Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Now more solved problems have been added
at
http://civilengineer.webinfolist.com/problemsolver.htm
these new solved problems inculde problems on indeterminate beam and frame
by moment distribution method. Click on the following links to go directly to these problems.
indeterminate beam- http://civilengineer.webinfolist.com/str/prob81.htm
indeterminate frame- http://civilengineer.webinfolist.com/str/prob82.htm
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Here is a list of the shortcuts that can be used in AutoCAD (or ACA)…
ALT+F8 VBA Run
ALT+F11 ` VBA Editor
CTRL+1 Properties Palette
CTRL+2 Design Center Palette
CTRL+3 Tool Palette
CTRL+4 Sheet Set Manager Palette
CTRL+5 Info Palette
CTRL+6 DB Connect Manager
CTRL+7 Markup Set Manager Palette
CTRL+A Selects objects in drawing
CTRL+B Toggles Snap
CTRL+C Copies objects to Clipboard
CTRL+SHFT+C Copies objects to Clipboard with Base Point
CTRL+D Toggles coordinate display
CTRL+E Cycles through isometric planes
CTRL+F Toggles running object snaps
CTRL+G Toggles Grid
CTRL+H Toggles PICKSTYLE on/off
CTRL+J Executes last command
CTRL+K Hyperlink
CTRL+L Toggles Ortho mode
CTRL+M (No action)
CTRL+N Creates a new drawing
CTRL+O Opens existing drawing
CTRL+P Prints current drawing
CTRL+Q Exit
CTRL+R Cycles layout viewports
CTRL+S Saves current drawing
CTRL+SHFT+S Saveas
CTRL+T Toggles Tablet mode
CTRL+V Pastes data from Clipboard
CTRL+SHFT+V Pastes data from Clipboard as Block
CTRL+X Cuts objects to Clipboard
CTRL+Y Repeats last action
CTRL+Z Reverses last action
CTRL+[ Cancels current command
CTRL+\ Cancels current command
F1 Displays Help
F2 Toggles text window on/off
F3 Toggles OSNAP
F4 Toggles TABMODE
F5 Toggles ISOPLANE
F6 Toggles COORDS
F7 Toggles GRIDMODE
F8 Toggles ORTHO MODE
F9 Toggles SNAP MODE
F10 Toggles POLAR
F11 Toggles OTRACK
3A 3DARRAY
3DO 3DORBIT
3DW 3DWALK
3F 3DFACE
3M 3DMOVE
3P 3DPOLY
3R 3DROTATE
A ARC
AC BACTION
ADC ADCENTER
AA AREA
AL ALIGN
3AL 3DALIGN
AP APPLOAD
AR ARRAY
-AR -ARRAY
ATI ATTIPEDIT
ATT ATTDEF
-ATT -ATTDEF
ATE ATTEDIT
-ATE -ATTEDIT
ATTE -ATTEDIT
B BLOCK
-B -BLOCK
BC BCLOSE
BE BEDIT
BH HATCH
BO BOUNDARY
-BO -BOUNDARY
BR BREAK
BS BSAVE
BVS BVSTATE
C CIRCLE
CAM CAMERA
CH PROPERTIES
-CH CHANGE
CHA CHAMFER
CHK CHECKSTANDARDS
CLI COMMANDLINE
COL COLOR
CO COPY
CP COPY
CT CTABLESTYLE
CYL CYLINDER
D DIMSTYLE
DAL DIMALIGNED
DAN DIMANGULAR
DAR DIMARC
JOG DIMJOGGED
DBA DIMBASELINE
DBC DBCONNECT
DC ADCENTER
DCE DIMCENTER
DCO DIMCONTINUE
DDA DIMDISASSOCIATE
DDI DIMDIAMETER
DED DIMEDIT
DI DIST
DIV ` DIVIDE
DJL DIMJOGLINE
DJO DIMJOGGED
DL DATALINK
DLI DIMLINEAR
DLU DATALINKUPDATE
DO DONUT
