» COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE MADE FROM VARIOUS AGGREGATE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION This work was to present in one weight, the fundamental and practical information in the filed of the comparative analysis of the strength of concrete made from various aggregate which may be useful…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Approaches to the total cost management of construction works are now changing rapidly. The change imposes the necessity to change how the cost of construction work is conceived across domain. The term cost management connotes basical…Continue Reading »
» AWARENESS AND PRACTICE OF GREEN CONSTRUCTION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to study. Green or Sustainable buildings are the future and will over the next few decades be more common Nigeria. The demand for high performance buildings is gradually becoming a trend in the Nigerian building…Continue Reading »
» EFFECT OF THE USE OF SUB STANDARD MATERIALS ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (CASE STUDY OF MINISTRY OF HOUSING, LAGOS STATE) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Buildings are shelters specifically created to accommodate people and to stand as storage for their valuable things (Oyenuga, …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Incidences of the fall of buildings in Nigeria are posing major concerns and challenge to all the players in the construction industry building consultants, governments, developers, landlords and users. Examples of such incident include collaps…Continue Reading »
» EFFECTIVENESS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES IN PROJECT EXECUTION (A STUDY OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN OWERRI) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Of The Study Over the years, most projects in organizations especially those of the Zerock, Rhas and New Idea Construction companies in Owerri,…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Maryland is located in Enugu South in Enugu State. The subsoil of this region consists of fine grained soils with a considerable part of soft soil deposit which extends to a considerable depth. When a compressive load is applied to a soil mass, the volume of the…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Sustaining housing development especially to the medium/low income group of the society has become a huge challenge particularly because of the huge capital outlay required to do so. Thus, acquisition of indigenous building materials by way of Compressed Stabilized Laterite Blocks (CSLBs…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT It has been clearly identified that one of the agent that easily deteriorate building structure, weaken the strength of the component of building and shorten the life span of building is “DAMP”, which may occur in different dimension therefore, this project is centred on causes of da…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The construction industry is an important part of the economical backbone in many countries (Ngai et al., 2002), often accounting for between 7 10 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (Winch, 1996, Voordijk et al., 2000). Furthermore, cons…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE Seeley (1997) described the construction industry as one of the most important sectors of the economy, which integrates a wide variety of skilled and unskilled professionals. These professionals engage in the provisio…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION The construction of structure on weak ground often requires the soil to be improved in order to ensure the safety and the stability of surrounding buildings. The ground improvement in granular soils can be achieved by different methods such as vibro floatation, …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION The search for alternative binder or pozzolanic material has become a challenge to national development. Potential of laterite soil as a reliable and durable construction material is highly locally available and has been one of the major building materials fo…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the StudyFluoride is one of the very few chemicals that have been shown to cause significant effects in people through drinking water. Fluoride has beneficial effects on teeth at low concentrations in drinking water, but excessive exposure to fluoride in …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Abandoned projects and construction failure including building and other civil engineering infrastructure development project like houses, churches, schools, roads, bridges, dams, tunnels, air port, sea port etc. litter the whole Nigeri…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Productivity has become the buzzword of the time as it is generally agreed that the more productivity the better. However, productivity in construction industry is discouragingly low. The effect of this cannot be overemphasized. Aboyade (196…Continue Reading »
» A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF THE STRENGTH OF SANCRETE CEMENT BLOCK [APPLICATION OF HENRY SCHEFFE’S AND OSADEBE’S CONCRETE OPTIMISATION THEORY] Abstract Sandcrete blocks are prismatic units manufactured from lean (sand cement) mortar mixes and are the predominant walling materia…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study was carried out on River Atuwara in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria with the aim of developing a coefficient of re aeration model applicable to River Atuwara and other rivers in the Nigerian environment. This was achieved by sourcing for data once every month from 22 sampling locations…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTA lateritic soil classified as sandy clay or (CL) and A 7 6 (5) according to Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) and AASHTO classification system respectively,was treated with up to 10% pulverized steel slag (an industrial waste product) by dryweight of soil. Elemental and chemical ana…Continue Reading »
» PREFACE In structural detailing, the project is initiated by the structural engineer. The architectural drawings are prepared by the architect to the required scale and specification given to him by the client. The structural engineer designs the structural frame work of the building and specificati…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study examined the effects of effluent discharges from various point loads on a purposively selected receiving river, the self recovery ability of the river and the treatability of both the discharges and the receiving stream in a heavily industrialized community. The work involved fie…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The study cover a view and a detailed explanation of the modification required to be carried out on the main access road linkage of the Campus III Industrial center from federal Secretariat to Mass Communication Department of the Institution in order to update its services and functions.The…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This thesis on a project undertaken by the author is aimed at providing explanation of the basic theory of the work of road design and its associated activities also, to cover practical methods of working.In pursuit of the meaningful completion this project a lot of investigation was em…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This report presents results obtained from the investigation and water sampling exercise carried out on the segment of River Illo that passes through Sango in Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. The report reveals that while some people used water from the river for dom…Continue Reading »
» PREFACE This case study is an existing pathway or fort path linking Ugwuji and Campus 111 (IMT) for a proposed road construction by the government of Enugu State.This project encloses the following The condition of the existing sub grade and its suitability for use as a good sub grade soil …Continue Reading »
