Muscat International Building Materials Llc
Please quote for the following wholesale product requirement - Product Name: Insulated Material Specifications: Type: Insulated material for Construction Industry Size: Standard (Customized) Use: Construction Industry Quantity Required : 1 Twenty-Foot Container(sample) Shipping Terms : FOB Or CIF Destination Port : Oman Payment Terms : L/C Looking for suppliers from : Europe, India Contact : Kifayath. Buyer is interested to receive quotations for the following RFQ - Product Name: Building Material Specifications : Type: Steel, Plates, Plastic, Glass, Bricks, Etc. Use: Industrial Packaging Terms : Standard Quantity Required : 1 Twenty-Foot Container Shipping Terms : CIF Destination Port : Oman Payment Terms : Bank Transfer Looking for suppliers from : Worldwide Contact : Alan.
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Strengthening of Historical Stone Masonry Buildings in Oman using Textile Reinforced Mortars
Most historical buildings and structures in Oman were built using unreinforced stone masonry. Such structures are prone to damage from seismic activity as these structures have negligible resistance to tensile stresses. This paper presents an exploration of the physical and chemical properties of local building materials and the results of experiments with a new strengthening technique using textile reinforced mortar. Limestone and Sarooj  were the main building materials used historically in these buildings. Sarooj  is a local Omani term for artificial pozzolana produced by calcining clays. Two mortar mixes were developed, one as the jointing mortar and the second as the matrix mortar. The second part of the study consisted of the construction of three masonry walls and two columns of 0.35 x 0.25 x 1.2 m (width x depth x height). The three walls were strengthened using externally bonded textiles using three different combinations of mortar and textile. One column specimen was kept as a control and the other was fully wrapped with carbon textile reinforced mortar. The walls were tested under out-of-plane four- point bending. All the wall specimens showed a significant improvement in strength up to three times its self-weight and reasonable deformation before failure. The column specimens were tested under axial compression. The failure load and displacement of the strengthened columns increased by seven and three times, respectively, compared to the control column.
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Nasima Al Balushi, Ithraa’s director general for export development and acting director general for investment promotion, said: “With over 1,600 exhibitors drawn from 56 countries, Marmomacc is a major trade show on Ithraa’s annual event calendar, it offers Omani businesses great international exposure and unrivalled opportunities to meet with building trade representatives.”. Government spending on infrastructure is also rising. In addition to local construction, the One Belt One Road initiative, Saudi Vision 2030 and $1 trillion US infrastructure are likely to be key drivers supporting demand for Oman’s world-class building materials, it said.
Ithraa, Oman’s inward investment and export development agency, will lead five Omani firms, among the best in the stone and marble segment, to Marmomacc, a leading global premier trade fair for the stone and marble industry, in Verona, Italy. A key market for Oman’s stone and marble sector will be emerging Asia which many expect to enjoy substantial growth over the next decade, including China, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, it said.
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