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'''Title''': ''What is the importance of a construction and engineering laboratory to society?''
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===Construction and geotechnical testing===
===Construction and geotechnical testing===
From construction materials such as concrete and asphalt to construction site substrates like clay and rock, the proper quality and characterization of construction and engineering materials is critical to a project's long-term success.
From construction materials such as concrete and asphalt to construction site substrates like clay and rock, the proper quality and characterization of construction and engineering materials is critical to a construction project's long-term success. The importance of perfecting and using quality construction materials dates back millennia, for example to the Romans and their refinement of concrete recipes and production using pozzolanic and quicklime materials.<ref name="ChandlerRiddle23">{{cite web |url=https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106 |title=Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable? |author=Chandler, D.L. |work=MIT News |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |date=06 January 2023 |accessdate=15 November 2023}}</ref> Even today, we learn that sands such as desert sand are inadequate for direct use in modern concrete due to their negative contribution to compressive strength of the concrete.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Akhtar |first=Mohammad Nadeem |last2=Jameel |first2=Mohammed |last3=Ibrahim |first3=Zainah |last4=Muhamad Bunnori |first4=N. |last5=Bani-Hani |first5=Khaldoon A. |date=2023-06 |title=Development of sustainable modified sand concrete: An experimental study |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2090447923002204 |journal=Ain Shams Engineering Journal |language=en |pages=102331 |doi=10.1016/j.asej.2023.102331}}</ref>


A sub-branch of materials testing is geotechnical testing.
A sub-branch of materials testing is geotechnical testing (or geotechnical investigation).


===Why laboratory test construction and earth materials?===
===Why laboratory test construction and earth materials?===

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Title: What is the importance of a construction and engineering laboratory to society?

Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas

License for content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Publication date: November 2023

Construction and geotechnical testing

From construction materials such as concrete and asphalt to construction site substrates like clay and rock, the proper quality and characterization of construction and engineering materials is critical to a construction project's long-term success. The importance of perfecting and using quality construction materials dates back millennia, for example to the Romans and their refinement of concrete recipes and production using pozzolanic and quicklime materials.[1] Even today, we learn that sands such as desert sand are inadequate for direct use in modern concrete due to their negative contribution to compressive strength of the concrete.[2]

A sub-branch of materials testing is geotechnical testing (or geotechnical investigation).

Why laboratory test construction and earth materials?

Conclusion

References

  1. Chandler, D.L. (6 January 2023). "Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106. Retrieved 15 November 2023. 
  2. Akhtar, Mohammad Nadeem; Jameel, Mohammed; Ibrahim, Zainah; Muhamad Bunnori, N.; Bani-Hani, Khaldoon A. (1 June 2023). "Development of sustainable modified sand concrete: An experimental study" (in en). Ain Shams Engineering Journal: 102331. doi:10.1016/j.asej.2023.102331. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2090447923002204.