Basic interview questions for civil engineer

Following are few general points to remember for civil site engineers to make the construction work easier while maintaining quality of construction.

• Lapping is not allowed for the bars having diameters more than 36 mm.
• Chair spacing maximum spacing is 1.00 m (or) 1 No per 1m2.
• For dowels rod minimum of 12 mm diameter should be used.
• Chairs minimum of 12 mm diameter bars to be used.
• Longitudinal reinforcement not less than 0.8% and more than 6% of gross C/S.
• Minimum bars for square column is 4 No’s and 6 No’s for circular column.
• Main bars in the slabs shall not be less than 8 mm (HYSD) or 10 mm (Plain bars) and the distributors not less than 8 mm and not more than 1/8 of slab thickness.
• Minimum thickness of slab is 125 mm.
• Dimension tolerance for cubes + 2 mm.
• Free fall of concrete is allowed maximum to 1.50m.
• Lap slices not be used for bar larger than 36 mm.
• Water absorption of bricks should not be more than 15 %.
• PH value of the water should not be less than 6.
• Compressive strength of Bricks is 3.5 N / mm2.
• In steel reinforcement binding wire required is 8 kg per MT.
• In soil filling as per IS code, 3 samples should be taken for core cutting test for every 100m2.

Density of Materials:

Material -                               Density
Bricks                              1600 – 1920 kg/m3
Concrete block              1920 kg/ m3
Reinforced concrete     2310 – 2700 kg/ m3

• Curing time of RCC Members for different types of cement:

Super Sulphate cement: 7 days
Ordinary Portland cement OPC: 10 days
Minerals & Admixture added cement: 14 days
De-Shuttering time of different RCC Members
De-shuttering timeFor columns, walls, vertical form works = 16-24 hrs.
Soffit formwork to slabs = 3 days (props to be refixed after removal)
Soffit to beams props = 7 days (props to refixed after removal)
Beams spanning upto 4.5m = 7 days
Beams spanning over 4.5m = 14 days
Arches spanning up to 6m = 14 days
Arches spanning over 6m = 21 days

Cube samples required for different quantity of concrete

Quantity of Concrete       No. of cubes rew
1 – 5 m3                                 1 No’s

6 - 15 m3                                2 No’s

16 – 30 m                             33 No’s

31 – 50 m                             34 No’s

Above 50 m3                    4 + 1 No’s of
                               addition of each 50 m3

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