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Reason of negative float in construction schedule software

If you are using construction scheduling software likewise primavera, MS Project or FastTrack Schedule. You face negative float during scheduling. you will commit that the fact activities with constrained dates affecting on the construction project planning process, however, the method of applying these constraints may cause confusion to the project schedule if we used the imposing tasks to must finish/start by and no later than in baseline project plan.

In terms of constraint in Primavera, it creates the negative float. However before we attempt to make any adjustment to Lags in the schedule, the appropriate suggestion would be that you should recheck all activities & observe why there is a need for it. There might be a reason why it is being used. If the only reason for using Lags is to suppress float, thus making the activity critical, then lags should be removed and it must show the real logic in the schedule.

Remember that:
1) Imperative linking of activities causes artificial negative floats in the schedule if activities are FS (Finish To Start) linked to each other will tend to push the project finish date to an else finish date.
2) The Project Setting "Must Finish By", should be checked if there's a date outpaced.

AMIR RANA, BSC Civil Engineer

Civil Engineer expertise in planning, Project controls & Management for numerous construction projects for reputed clients.

Planned, executed and managed various medium to large size construction projects.
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RFX Documents, Know the Difference Between RFI, RFQ and RFP

Do you know! what is RFX?

We were often asked from our readers what is the difference is between a Request for Information (RFI), a Request for Proposal (RFP) and a Request for Quote (RFQ).

These terms are properly used in official documentation.

"RFX" is a term used, to refer to all 'Request For…' documents used to solicit responses, of various types, from suppliers. 

The three common documents are:

Request for Information (RFI)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Request for Quote (RFQ)

According to our experts the differences between RFQ's, RFI's and RFP's are as follows:

Request for Information (RFI)

An RFI is generally used when the solution to a business problem is not immediately evident or clearly defined. The RFI is used to gather information, NOT to make a selection or an award.

The Supply Chain Management Unit works with the Customer to:

Clearly, describe the problem;

Solicit external expertise regarding how to solve the problem;

Study proposed solutions.

Request for Proposal (RFP)

An RFQ is used when the Customer understands the business problem and what's needed to solve it, including specifications and procedures. Price is usually not the determining factor in the evaluation of an RFP. Factors such as quality, service, and reputation are also taken into consideration.

Request for Quote (RFQ)

An RFQ is generally used to obtain pricing, delivery information, terms and conditions from suppliers. In this case, requestors have a clear understanding of what they need, including requirements and specifications. To procure the exact product or service needed, the Customer provides the Supply Chain Management Unit with as much information as possible, including complete specifications, quantities, and delivery schedule.

The common thread between all three types of "RFX" documents is that the Customer/Government Entity is not obliged to appoint a service provider on the results from issuing any of these requests. The best way to know that a tender award will be made is when you respond to a formal quotation or a competitive bid.
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Thought it was just a flashing memory regarding my secured future. The track ends, open the google chrome and start searching some entertainment things which keep me busy and be less stressful. with the waste of three hours with no suitable option available to work on or get entertained. Suddenly a flashing Adsense advertisement shows up. That advertisement's AI (Artificial Advertisement) just track my last three hours search activity.
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Best Practices For DURABILITY OF CONCRETE

What I learn from the concrete durability at American Concrete Institute (ACI) seminar. The durability itself act as a resistance to the weathering activities, different chemical attack, scratch, and other dilapidation processes and activities.

The term durability is the capacity to keep going quite a while without huge disintegration. A solid material helps the earth by saving assets and decreasing squanders and the natural effects of repair and substitution. Development and decimation squander add to strong waste going to landfills. The creation of new building materials exhausts normal assets and can deliver air and water contamination The plan benefit life of most structures is frequently 30 years, in spite of the fact that structures regularly last 50 to 100 years or more. Most concrete and stonework structures are wrecked because of outdated nature instead of crumbling. A solid shell can be left set up if a building uses or capacity changes or when a building inside is redesigned. Concrete, as a basic material and as the building outside the skin, can withstand nature’s ordinary falling apart instruments and also common calamities.

The durability of cement might be characterized as the capacity of cement to oppose weathering activity, compound assault, and scraped area while keeping up its coveted designing properties. Distinctive cement requires diverse degrees of durability relying upon the presentation environment and properties wanted. For instance, concrete presented to tidal seawater will have diverse prerequisites than an indoor solid floor. Solid fixings, their proportioning, cooperation between them, putting and curing practical, and service environment decide a definitive durability and life of cement.

