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DAILY QUIZ 39

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST πŸ“Œ Attend the quiz below πŸ“Œ 1 mark per question πŸ“Œ No negative marking πŸ“Œ Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz πŸ“Œ Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. πŸ“Œ Make sure to attend all the questions πŸ“Œ After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 38

1 19 / 20 MINNU 2 18 / 20 Koshy 3 18 / 20 Anju 4 18 / 20 Moni 5 18 / 20 Aswathy Devan 6 18 / 20 Nimisha 7 18 / 20 Prasanth 8 18 / 20 Rose 9 17 / 20 nikhil 10 17 / 20 nasheeda munawir 11 17 / 20 Surya Das 12 16 / 20 Tiju  13 16 / 20 Amal mk 14 16 / 20 Jeena 15 16 / 20 ROMY28 16 16 / 20 ROMY28 17 15 / 20 Aishaz 18 15 / 20 Revathy 19 15 / 20 Sakariya 20 14 / 20 Rinku 21 14 / 20 SURYA DAS J S 22 14 / 20 Aswathy 23 14 / 20 I Dulquer Salman 24 13 / 20 Abhijith K.J 25 13 / 20 Arya 26 13 / 20 Aparna sb 27 13 / 20 Lucifer 28 12 / 20 Vishnu p p 29 12 / 20 Nejuma 30 10 / 20 Parvathi 31 10 / 20 Nazriya  32 5 / 20 Fgg 33 5 / 20 Shana 34 2 / 20 Thanks dgg 35 1 / 20 Jas

DAILY MOCK TEST 38

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST πŸ“Œ Attend the quiz below πŸ“Œ 1 mark per question πŸ“Œ No negative marking πŸ“Œ Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz πŸ“Œ Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. πŸ“Œ Make sure to attend all the questions πŸ“Œ After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 37

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Abin Joy Guide Homez 2 20 / 20 Aswathy 3 20 / 20 Elsa 4 20 / 20 Abin 5 20 / 20 achu 6 20 / 20 Arun aravind 7 20 / 20 Nimisha  8 20 / 20 Arun 9 19 / 20 Aswathy Devan 10 19 / 20 AR 11 19 / 20 Mumtaz 12 19 / 20 Arya 13 19 / 20 Aiswarya K 14 18 / 20 Rinku 15 18 / 20 Aishaz 16 18 / 20 Koshy 17 18 / 20 Neethu Harish 18 18 / 20 Rose 19 17 / 20 Amal mk 20 17 / 20 Anju 21 17 / 20 Rahna 22 17 / 20 anaswarakp 23 17 / 20 Jishnu Gopal 24 17 / 20 Dmp 25 16 / 20 SURYA DAS J S 26 16 / 20 Prasanth 27 16 / 20 Gree 28 16 / 20 Frank 29 16 / 20 Aswathi 30 16 / 20 Stranger 31 16 / 20 Jeena 32 16 / 20 Sakariya 33 15 / 20 nikhil 34 15 / 20 Abhijith K.J 35 15 / 20 Vishnu p p 36 15 / 20 Lucifer 37 15 / 20 Nithu 38 15 / 20 SALEEL 39 15 / 20 Mufi 40 13 / 20 Nazriya  41 13 / 20 Achu 42 13 / 20 Reshma Ash 43 12 / 2...

DAILY QUIZ 37

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST πŸ“Œ Attend the quiz below πŸ“Œ 1 mark per question πŸ“Œ No negative marking πŸ“Œ Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz πŸ“Œ Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. πŸ“Œ Make sure to attend all the questions πŸ“Œ After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 36

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Nithya 2 20 / 20 Amritha 3 19 / 20 Elsa 4 19 / 20 Aparna sb 5 19 / 20 Sree vk 6 19 / 20 Abin joy 7 19 / 20 Abin joy 8 18 / 20 AR 9 18 / 20 Amal mk 10 18 / 20 jishnu gopal 11 17 / 20 Tiju 12 17 / 20 Sree 13 17 / 20 Vb 14 17 / 20 Dmp 15 17 / 20 Aswathy 16 17 / 20 Sakariya 17 17 / 20 Rinku 18 16 / 20 anaswarakp 19 16 / 20 Prasanth 20 16 / 20 Aswathi 21 16 / 20 Rose 22 16 / 20 Mufi 23 16 / 20 Navaneeth km 24 15 / 20 Aleena AR 25 15 / 20 shilpa sebastian 26 14 / 20 Vishnu p p 27 14 / 20 SURYa DAS 28 14 / 20 Ash 29 14 / 20 Lucifer 30 14 / 20 Fathima  31 14 / 20 Nejuma 32 14 / 20 Saleel 33 14 / 20 Tgs  34 14 / 20 Amritha 35 13 / 20 Aparna sb 36 13 / 20 Soorya Narayan 37 13 / 20 Honey 38 13 / 20 Spread a smile 39 13 / 20 Bissy Varghese 40 12 / 20 Abhijith K.J 41 12 / 20 @pretendist 42 12 / 20 RJ...