DOR DIMORDINATE
DOV DIMOVERRIDE
DR DRAWORDER
DRA DIMRADIUS
DRE DIMREASSOCIATE
DRM DRAWINGRECOVERY
DS DSETTINGS
DST DIMSTYLE
DT TEXT
DV DVIEW
DX DATAEXTRACTION
E ERASE
ED DDEDIT
EL ELLIPSE
ER EXTERNALREFERENCES
EX EXTEND
EXIT QUIT
EXP EXPORT
EXT EXTRUDE
F FILLET
FI FILTER
G GROUP
-G -GROUP
GD GRADIENT
GR DDGRIPS
H HATCH
-H -HATCH
HE HATCHEDIT
HI HIDE
I INSERT
-I -INSERT
IAD IMAGEADJUST
IAT IMAGEATTACH
ICL IMAGECLIP
IM IMAGE
-IM -IMAGE
IMP IMPORT
IN INTERSECT
INF INTERFERE
IO INSERTOBJ
J JOIN
L LINE
LA LAYER
-LA -LAYER
LAS LAYERSTATE
LE QLEADER
LEN LENGTHEN
LI LIST
LO -LAYOUT
LS LIST
LT LINETYPE
-LT -LINETYPE
LTS LTSCALE
LW LWEIGHT
M MOVE
MA MATCHPROP
MAT MATERIALS
ME MEASURE
MI MIRROR
ML MLINE
MLA MLEADERALIGN
MLC MLEADERCOLLECT
MLD MLEADER
MLE MLEADEREDIT
MLS MLEADERSTYLE
MO PROPERTIES
MS MSPACE
MSM MARKUP
MT MTEXT
MV MVIEW
O OFFSET
OP OPTIONS
ORBIT DORBIT
OS OSNAP
-OS -OSNAP
P PAN
-P -PAN
PA PASTESPEC
PE PEDIT
PL PLINE
PO POINT
POL POLYGON
PR PROPERTIES
PROPS PROPERTIES
PRE PREVIEW
PRINT PLOT
PS PSPACE
PSOLID POLYSOLID
PTW PUBLISHTOWEB
PU PURGE
-PU -PURGE
PYR PYRAMID
QC QUICKCALC
QCUI QUICKCUI
R REDRAW
RA REDRAWALL
RC RENDERCROP
RE REGEN
REA REGENALL
REC RECTANG
REG REGION
REN RENAME
-REN -RENAME
REV REVOLVE
RO ROTATE
RP RENDERPRESETS
RPR RPREF
RR RENDER
RW RENDERWIN
S STRETCH
SC SCALE
SCR SCRIPT
SE DSETTINGS
SEC SECTION
SET SETVAR
SHA SHADEMODE
SL SLICE
SN SNAP
SO SOLID
SP SPELL
SPL ` SPLINE
SPLANE SECTIONPLANE
SPE SPLINEDIT
SSM SHEETSET
ST STYLE
STA STANDARDS
SU SUBTRACT
T MTEXT
-T -MTEXT
TA TABLET
TB TABLE
TH THICKNESS
TI TILEMODE
TO TOOLBAR
TOL TOLERANCE
TOR TORUS
TP TOOLPALETTES
TR TRIM
TS TABLESTYLE
UC UCSMAN
UN UNITS
-UN -UNITS
UNI UNION
V VIEW
-V -VIEW
VP DDVPOINT
-VP VPOINT
VS VSCURRENT
VSM VISUALSTYLES
-VSM -VISUALSTYLES
W WBLOCK
-W -WBLOCK
WE WEDGE
X EXPLODE
XA XATTACH
XB XBIND
-XB -XBIND
XC XCLIP
XL XLINE
XR XREF
-XR -XREF
Z ZOOM
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2nd Month’s Program:
2nd Month’s Program:
• Sit in a comfortable posture keeping your head, neck and back align and straight. In
keeping yourself straight do not tense yourself. Let your body and mind relax.
• Inhale very slowly through your nostrils till your lungs are completely filled with air,
without holding your breath start exhaling slowly through your mouth. This makes it
one cycle of slow breathing. Thus breathe 21 times and relax for a minute or so.
• Lie down on your back on a hard bed, carpet, mat or a rug spread on the floor.
• Let both hands rest along side your body.
• Slightly spread apart your legs and keep them straight. Let every part of your body
be relaxed. There must not be any tension in the muscles.
