Understanding guidelines for Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) for all construction practices and building sites

Construction safety is one aspect, which like quality , is most of the times given minimal attention by the management as well as the perso...

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Haryana's DTCP in process of updating the guidelines on Structural Safety of Buildings & Structures

After the unfortunate recent incident of building collapse in Gurugram (Gurgaon) on February 10, 2022 in which couple of precious lives were...

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An IIT-Bombay curated App to measure the 'bumpiness index' of the Indian Roads

The referred recent post from Ministry of Education of India cites the news report of TOI elaborating that an Indian Institute o...

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On offer-- "Building Design Services (BDS) and Allied Consulting Services" across India

OFFERING  : Team Bricks-n-Mortar is elated to announce their very economical & affordable SERVICES in the following fields relating...

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Astoundingly Designed & Nicely Crafted Porch at one of the Big Ticket Hotels in India

Time and again, whenever we come across this image of this well conceived and equally well crafted Porch of one of the big ticket ...

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Analyzing the Factors that Influence One's Decisions in Selecting a particular Brand/ Design/ Finish for Home Improvement activities

We all, at some point of time, carry out activities relating to construction and/or renovation of our home / work spaces, isn't it?...

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Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) | LED vs. CFL | Advantages of LEDs over CFLs & incandescent lamps

V ery few people around the world would have known the Professor trio, namely, Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura til...

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[TechTalk]: What are 'Cadastral maps' or 'Khasra maps' or 'Land Parcel maps'?

A number of emails, tweets and queries that come to us by different other means every now and then ask a similar question -- ...

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[Q&A]: Why steps at most of newly built Delhi Metro Stations kept rough & unpolished?

Ms. Stella Jose, one of our recently added subscriber, asked through bricks-n-mortar's twitter handle #bricksnmor...

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[Q&A]: Is it also compulsory to soak Steam Cured Fly-Ash Bricks in water before using it?

Query received from Mr. Sandip S. Mohite, a resident of Goa, India via the comments section of the earlier posted article here...

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6 Key Points to Plan, Organize and Remember while Starting a New Project/Work Site

O ften when a greenfield (new; from scratch) project site is in the pipeline stage, just ready to hit the ground so as to take a p...

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[Q&A]: What are Oil Derricks in the Oil, Gas & Energy field? How can one source Derricks to start up a business?

Received this query from Marc Wilson- a university student in Tennessee, United States of America- who has sent across his query primarily a...

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[Q&A]: What are Tiles? What are different types & kinds of Tiles?

Neha Kulkarni, an architect by profession and a non-resident Indian (NRI) presently putting up in California, Unites S...

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Most common International Standards / Codes of Practice for 'Classification of Cement'

Vincent Shilton, from the United Kingdom, asks bricks-n-mortar(dot)com... What are the most common Internati...

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[Readers' Q&A]: What are the SITING GUIDELINES for Industries in India?

Query received from Ms. Sneha Mahapatra through our 'facebook' page: Dear bricksnmortar, Please let me urgently where I can find i...

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[TechTalk]: Concrete Slabs | Common types of building Slabs | Slab basic design concept --- (PART-1/2)

This short note is essentially useful for technical personnel and engineers, and may not serve much purpose to the majority of common people...

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Need of Better Planning for Averting Risks in Construction Industry

O ften when a greenfield project site is in the pipeline ready to hit the ground to take a desired physical shape, it takes enormous time f...

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