DAILY QUIZ 36

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST πŸ“Œ Attend the quiz below πŸ“Œ 1 mark per question πŸ“Œ No negative marking πŸ“Œ Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz πŸ“Œ Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. πŸ“Œ Make sure to attend all the questions πŸ“Œ After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 35

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Elsa 2 20 / 20 Amritha 3 20 / 20 Trevor 4 19 / 20 Aswathy 5 19 / 20 Gree 6 19 / 20 Aswathi ramesh  7 19 / 20 Nimisha  8 18 / 20 Rose 9 18 / 20 Aswathi 10 18 / 20 Amal mk 11 18 / 20 Aswathy Devan 12 18 / 20 nikhil 13 18 / 20 Silpa 14 18 / 20 Vb 15 18 / 20 Parvathi 16 18 / 20 Arundhathy 17 18 / 20 Aathira 18 17 / 20 anaswarakp 19 17 / 20 anaswarakp 20 17 / 20 Spread a smile 21 17 / 20 Raheema  22 17 / 20 Sakariya 23 17 / 20 Dmp 24 16 / 20 Rinku 25 16 / 20 RJ03 26 16 / 20 RJ03 27 16 / 20 ആ  28 16 / 20 Bissy Varghese 29 16 / 20 Nejuma 30 16 / 20 Tgs  31 16 / 20 Navaneeth km 32 15 / 20 Aysha 33 15 / 20 Prasanth 34 15 / 20 Vennila 35 15 / 20 Vishnu p p 36 15 / 20 Ash 37 15 / 20 Frank 38 15 / 20 Revathy 39 14 / 20 Alex Baby 40 14 / 20 Amritha 41 14 / 20 Abhijith K.J 42 14 / 20 Ji...

VALUATION, TENDERING

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VALUATION - Art of assuming the present value of a property  I. VALUER : an expert in valuation of a property through scientific method  II. GROSS INCOME : total income of a property  III. OUTGOINGS : all the expenses like tax, repair etc.  IV. NET INCOME : gross income - outgoing  V. RATABLE VALUE : net annual letting value ( gross income - repair )  VI. ANNUITY : annual periodic payment for repayment of the capital amount invested by the party.  VII. CAPITAL COST : total cost of construction including land  VIII. MARKET VALUE : amount obtainable at a particular time if put for sale on market  IX. BOOK VALUE : original cost - depreciation  X. YEARS PURCHASE : capital sum required to be invested in order to get an interest of 1 rs  XI. CAPITALIZED VALUE : amount of money whose annual interest @ highest prevailing rate of interest equal to the net income of a property β€’ capitalized value = net income x years purchase  X...

UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS, PAINTING COEFFICIENT, OUT TURN, QUANTITY CALCULATION

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  DEDUCTION  β€’ MASONRY : < 0.1 m2 - no deduction  β€’ PLASTERING :  < 0.5 m2 - no deduction  0.5 - 3 m2 - one side deduction  > 3 - both side deduction  β€’ End of beams, rafters, purlins < 0.05 m2 - no deduction  β€’ Bearing of floors, roof slabs etc. - no deduction DIGREE OF ACCURACY  β€’ Volume - 0.01 m3  β€’ Area - 0.01 m2  β€’ Dimension - 0.01 m  β€’ Weight - 1kg  QUANTITY CALCULATION  PCC  β€’ Maximum size of aggregate 40 mm  β€’ For 1 m3 PCC - 0.95 m3 coarse aggregate is required  RCC  β€’ Maximum size of aggregate 20 mm  β€’ For 1m3 RCC - 0.90 m3 coarse aggregate is require  RCC For 1:1.5:3  Wt of cement = (1/3) x 0.90 x 1440 = 432 kg  Wt of sand = (1.5/3) x 0.90 x 1600 = 747 kg  PCC For 1:4:8  Wt of cement = (1/8) x 0.95 x 1440 = 171 kg  Wt of sand = (4/8) x 0.95 x 1660 = 760 kg PLASTERING  1:3 - 0.14 m3 / 10 m2 (sand) cement = (1/3) x 0.14 x 1440 = 67 kg...