• Close your eyes and focus your attention upon the toe of the right foot. Just try to
feel the toe for about one minute or so.
• Change the focus of your attention, without making any alteration in your position,
to the toe of the left foot from the right one and remain in this position for about
one or two minutes.
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Muraqba for Solutions of Problems
1St Months Program:
This Muraqba exercise is to be performed once before going to bed and 2-3 hours after
having dinner, so have the meals 4 hour before you normally go to bed and once early in
the morning before rise of the sun
• Sit in a comfortable posture keeping your head, neck and back align and straight. In
keeping yourself straight do not tense yourself. Let your body and mind relax.
• Inhale very slowly through your nostrils till your lungs are completely filled with air,
without holding your breath start exhaling slowly through your mouth. This makes it
one cycle of slow breathing. Thus breathe eleven times and relax for a minute or so.
• Close your eyes and imagine that you have a flower pot. You are filling that pot with
soil after mixing some manure in it and sow some rose-seeds in it. See you watering
that pot and waiting. See the tiny sapling sprouting in the pot and growing gradually.
The sapling turning into a rose-plant with branches, leaves and thorns. Then, see
the rose-buds emerging at the top of branches and blossoming into roses. When
you have reached this stage, try to feel the aroma of rose flowers and enjoy it as
long as you can.
• Let this Muraqba go on at least 25-30 minutes. Do not try to stop or resist the on
rush of thoughts coming into your mind during this exercise. Let them come and
pass away. Do not try to impose thoughts of your own liking or reject the disliking
thoughts.
• Write down your feelings and other thoughts in a diary and go to sleep.
Continue this exercise for one month.
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CONTRACT AGREMENT
This agreement is made on 8th day of September, 2010 between the Safeena Sugar Mills Lalian through its General Manager (hereinafter called “The Owner” of the first part and Professional Construction Services (Pvt) Ltd, Lahore through its Chief Executive (hereinafter called “The Contractor” of the second part.
WHERE AS the owner is desirous of construction of of Houses, roads, Water supply, sewerage in the colony at Safeena Sugar Mills and has accepted the price offered by the contractor for construction, completion and maintenance of such work.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:-
The owner is hereby covenant to pay to the contractors in consideration of the construction, completion and maintenance of the works in the manner prescribed in the contract agreement and the contractors hereby covenant in consideration of payment made by the owner for construction, completion and maintenance of the works in the conformity with the provision of this contract.
The works will be carried out by the contractor on the drawings prepared by the owner, on the BOQ provided by the owner or his authorized officer. However, the contractor has quoted item rates price including all materials, labour, shuttering, scaffoldings etc. and all T&P required for the construction, completion and maintenance of all development works.
The work will be executed as per drawings supplied by the owner. The responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the drawings shall rest with the owner. The civil works shall be shall be designed by the contractor on ACI, British Standard Code of Practice.
1 The prices have been submitted for item rates contact on the basis of BOQ given by the Owner. The Terms and conditions already floated along the BOQ are also part of the Agreement.
2 That the owner will allow the contractor to work day and night shifts and will also arrange the supervision during night hours.
3 That 10% security will be deducted from each running bill to be released after nine months from the completion date of work. If the work not completed within stipulated period security/retention money will be forfeited.
4 That the Owner shall supply the following materials at site at the following fixing rate and the increase or decease in rates will be on owner’s account, the cost of material so supplied shall be recovered from each running bill proportionately according to the consumption at site, Sales Tax (if any) shall be paid by the contractor on actual basis.
OPC Cement, S.R & White cement Rs. 300/- Per Bag delivered at site.
Deformed Steel 60 grade. Rs. 65000/- Per Ton delivered at site.
5 If any clause of this contract the contractor is in beach and has therefore, rendered himself liable to pay compensation amounting to whole of his security deposit, the owner or his authorized officer shall have to power to adopt any one of the following courses.
a) To rescind the contract of which recession in writing to the contractor under the hand of the owner or his authorized officer shall be conclusive and in which case the security deposit of contractor shall stand forfeited and shall be absolutely at the disposal of the owner or his authorized officer.
a) To get the work executed through other sources and if any amount exceeds Than it would have been carried out by other contractor the excessive amount thus incurred will be recovered from original contractor.
b) In the event of any above courses being adopted by the owner the contractor shall have no claim to compensation for any loss sustained by him by reason of his having purchased or procured any material or entered into any agreements or made any advances or account of or with a view to the execution of the work or the performance of the contract.
