Engineering notes and study guides
Short, practical guides on estimation, roads, surveying and site work, written for students and young engineers in Nepal. Each topic links to the calculators that put the method into practice.
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Site and building
- House construction checklist for owners
- Naksa pass: building permit process
- Load bearing vs RCC framed house
- Soil bearing capacity for house foundations
- Curing of concrete: days and methods
- Slump test of concrete
- Bar bending schedule for a beam
- Standard room, door and window sizes
Quick answers
- 1 ropani in square feet
- 1 kattha in square feet
- Bricks in 1 cubic metre
- Cement bags for 1 m³ of M20
- Cement and sand for 1 m² plaster
- 1 cubic metre to cft
- Steel bar weight per metre (D²/162)
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Every calculator page explains the formula it uses, with a worked example. They work well as quick revision notes for estimating and costing.
Course material
Official course material by university
BE programmes include Civil, Computer, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Industrial, Geomatics and Automobile Engineering, plus B.Arch, with MSc programmes at the graduate level.
The Faculty of Engineering runs BE programmes in Civil, Computer, Electrical, Electronics, Geomatics and Biomedical Engineering and Architecture, and master's programmes such as Construction Management, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Management.
Departments cover Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Computer Science and Engineering, Chemical Science and Engineering, Geomatics and Architecture.
The School of Engineering offers BE programmes in Civil, Civil and Rural, Computer, Software, IT, Mechanical, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering, along with master's programmes.
Engineering programmes run under the Faculty of Engineering and the Graduate School of Engineering, including the MSc in Construction Management.
The faculty offers BE Civil, BE Computer and B.Arch, and a master's degree in Construction Project Management.
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