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General Partnerships and Limited Partnerships



A general partnership involves two or more owners carrying out a business purpose. General partners share equal rights and responsibilities in connection with management of the business, and any individual partner can bind the entire group to a legal obligation. Each individual partner assumes full responsibility for all of the business's debts and obligations. Although such personal liability is daunting,…

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Concrete framed structures: Advantages and Disadvantages



For high rise buildings, concrete framed structures are used. It is made by framing the concrete or making the ¨skeleton of concrete¨. The vertical members are columns while the horizontal members are beams. The flat planes are called slabs. The columns are those carrying the weight of the structures. A damage on any part of the columns will bring the…

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Moulding blocks by hand



Moulds for block making are rectangular boxes of wood or steel which are open at the top and bottom, a mould made in the shape of the required blocks to be manufactured. Steel moulds are more durable and they are used for manufacturing blocks on large scale. When moulding is done with hand it is called ‘hand moulding’. The aggregates…

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