6 Without prejudice to the right of the owner under any clause hereinafter contain on completion of the work the owner or his authorized officer shall furnish the contractor with a certificate of completion but neither such certificate shall be given nor shall be work considered completed until the contractor shall have removed from the premises on which the work shall be executed all scaffolding, surplus material and rubbish and cleared all wood work, door, windows, walls, floors or other parts of any building in upon or about which the work is to be executed or of which he may have had possession for the purpose of execution thereof and measurement in the said certificate shall be building and conclusive against the contractor.
7 The contractor shall execute the whole and every part of the work in the most substantial and workman like manners and in strict in accordance with the specifications.
8 The owner or his authorized officer shall have full power at all time to object to the employment of any workman or other employee on the works by the contractor and if the contractor shall receive notice in written from the owner (or his authorized officer ) asking for removal of any workman or other employee on the works by the contractor the shall comply with same forthwith. No such person, workman, foreman or other employee after his removal from the work at desired the owner ( or his authorized officer ) shall be re-employed or reinstated on the work by the contractor at any time excepted with prior approval in writing of owner ( or his authorized officer ). The contractor shall not be entitled to demand the reason from the owner ( or his authorized officer ) for requiring the removal of any such employee in this regard.
9 The owner or his authorized officer shall have power to make any alternation, addition to or substitution for the original specifications, drawings, designs and instructions that may appear to him necessary or advisable during the progress of work and contractor shall be bound to carry out the work in signed by the authorized officer and such alternations, omissions, additions or substitution shall not invalidate the contract, the extra shall be paid separately at the agreed rates. For Non BOQ Items , the rate analysis of extra items should be approved from the competent authority before executing at site.
10 All works under or in course of execution or executed in pursuance of the contract at all times be opened to the inspection and supervision of the owner’s authorized officer and his subordinates and the contract shall, all times during the usual working hours and at all other times of which reasonable notice of intention of the authorized officer and subordinate to visit the works shall have been given to the contractor, the letter shall either himself be presented at site or some responsible agent shall be considered to have the same force as if they had been given to the contractors himself.
11 The contractor shall give not less than five days notice in writing to the authorized officer or his subordinate in charge of the work before covering up or otherwise placing beyond the reach of measurement any work in order that the same shall be uncovered at the contractor’s expense and in default thereof, no payment or allowance shall be made for such work or the material with which the same was executed.
12 If the contractor, his agents, employees or workmen shall deface injure or destroy any part of building in which they may be working or any building, road, fence enclosure or grass land, cultivated ground contagious to the premises in which the work or any part of it is being executed or, if any damage shall happen to the work while in progress from, any cause whatever or any imperfection appears in it within twelve months after final certificates or otherwise of its completion shall have been given by the authorized officer as aforesaid the contractor shall make good the same at his own expense or in default the authorized officer may cause the same to be made good by other workmen and deduct the expenses ( of which the certificate of the authorized officer shall be final ) from any sums that may be then or at any time therefore may become due to the contractor or from his security deposit.
13 The contractor shall also provide all necessary fencing and lights required to protect the public from accident and shall bound to bear the expenses of defense or every suit action or other proceeding at law that may be brought by any person for injury sustained owning to neglect of the above precautions and to pay away damage and costs which may with the consent of the contractor be paid to compromise any claim by any such person
14 No person below the age of 18 years shall be employed on the works as a labourer.
15 The contractor shall pay his labourers not less than the wages paid for similar work in the neighborhood.
16 The contractor will be responsible for the payment of EOBI & social security contribution
17 In every case in which by virtue of the provision of section 1 sub section (1) of the workmen’s compensation Act, 1923 owner is obliged to pay compensation to a workmen employed by the contractor or in execution of the works, the owner may, without prejudice to his rights make payment and shall be at liberty to recover such amount or any part thereof by deducting it from the security deposit or from any sum due by the owner to the contractor whether under this contract or otherwise the owner shall not be bound to contest any claim made against it under section 12, sub section (1) of the said act except the written request of the contractor and upon his giving to owner full security for all costs for contesting such claim.
