Groundbreaking for the first home of Habitat for Humanity in Indiana’s Charlestown

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new home on Maple Drive was held on December 3, 2021, by Habitat for Humanity Clark & Floyd Indiana and One Southern Indiana.

The first Habitat for Humanity house is being built in Charlestown, and once the house is complete, Aerion Irvin and her two daughters will be able to move in.

More than 50 Habitat for Humanity homes have been built or renovated in Clark and Floyd counties, and Charlestown donated Maple Drive to Habitat. Irvin’s new home will be ready next fall, and Habitat for Humanity hopes to begin construction in the spring. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms will be included in Irvin’s new home.

Key Comments on the Groundbreaking Ceremony

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the project on Friday & Charlestown Mayor Treva Hodges expressed excitement about it.

The idea of rehabilitating and turning blighted properties into growth and opportunity for people like Aerion is a wonderful way to tackle blighted properties and stimulate the local economy, Hodges said.

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Construction of the check Dam

An engineering measure used to conserve soil in erodible areas is the check dam. An erosion control dam reduces the velocity of a waterway so it can control erosion.

Floodwaters are held back, and sediment is trapped. The embankment and spillway are both parts of it. In some check dams, only the embankment is present. The check dam will form a water body behind it at the start of construction, which is gradually filled by sediment deposits.

Functions of Check Dam

The check dams reduce the velocity of water by pre-designing and constructing them. Silt up and trap the silt in gullies to raise the bed level and reduce the slope. Stabilize the slopes on the sides. The soil should allow for plant growth and to contain water for the stability of banks.

Site Surveying of Check Dam

A dam built of concrete mortared rock cannot exceed 8 m in height, while a dam made of log cribs cannot exceed 2 m. An average dam with a height of 2 m in a channel with a 20-degree angle will require 12 m spacing.

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Top 10 Ancient Architecture Wonders

Humanity and construction work has been together since the dawn of civilization, and people have always aspired to leave their creations behind as legacy. They built big, they built tall, they built wonders. Today, we look at the top 10 ancient architecture wonders that still awe us, questioning how on earth people made these structures so far back in time!

The first list of man-made wonders were made by ancient Hellenic tourists. Alas, none of these wonders stand now except the Great Pyramid of Giza – they were destroyed by natural or political reasons. Since then, many other lists were made of the world’s architectural wonders – here is our shot at that.

10. The Perthenon

432 BC / Greece

The Perthenon was constructed on an older temple, and was intended to be the new place of worshipping the goddess Athena, the patron goddess of the Ateneans. It is the most prominent surviving building of ancient Greece. Completed in 438 B.C., the structure has changed hands many times, serving as a temple, a church, a treasury, a mosque, and even an ammo dump.

The Perthenon is one of the oldest examples of fine Greek architecture. Constructed mostly of posts and lintels, there are 8 columns at either end, and 17 columns at either side. They all surround an inner masonry structure called the cella. The Perthenon enjoys the reputation of the most perfect Doric temple ever built.

9. Moai Statues

Easter Islands, 1250

More commonly known as the Easter Island Statues and the source of many conspiracy theories, the Moai or Mo’ai are huge monolithic human figures on Easter Island in Polynesia. They are intended to be “living faces” of the long gone and “deified ancestors” of the Rapa Nui people, who built these statues.

Each statue has overly large heads over a small body, and there are over 900 of them all around the island. The head-to-body ratio is 3:5, which underlines the Polynasian belief of the dominance of brains over brawns. The largest of the Moai, called Paro is almost 33 feet tall, weighing over 80 tons! One of the unfinished statues, if completed, would be about 70 feet tall. How were they made and transported still remain a topic of hot debate in many circles.

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Precast Concrete Explained: What is it and why should we use it

In the traditional method, we prepare the concrete structures on site, pouring fresh concrete in the place where the structure will be. But the prefabricated construction system works in terms of manufacturing the building components somewhere else and bringing them to site and assembling them. Today, we will try to explain Precast Concrete.

What is Precast Concrete

When individual concrete members that are supposed to fit a given whole structure are manufactured in one place and assembled in another, they are called Precast Concrete members. They can be of various shapes and sizes, targeted for various purposes.

Precast concrete members like beams, columns, slabs, etc. are manufactured in some sort of production area or factory, either in a designated manufacturing firm, or near the building site where accessible. Then they are moved to the actual location where the member will fit, using transports and heavy lifting machinery. When in position perfectly, they are assembled to the existing structure. Unlike the traditional cast-in-situ concrete, these members are not poured on site.

A great example of a building using precast concrete and prefabrication method is the t30 hotel in Lin Gang, China. Believe it or not, this 30-floor luxury hotel was built in just 360 hours! All thanks to prefabrication technology, it is also one of the most environmentally good and sustainable buildings in the world.

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Arka Roy
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