An experimental investigation was made in search of the improvement of the material used for the conformation of the subgrade in pavements. Three separate excavations were carried out 150 m apart in a 510 m stretch located ...

A comparative analysis was performed on the mineral material extracted from 3 water sources in the city of Cucuta, from the rivers Tachira, Pamplonita and Zulia to determine the viability of their incorporation in the ...

The finishing work of construction represents an aggregated value that makes the difference when a client is deciding to buy a house. The stipulated costs for plastering and detail activities for houses, in occasions, ...

A comparative analysis was performed with regarding the compression resistance of a conventional concrete mixture and its experimental addition of 5, 10 and 15% of fly ash with respect to the volume of its fine aggregate. ...

The technical supervision in the construction projects is of special importance for the correct execution of the activities, its objective is to reduce the errors that are incurred when carrying out the processes inherent ...

Three mixtures were made for conventional concrete with different additions of cement, 300 kg/m3, 350 kg/m3 and 400 kg/m3, being these the 3 designs of mixtures more used for the elaboration of simple concretes. For each ...

An experimental character research was carried out. A conventional concrete mixture was made with the mechanical resistance to compression of 17.5 Mpa. The materials used in the concrete mixture were analyzed and selected ...

Samples were taken of the stone material used for the design of asphalt mixtures, extracted from the 3 water sources present in the city of San José de Cúcuta, Colombia, the Táchira, Zulia and Pamplonita rivers. The ...

A non-structural concrete mix was elaborated with a resistance of 14.5 Megapascals under the parameters indicated in the American Concrete Institute (ACI), ASTM and the Colombian Technical Standards (NTC). Six mixing cylinders ...

Four asphalt mix processing companies were visited: Transivic S.A.S, Maquinteligente S.A.S, Copavicol S.A.S and Grupo Colpao S.A.S, companies located in the city of San José de Cúcuta, Colombia. Samples were taken of the ...