18 The contractor shall not be assigned or sublet without the written approval of the owner or his authorized officer and if the contractor shall assign or sublet his contractor or attempt so to do or become insolvent or commence any insolvency proceeding to make any compromise with his creditors or attempt to do so, or if any bride gratuity, gift loan, perquisites, reward or advantage, pecuniary or otherwise, shell either directly or indirectly be given promise or offered by the contractor or any his servant or agents to any officer of the owner or person in the employment of owner in any way relating to his office or employment or if any such of officer or person shall become in anyway directly or indirectly interested in the contract, the owner may be there upon by notice in writing rescind the contact and the security deposit of the contractor shall there upon stand forfeited and he absolutely at the disposal of owner and the same consequences shall ensure as if the contract had been rescinded under clause 5 thereof and in addition the contractor shall not be entitled to recover or paid for any work thereof actually performed under the contract.
19 All sums payable by way of compensation under any of these conditions shall be considered as reasonable compensation to be applied to the use of owner subject to the actual loss or damage sustained and not beyond the same.
20 Any excess payment made to the contractor inadvertently or otherwise under this contract or any other sum found to be due to the owner by the contractor in respect of this contract or work, on any, account whatsoever may be deducted from any sum whatsoever payable by the owner to the contractor in respect of this contract.
21 All work to be executed under the contract shall be executed under the direction and subject to the approval in all respects of the owner or his authorized officer for the time being who shall be entitled to direct at what point or points and in what manner they are to be commenced and for what time to be carried on.
22 No claim for payments of an extra ordinary nature such a claims for bonus, for extra labour, employed in completing the work before the contractual period or claims for compensation where work has been temporarily brought to a standstill through no fault of the contractor shall be allowed unless and to the extent that the same shall have been expressly sanction by the Chief Executive of Safeena. If a dispute arises between the authorized officer and the contractor, the case will be referred to the Chief Executive of Safeena, whose decision will be final and binding on the parties.
23 The expression “work” or “works” where used in these conditions shall, unless there by the something either in the subject or contract repugnant to such constructions be contracted and taken to mean the work by or by virtue of this contract contracted to be executed whether temporary or permanent and whether original—altered substituted or additional
24 The amount payable or deduct-able in respect of item No. 4 shall be calculated on the basis of the quantity of the item actually consumed on the works during the fortnight.
25 No escalation /price variation shall be allowed to the contractor
26 If during the course of execution of this civil work, any dispute arises between the parties / signatories of this agreement, then the decision of Chief Executive of The Safeena Sugar lalian would be final and binding on both the parties.
27 The contractor will give an undertaking for the best workmanship and the quality construction. If any thing goes wrong due to bad workmanship, same value shall be deducted from the contractor account.
28 The terms & condition of his agreement have been explained to me / we and I/we clearly undersigned the same, the rates quoted by the contractor shall be for complete job.
a) Royalty, compensation, Octroi, Toll Terminal, sale and account.
b) Fluctuation of prices in material and labour due to any cause.
c) The contractor will make his own arrangements of plant and machinery required for the execution of work. If he intends to use plant and machinery belonging to the owner, he shall have to pay hire-charges of plants and machinery thus issue from the Godown to site of work and return thereof to Godown in good running conditions. So long the plant and machinery remain with the contractor he shall be responsible for the payment on account of oil/lubricants / fuel wood and all establishment required for its running.
d) Recovery of outstanding dues from the contractor shall be affected through civil authorities if the contractor does not make good or escape recovery.
29 The scope of work can be increased or decreased according to the requirements and this would not invalidate the contract but contractor price shall stand increased / decreased proportionately and decision of Executive Director of Safeena Sugar Mills Lalian shall be final and binding on contractor
30 That 5% Mobilization Advance will be given against the Bank Guarantee which will be recovered @ 5% of the gross amount of each running bill.
