improvement o...

The use of modifiers to enhance the rheological properties of asphalt binders and to improve the performance of flexible pavements has been long in practice, especially in the developed countries. The use of performance-based binder tests and specification systems in flexible pavement designs, such...

The paper attempts to have a critical insight in to the construction activity regarding construction material, the generated waste, their embodied energy and CO2 emission as an ongoing and future concern of the human habitat. Infrastructure development and handling processes including: design, const...