Am told by the client that is their standard related to safety but we are extending the storage area which is currently not paved with average slope of 3% so adopting 1% will results into cut of more than 1m hence difficulty accessing existing facilities, I have seen forklift working on 2.5%...
Am designing a concrete hardstand for stacking empty crates up to 3m high, the existing ground slope is about 3%, to minimize earthworks Am planning to design a floor with a maximum gradient of 2%. I read somewhere that allowable slope for hardstand is 1% which is costly to adopt. Is this safe...
Am Designing a roundabour for a dual carriageway road, due to space limitation am thinking of designing an oval shaped roundabout can some one give me a guide,literature or any usefull information that will help me in designing this round about. the biggest size of truck in this road is wb50 truck
Sorry for attaching dwg format in my previous post here is the attachment in pnghttp://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=3ba91859-a725-4985-876d-7d2f06975164&file=section_at_station.png
The bus station platform is raised 1m above the pavement to enable boarding on same level (See the attachment)thus the platform must remain parallel with the pavement. the station have automatic sliding doors so if the station is at grade the columns& walls have to be out of plumb for the doors...
Am designing a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor (20km long) with Bus lanes at the median of the existing dual carriageway road,the bus stations are also located in the median. The Bus station drawings were prepared at flat grade by the architects but my road profile have a longitudinal grade of...
yes am not in US but we are allowed to use US or BS metric standards, brt system is very new to our country most of the specs we borough from aashto and uk standards.
Am designing a three lane dual carriage road (two lanes for private cars one lane for Buses only on each side). At a certain point along the road where the traffic is low we are merging the three lanes to two lanes. What is the recommended transition length required to merge? I will also...
Am in East Africa am designing following (international Civil Aviation Organization) ICAO International standards,am designing runway for a plane with this dimensions.
wing span =27.47m
length = nose to tail = 25.68m
Can somebody please help me with the dimensions of runway turn pads for a -8 (code letter C) runway, I have Annex 14 but the dimensions are not clear to me.
