IS 456: Plain and Reinforced Concrete - Code of Practice
by Bureau of Indian Standards
Publication date 2000
Reaffirmed 2016
Name of Standards Organisation: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
Division Name: Civil Engineering
Section Name: Cement and Concrete (CED 2)
Designator of Legally...
Indian railway - Job Details
NOTIFICATION No. SUR/P/Engg/Contract/SSE/JE/2019
Junior Engineer (Works) job vacancies in Central Railway on contract basis
No. of Posts : 07 (UR-05, SC-01, OBC-01)
Qualifications :
A) Candidates should posses the required academic/Technical qualification on...
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