DAILY MOCK TEST 35

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST πŸ“Œ Attend the quiz below πŸ“Œ 1 mark per question πŸ“Œ No negative marking πŸ“Œ Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz πŸ“Œ Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. πŸ“Œ Make sure to attend all the questions πŸ“Œ After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 34

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Amritha 2 20 / 20 rj 3 19 / 20 Parvathi 4 19 / 20 Aswathi ramesh 5 19 / 20 Arun aravind 6 19 / 20 Nimisha.  7 19 / 20 Abin joy 8 19 / 20 Abin joy 9 19 / 20 Koshy 10 19 / 20 Vb 11 19 / 20 Aswathy Devan 12 19 / 20 Jil 13 18 / 20 Elsa 14 18 / 20 Aswathy 15 18 / 20 Ashly 16 18 / 20 Sakariya 17 18 / 20 Arun g 18 18 / 20 Rose 19 18 / 20 Navaneeth km 20 18 / 20 Jo 21 17 / 20 Aleena AR 22 17 / 20 Aishaz 23 17 / 20 Ash 24 17 / 20 Thesni 25 17 / 20 nik 26 17 / 20 Mumtaz 27 17 / 20 Aswathi 28 16 / 20 Gree 29 16 / 20 Abhijith... 30 16 / 20 Raheema  31 16 / 20 Arundhathy 32 16 / 20 Aswathy 33 16 / 20 Vishnu p p 34 16 / 20 Nejuma 35 16 / 20 Viking 36 16 / 20 Rahna 37 16 / 20 Rj 38 15 / 20 Jilu 39 15 / 20 Ashly 40 15 / 20 Jeena 41 15 / 20 Rinku 42 15 / 20 Silpa 43 15 / 20 Vipin v 44 14 / 20 ana...

ESTIMATION BASICS & TERMS

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ESTIMATION : done to find out the anticipated cost of work before the construction starts  VALUATION : done after the construction  ESTIMATE : Probable cost calculated based on drawings , specification , current rate TYPES OF ESTIMATES PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE  β€’ PLINTH AREA : only plinth area is considered. ( L x B ) (less accurate)  β€’ CUBIC RATE : height is also considered (L X B X H )  β€’ APPROXIMATE QTY : running meter DETAILED ESTIMATE  β€’ REVISED : made if amount exceeds > 5% of sanctioned estimate > 10% during construction material deviation occurs  β€’ SUPPLIMENTARY ESTIMATE : if extra additional works occurs  β€’ SUPPLIMENTARY & REVICED : work completed within 95 % of sanctioned amount.  TERMS  I. CONTIGENCIES : expenses for unexpected work 3 - 5 %  II. ANNUAL REPAIR & MAINTANANCE : 1 - 1.5 %  III. TOOLS AND PLANTS : for big projects separate estimate for tools and plants required 1 - 1.5%  IV. WORK CHAR...

DAILY QUIZ 34

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST πŸ“Œ Attend the quiz below πŸ“Œ 1 mark per question πŸ“Œ No negative marking πŸ“Œ Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz πŸ“Œ Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. πŸ“Œ Make sure to attend all the questions πŸ“Œ After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 33

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Rose 2 20 / 20 Nimisha 3 20 / 20 Srk 4 19 / 20 nikhil 5 19 / 20 MRIDULA 6 19 / 20 Asna 7 19 / 20 Aswathi  8 19 / 20 Dmp 9 19 / 20 Amritha 10 17 / 20 Elsa 11 17 / 20 Parvathi 12 17 / 20 Aswathy 13 17 / 20 Aswathi 14 17 / 20 Ash 15 17 / 20 Arundhathy 16 17 / 20 Prasanth 17 17 / 20 Aathira 18 17 / 20 Mumtaz  19 17 / 20 Koshy 20 17 / 20 jishnu gopal 21 16 / 20 Amritha 22 16 / 20 Vipin 23 16 / 20 Rahna 24 15 / 20 Abhijith... 25 15 / 20 Vishnu p p 26 15 / 20 Gree 27 15 / 20 Rinku 28 15 / 20 Kuttz 29 15 / 20 Aishaz 30 14 / 20 Amal mk 31 14 / 20 Aleena AR 32 14 / 20 F 33 14 / 20 Frank 34 14 / 20 Navaneeth km 35 13 / 20 Shilpa 36 12 / 20 JEENA 37 12 / 20 Abhijith raj 38 12 / 20 Nejuma 39 12 / 20 Aparna 40 12 / 20 arya sumith 41 11 / 20 Honey 42 10 / 20 As 43 10 / 20 sruthy 44 9 / 20 Arya ...