31 The BOQ , General Terms and Conditions and specifications are also part of the Agreement.
In witness whereof the parties have set their hands in this 8th day of September, 2010 and their respect seals.
_____________________ _____________________
Engr.M.Sadiq Qammar General Manager,
Chief Executive, Safina Sugar Mills, Lalian
ProfessionalConstruction Services (Pvt) Ltd,
Kalma Chowk Lahore.
Witnesses:
1._______________________
2._______________________
To,
Professional Construction Services (Pvt) Ltd ,
8-Groud Floor, Akbar Market,Kalma Chowk,
2-L Gulberg-III Lahore.
Subject:- CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES, ROADS, WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE IN THE COLONY AT SAFEENA SUGAR MILLS LALIAN.
It is informed that your competitive bid to Rs.4,30,00,000.(forty three million) for the work cited in the subject is accepted .
Please treat this letter as intent to place order upon you to commence the work with in 03 days after receipt of this letter of intent. If the work is not started by the stipulated period, the work order will be automatically treated as cancelled. The time period for the completion of this work is 9 months only.
You are advised to mobilize to the site of work with necessary labour, material and tool and plant to start the work under intimation to this office.
This letter of intent with you acceptance of the same and your tender shall form an integral part of contract. Necessary construction drawings may please be collected from this office. Please contact this office for taking over the site.
Please sign the copy of the letter enclosed herewith as a token of acceptance of this letter of intent and return to this office for record.
General Manager,
Safina Sugar Mills, Lalian
Signature____________________________
M/S__________________________________
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CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PROJECT
What is Project PROJECT :
A project is a sequence of unique, complex, and connected activities having one goal or purpose and that must be completed by a specific time, within budget, and according to specification.
PROCEDURE :
The Head of department will submitted the proposal as he required for rough cost estimate.
We shall check the approval as per site and calculate the quantities, rate will collect from purchase department and submitted the rough cost estimate.
FORMAL APPROVAL :
The head of department will forward the document with cost effects to Factory Manger. The manger concern with head of department and call to civil engineer for detail estimate. He also discuss all purchaser and manufactures.
So, the manger attend a meeting with executive director and discuss his problem which he face.
So, the executive director understand his problem and give the sanction.
The manger call to civil engineer and say him to prepared the detailed estimate.
PROJECT DESIGNING :
Designing is very important for durability of a project.
In designing following factors are entrained :
1. The scope of a project.
2. Utilization of the project.
3. Stability and durability of the project.
4. As compared to mechanical installments.
5. Requirements of plants.
6. All relevant terms & specifications.
TENDER PROCEDURE :
The civil engineer calculate the all items detail in documents shape and prepare the tender documents. He will assess the cost give the notice to contractors for quotations.
The contractor collect a tender copy and as compare the market. They filled the rates and submitted the tender documents to civil engineer office or head of the department office.
Before a specific date and time. So, on the specific date and time in the presence of all parties, open the tender document. From all participations take the written of their presence.
Now prepared a comparative statement and check the lowest party. Afterly set a meeting with head of department call all parties to negotiate and give the final shape to the documents. To the lowest and well worth party was awarded the project.
CONTRACT AGREEMENT :
After awarded the project to the well worth and negotiated party it will be take in documents file which called contract agreement. It contains the all terms and conditions of the project. Describe with detail the project cost. How much amount paid as mobilization advance. The start date of the project and final date of completion of project is also described.
In the condition of delay of project the penalty is show which will be debit to contractor as per remaining wok percentage. In the contract agreement the procedure of bill submitted will discussed.
PROJECT EXECUTION :
The contractor mobilized at site and start the work.
At the start the contractor will submit the working schedule and execution method. Which will be wetted by the client engineer.
During execution the quality of new material is checked day by day by the different methods.
Material is checked and compared with the specification. Which some possible at site and some in the laboratory.
At some time the third party consultant involve in execution.
CLOSE OUT THE PROJECT :
At this stage project closing documents are prepared which contains following parameters :
1. Client ensure that all deliverables are installed.
2. Client get signoff on final report.
3. conduct post-implementation audit.
CLIENT ACCEPTANCE :
The client decided when the project is complete. It is job of project manger to demonstrate that the deliverables meet client specification.
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