Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies, Volumen39Board of Managers., 1907 |
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Página 6 - There can be no question that a party may, by an absolute contract, bind himself or itself to perform things which subsequently become impossible, or pay damages for the non-performance, and such construction is to be put upon an unqualified undertaking, where the event which causes the impossibility might have been anticipated and guarded against in the contract, or where the impossibility arises from the act or default of the promisor.
Página 6 - But where the event is of such a character that it cannot reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of the contracting parties when the contract was made, they wtll not be held bound by general words which, though large enough to include, were not used with reference to the possibility of the particular contingency which afterwards happens.
Página 109 - The compressive resistance which would have been produced by imaginary longitudinals stressed the same as the actual longitudinals; the volume of the imaginary longitudinals being taken at two and four-tenths (2.4) times the volume of the hooping. In computing the volume of the hooping it shall be assumed that the section of the hooping throughout is the same as its least section. If the hooping is spliced the splice shall develop the full strength of the least section of the hooping.
Página 338 - Government Engineering and Public Building Work. Its subscribers include the experienced and reliable Contractors and Manufacturers of Engineering and Building Supplies in all sections of the United States and Canada. The...
Página 4 - The said contractors hereby declare and agree that they shall be accountable for the full performance of this contract, and by the signing hereof admit that the said plans, elevations, sections, specifications and parts before referred to are sufficient for their intended purpose of doing...
Página 107 - For columns carrying more than five floors, these live loads may be reduced as follows : For columns supporting the roof and top floor, no reduction. For columns supporting each succeeding floor, a reduction of 5 per cent of the total live load may be made until 50 per cent is reached, which reduced load shall be used for the columns supporting all remaining floors.
Página 159 - An act to preserve the purity of the waters of the State for the protection of the public health," approved the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five.
Página 4 - ... plans, elevations, sections, specifications and parts before referred to are sufficient for their intended purpose of doing the said work, and that the work can be successfully executed in accordance therewith, without any additional or extra work other than that set forth thereby or necessarily inferred to be done from the general nature and tendency of the plans, drawings and Specifications aforesaid, upon a fair and liberal construction thereof.
Página 104 - Whenever fresh concrete joins concrete that is set, or partially set, the surface of the old concrete shall be roughened, cleaned and thoroughly slushed with a grout of neat cement and water. Concrete shall not be installed in...
Página 110 - If it is necessary to splice reinforcing members either in compression or in tension, the splice shall be either a steel splice that in tension will develop the full strength of the member or else the members shall be lapped in the concrete for a length equal to at least the following : For plain bars of medium steel, forty times the diameter or maximum diagonal of cross section. For plain bars of high elastic limit steel, seventy times the diameter or maximum diagonal of cross section. In no case...