CLAY PRODUCTS

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TILES  β€’ thin slab of brick burned in kiln  1. COMMON TILES : used for paving roofing flooring  2. ENCAUSTIC TILES : used for decorative purpose in floors, walls, ceilings  COMMON TILES  β€’ Manufacture steps  i. Preparation of clay  ii. Molding  iii. Drying  iv. Burning : sial kote kiln for 72 hrs @ 1300*c  TYPES OF COMMON TILES  1. DRAIN TILES : porous , used in irrigation  2. FLOOR / PAVING TILES : used in paving  3. ROOF TILES : covering pitched roof  i. ALAHABAD TILES : have projections used for interlocking  ii. CORRUGATED TILES : has corrugations on surface  iii. FLAT TILES : ordinary  iv. FLEMISH TILES : shape of letter S  v. GUNA TILES : hollow tapered, conical in shape  vi. MANGALORE TILES  a. CLASS AA  b. CLASS A  vii. POT TILES / LOCKING TILES : ordinary half round country tiles  viii. PAN TILES : short & heavy  ix. ENCAUSTIC TILES : 3 layers - bo...

METALS & ALLOYS

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β€’ Ferrous metals : wrought iron, caste iron, steel  β€’ Nonferrous metals : tin, zinc, aluminum etc.  IRON ORE  β€’ Naturally occurring mineral aggregate from which one or more valuable constituent may be recovered by certain treatment  β€’ Impurities present in iron ore are  1. Carbon  2. Manganese  3. Prosperous  4. Sulfur TYPES OF PIG IRON  BESSEMER PIG   β€’ Obtained from hematite  β€’ Free from cu, P, S  β€’ Used in manufacture of steel  GREY/FOUNDRY PIG  β€’ Raw materials burned at high temp  β€’ Soft variety  β€’ Used in manufacture of cast iron  WHITE / FORGED PIG  β€’ Raw material Is burned at low temp  β€’ Hard &strong  β€’ Used in manufacture of wrought iron  MOTTLED PIG β€’ Lies between grey pig and white pig CAST IRON  β€’ 2 - 4 % carbon content  β€’ Made from remelting pig iron ( grey pig )  β€’ Made in CUPOLA FURNACE  β€’ Impurities : Manganese, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Silica...

MOCKTEST 33

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST πŸ“Œ Attend the quiz below πŸ“Œ 1 mark per question πŸ“Œ No negative marking πŸ“Œ Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz πŸ“Œ Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. πŸ“Œ Make sure to attend all the questions πŸ“Œ After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 32

 1 20 / 20 Elsa 2 20 / 20 nandu 3 20 / 20 Kuttz 4 20 / 20 Aleena AR 5 20 / 20 Jeenaa 6 20 / 20 Rose 7 20 / 20 Abin 8 20 / 20 Abin 9 19 / 20 Amal mk 10 19 / 20 Aswathy Devan 11 19 / 20 Nimisha 12 19 / 20 Koshy 13 19 / 20 Aswathi ramesh 14 19 / 20 ARYA ASHOKAN 15 19 / 20 Sakariya 16 19 / 20 Mumtaz  17 19 / 20 Thesni 18 19 / 20 Vb 19 19 / 20 Aishaz 20 19 / 20 Anju K 21 19 / 20 Aswathy 22 18 / 20 Ash 23 18 / 20 Rinku 24 18 / 20 Aswathi 25 18 / 20 Hima 26 18 / 20 Ami Balachandran 27 18 / 20 Dmp 28 18 / 20 Mufi 29 18 / 20 Amritha 30 18 / 20 SURYA DAS J S 31 17 / 20 Vishnu p p 32 17 / 20 Prasanth 33 17 / 20 Nazriya. A 34 17 / 20 Raheema  35 17 / 20 stranger 36 16 / 20 Parvathi 37 16 / 20 Sruthy 38 16 / 20 Aiswarya K 39 16 / 20 Fathima  40 16 / 20 Aathira 41 16 / 20 Anju 42 16 / 20 Vishnu Ponnappan 43 15 / 2...

MORTAR

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β€’ Binding material ( bond strength ) + fine aggregate ( rigidity, prevent shrinkage ) + water ( flexibility & plasticity )  β€’ Ph of water - potable water - should not be less than 7  β€’ Water quality code - IS 456  FINE AGGREGATE  β€’ Major component - Silica / oxides of silica  β€’ Major mineral component - quartz + feldspar  β€’ Fineness index used for mortar : 2.5 - 3 ( >2.5 , < 3 )  β€’ Fineness index : relative size of fine aggregate to coarse aggregate Aggregate type and Fineness index  Fine  : 2.2 - 2.6 Medium   :  2.6 - 2.9 fine coarse  :  2.9 - 3.2  CLASSIFICATION BASED ON ORIGIN  PIT SAND   β€’ Collected form pit of depth 1 - 2 m  β€’ Red orange  β€’ Angular  β€’ High bond strength  β€’ Used in superior works  RIVER SAND  β€’ Collected from river  β€’ White  β€’ Spherical, rounded  β€’ Low bond strength  β€’ Used in plastering works  SEA SAND β€’ Collect...

