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Bitumen for roads- Bitumen Uses, Grades and Types

Bitumen for roads is an important topic to understand when it comes to road construction. Bitumen is used in road construction because of the wide range of features and advantages it possesses over other pavement construction materials. The significance of bitumen in the construction of roads will be demonstrated in this article. In addition, we shall see bitumen road layers, various bituminous materials, cutback bitumen, bitumen grade, and bitumen properties.

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intelligent transportation system

Intelligent transportation systems: Top 15 systems

What is intelligent transportation system? It is the application of sensing, analysis, control and communications technologies to ground transportation in order to improve safety, mobility and efficiency. Components of ITS are 1. Tracking system 2. Electronic timetable 3. Smart commuting… Benefits of ITS, uses and challenges of ITS are also thoroughly explained in the article

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Furrow Method of Irrigation – Definition, Methods and Advantages

Furrow method of irrigation is one of the surface irrigation methods. It is subdivided into straight furrows and contour furrow. I will explain the important details about each of them. Also, we will find out the construction method and advantages of furrow irrigation in the blog. Furrow method of irrigation is very much used for row crops like maize, jowar, sugarcane, cotton, tobacco, groundnut, potatoes etc.

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pond ash

Pond Ash- Applications and benefits in construction

Pond ash is a by-product of the processes in power plants or otherwise, we can say Pond ash is a waste product from coal-based power plants. It has several applications in civil engineering mainly in the construction sector. Pond ash is a valuable additive to cement and concrete, used as structural fill material in place of soil or other mined materials, and so on. This blog will go through the basic details, properties, applications and limitations.

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