Questions important for Technical interview

Various steps involved in the concreting process

• Batching
• Mixing
• Transporting and placement of concrete
• Compacting

World's tallest man-made structure is the Burj Dubai which stands at 800 meters tall.

Curing is the process of maintaining the moisture and temperature conditions for freshly deployed concrete.
This is done for small duration of time to allow the hardening of concrete.

What is cement?
Cement is a binding material, which when mixed with water makes it capable of binding stones, bricks, sand,
etc through a process called hydration.

What is shuttering? How it is done on site?

Shuttering is Temporary Structure. This Structure used for Placing of Permanent Structure according to
Approved Drawing and Design. This structure generally Wooden or Steel.

How to differentiate the volumes of wet and dry sand / soil?

It should find out by Rapid moisture meter ,method moisture correction method. In Wet sand moisture
become more and it dry moisture become less then wet.In sand moisture should be allowing only 12 %. 25%
of Volume will be differ from the both.

How to increase bearing capacity of soil?

To improve the bearing capacity of soil, one of the following methods can be used.

1. Replace the existing soil with road base materials and compact in layers to attain the required bearing
capacity of soil.
2. Replace the existing soil with cement mix soil and compact in layers with water to attain the required
bearing capacity.

What is fineness of cement?

Fineness of cement is property of cement that indicates particle size of cement and specific surface area, and
indirectly effect heat of hydration. If fineness is more than heat of hydration should be more. To calculate
fineness of cement sieving are done sieve number 9 and size of sieve 90 micron sieve

What is the difference between deflection and deformation? Explain

Deflection is the degree to which a structural element is displaced under a load. Deflection exists due to
compressive load & deformation due to tensile & compression.

What is the vdf?

In flooring construction point of view VDF is The Vacuum De watered (VD) Flooring. It is a system for laying
high quality concrete floors with superior cost-effectiveness.It is used in industrial structures.
How much of the strength of concrete comes from post-production curing?
After 28 days 99% strength gain.
1day-16%, 3-day-40%, 7-day=65%, 21day=90% 28day=99% and 100% strength achieves only after 28 days
and we need to check for target mean strength which is necessary.

What is the method of calculate the requirement steel quantity in 1 cum RCC.
For slabs and beams steel should be 80 Kg./Cu.M. and for columns it should be 120 Kg./Cu.M.

Concrete cover for column, slab, beams -

Footing: 50mm
column:40mm
beam:25mm
slab:20mm
Column – 40 mm on longer dimension; 25mm on shorter dimension;
Slab – 25mm maximum in case of residential or commercial buildings; 40mm in case of deck slab in flyover or
grade separator which has a higher depth of 600mm. Beams – 25mm on all sides.

Least count of dumpy level and Theodolite-

For Theodolite it is 20 and the dumpy level that is 5mm.

Describe briefly the various methods of concrete curing?

Curing is the process of maintaining the moisture and temperature conditions for freshly deployed concrete.
This is done for small duration of time to allow the hardening of concrete. The methods that are involved in
saving the shrinkage of the concrete includes:
(a) Spraying of water: on walls, and columns can be cured by sprinkling water.
(b) Wet covering of surface: can be cured by using the surface with wet gunny bags or straw
(c) Ponding: the horizontal surfaces including the slab and floors can be cured by stagnating the water.
(d) Steam curing: of pre-fabricated concrete units steam can be cured by passing it over the units that are
under closed chambers. It allows faster curing process and results in faster recovery.
(e) Application of curing compounds: compounds having calcium chloride can be applied on curing surface.
This keeps the surface wet for a very long time.