MOCK TEST 32

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST πŸ“Œ Attend the quiz below πŸ“Œ 1 mark per question πŸ“Œ No negative marking πŸ“Œ Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz πŸ“Œ Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. πŸ“Œ Make sure to attend all the questions πŸ“Œ After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST - 31

1 22 / 22 Ammu 2 22 / 22 Aswathy Devan 3 22 / 22 Rose 4 22 / 22 Lucifer 5 21 / 22 Gregory 6 21 / 22 Tiju Alex 7 21 / 22 JEENA 8 21 / 22 Elsa 9 21 / 22 Ashly 10 21 / 22 Amritha 11 21 / 22 Koshy 12 21 / 22 Aiswarya K 13 21 / 22 Anju 14 20 / 22 Sumi 15 20 / 22 Raheema  16 20 / 22 Vidya b 17 20 / 22 Hima 18 20 / 22 arya sumith 19 20 / 22 Navaneeth km 20 20 / 22 Vishnu p p 21 20 / 22 Aathira 22 19 / 22 Amal mk 23 19 / 22 ASWATHIRAMESHBABU 24 19 / 22 Aswathi 25 19 / 22 Aleena AR 26 19 / 22 Amrutha 27 19 / 22 Prasanth 28 19 / 22 nik 29 19 / 22 Gree 30 19 / 22 Arundhathy 31 19 / 22 Rj 32 19 / 22 Dmp 33 19 / 22 Anjana 34 19 / 22 Rose  35 19 / 22 Rahna 36 19 / 22 Mufi 37 18 / 22 @SURYA DAS J S 38 18 / 22 Aishaz 39 18 / 22 Sakariya 40 18 / 22 Roni 41 17 / 22 Tissa 42 17 / 22 Nazriya. A 43 17 / 22 Ami Balachandran 44 ...

GLASS

β€’ Density : 24.3 KN/m3 β€’ Burning temperature : 1400 - 1500*C  β€’ Natural type of glass : rock crystals  β€’ Glass is formed by the solidification of molten metallic silicates  β€’ Glass is a solidified super cooled liquid of various metals having infinite viscosity  β€’ glass is transparent and good insulator due to the absence of free electron TYPES OF GLASS  Soda lime glass  β€’ Soft glass / commercial glass  β€’ Sodium silicate + calcium silicate  β€’ Fuses at low temp  β€’ Available in pure state  β€’ Used in pipette, burette   Potash lime glass  β€’ Hard glass / bohemian glass  β€’ Potassium silicate + calcium silicate  β€’ Fuses at high temp  β€’ Used in glass articles which withstand high temperature  Potash lead glass  β€’ Flint glass  β€’ Potassium silicate + lead silicate  β€’ Fuses very easily  β€’ Becomes black and opaque in contact with furnace gas  β€’ Used in lens, prism, gems  Common glass...

MOCK TEST 31

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST πŸ“Œ Attend the quiz below πŸ“Œ 1 mark per question πŸ“Œ No negative marking πŸ“Œ Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz πŸ“Œ Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. πŸ“Œ Make sure to attend all the questions πŸ“Œ After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

SCAFFOLDING, SHORING, UNDER PINNING

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β€’ When height above floor level exceeds 1.5 m a temporary structure is erected for a safe working platform for worker and space for materials  TERMS  1. STANDARDS : vertical members of framework, supported on the ground  2. LEDGERS : horizontal members // to the wall  3. PUTLOGS : transverse members, one side supported on ledgers & other on wall  4. TRANSOM : both the edges are supported on ledgers  5. BRACES : diagonal pieces fixed on standards  6. BRIDLE : a piece used to bridge an opening to walls and support putlog  7. GUARD RAIL : rail parallel to ledgers at working level for safety  8. TOE BOARD : board placed // to ledger & supported by putlogs  9. RAKERS : inclined support  TYPES OF SCAFFOLDINGS  1. SINGLE / PUTLOG / BRICKLAYER SCAFFOLDING  β€’ Most common type  β€’ Mostly used in brickwork  β€’ Spacing b/w standards : 2 - 2.5 m  β€’ Vertical distance b/w ledgers : 1.2 - 1.8 m  β€’ Horizont...