Seawater Exposure:

Different types of concrete have been used in seawater exposures for a long time with brilliant performance. Nevertheless, proper care in the mixture design and selection of materials is essential for these strict environments. A formation open to the elements of seawater or spray of seawater is most susceptible in the tidal or splash zone where there are regular processes of wetting, drying, freezing and thawing. Sulfates and chlorides in brine need the usage of low permeability solid to lessen steel decay and sulfate attack. Cement defiant to sulfate contact is useful. Appropriate concrete cover over strengthen steel should be given, and the water and cement ratio cannot cross over 0.40.

Chloride Resistance and Steel Corrosion:

Chloride contained in plain solid that does not have steel is for the most part, not a durability concern. Concrete shields implanted steel from consumption through its very antacid nature. The high pH environment in cement (typically more noteworthy than 12.5) causes a detached and noncorroding defensive oxide film to the frame on steel. In any case, the availability of chloride particles from deicers or seawater can annihilate or enter the film. Once the chloride erosion edge is achieved, an electric cell is framed along the steel or between steel bars and the electrochemical procedure of remains starts.

The resistance of cement to chloride is great; be that as it may, for extreme situations, for example, connect decks, it can be increment by utilizing a low water-cementitious proportion (around 0.40), no less than seven days of clammy curing, and supplementary cementitious materials, for example, silica smoke, to diminish penetrability. Expanding the solid cover over the steel additionally backs off the relocation of chlorides. Different strategies for lessening steel erosion incorporate the utilization of consumption repressing admixtures, epoxy-covered strengthening steel, surface medicines, concrete overlays, and cathodic security.

Imperviousness to Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR):

ASR is a broad response between receptive types of silica in totals and potassium and sodium antacids, generally from the bond, additionally from totals, pozzolans, admixtures, and blending water. The reactivity is conceivably unsafe just when it produces a huge extension. Signs of the nearness of soluble base total reactivity might be a system of splits, shut or spalling joints, or development of parts of a structure. ASR can be controlled through legitimate total determination and additionally the utilization of supplementary cementitious materials, (for example, fly slag debris or slag bond) or mixed concretes demonstrated by testing to control the response.

Abrasion Resistance: Cement is impervious to the grating effects of standard climate. Cases of serious scraped spot and disintegration are particles in quickly moving water, gliding ice, or territories where steel studs are permitted on tires. Scraped area resistance is specifically identified with the quality of the solid. For ranges with the serious scraped area, thinks about demonstrate that solid with compressive qualities of 12,000 to 19,000 psi function admirably.

How does Concrete Crack? 

Concrete, like many other materials, will get smaller to some extent when it dries out. A normal reduction is about 1/16th of the inch in a 10-foot length of solid. The cause contractors lay joints in concrete pavement and ground are to let the concrete to break in a neat, straight line at the joint, where solid cracks due to reduction are anticipated to occur. Control or construction joints are kept in concrete walls and other formations.

Resistance to Sulfate Attack:

Over the top measures of sulfates in soil or water can assault and obliterate a solid that is not intricately planned. Sulfates (for instance calcium sulfate, sodium sulfate, and magnesium sulfate) can assault concrete by responding with hydrated mixes in the solidified bond glue. These responses can actuate adequate weight to bring about breaking down of the solid.

Like common rocks, for example, limestone, permeable cement (for the most part with a high water-cementitious proportion) is defenseless to weathering created by salt crystallization. Cases of salts known to bring about weathering of cement incorporate sodium carbonate and sodium sulfate.

Sulfate assault and salt crystallization are more extreme at areas where the solid is presented to wetting and drying cycles, than constantly wet cycles. For the best protection against outside sulfate assault, plain concrete with a low water to cementations material proportion (around 0.40) and utilize bonds exceptionally detailed for sulfate situations.

Unnecessary measures of sulfates in soil or water can assault and decimate a solid that is not appropriately composed. Sulfates (for instance calcium sulfate, sodium sulfate, and magnesium sulfate) can assault concrete by responding with hydrated mixes in the solidified bond glue. These responses can prompt adequate weight to bring about crumbling of the solid.

Like regular shake, for example, limestone, permeable cement (by and large with a high water-cementitious proportion) is defenseless to weathering created by salt crystallization. Cases of salts known to bring about weathering of cement incorporate sodium carbonate and sodium sulfate.

Sulfate assault and salt crystallization are more extreme at areas where the solid is presented to wetting and drying cycles, than consistently wet cycles. For the best barrier against outer sulfate assault, plain concrete with a low water to the cementitious material proportion (around 0.40) and utilize bonds uniquely detailed for sulfate situations.

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