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• 1. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETES MADE FROM VARIOUS AGGREGATE

  » 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 to people involve in civil and structural engineering and particularly, those that found pleasure i...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  52 pages |  4,523 engagements | 

• 2. BUILDING COST MANAGEMENTS

  » 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 basically two related activities in costing that is, cost forecasting and cost control (Ashworth, Hogg and ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  53 pages |  3,797 engagements | 

• 3. AWARENESS AND PRACTICES OF GREEN CONSTRUCTION

  » 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 industry. The main objectives of sustainable construction activities are to avoid resource depletio...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  60 pages |  3,611 engagements | 

• 4. EFFECT OF THE USE OF SUB-STANDARD MATERIALS ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (CASE STUDY...

  » 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, 2010). (Oyenuga, 2010). The materials used for the construction of buildings varies on the type and ...Continue Reading »

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• 5. BUILDING COLLAPSE : A CHALLENGE FOR THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AND CONSTRUCTION CO...

  »   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 collapse of Multi Storey Building at Mokola, Ibadan,Oyo State (1974), building under construction at Benjam...Continue Reading »

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• 6. EFFECTIVENESS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES IN PROJECT EXECUTION (A STUDY OF ...

  » 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, might have been subjected to poor performance and abandonment following the inability of the manage...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  51 pages |  10,928 engagements | 

• 7. THE COMPRESSIBILITY PROPERTIES OF SOIL

  » 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 soil mass tends to reduce, due to reduction in its voids. This reduction in volume of a soil mass o...Continue Reading »

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• 8. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROPERTIES OF STABILIZED LATERITE BLOCKS

  » 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) has been suggested as a way out. The aim of this research is to investigate the properties of sta...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  50 pages |  12,267 engagements | 

• 9. CAUSES, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DAMP ON BUILDING

  » 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 damp, prevention of damp and the necessary treatment needed for the structure that has been severely a...Continue Reading »

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• 10. THE IMPACT OF PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS ON CONSTRUCTION COST AND DELIVERY

  » 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, construction products and processes have a large impact on safety, health and environmental aspects (Bay...Continue Reading »

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• 11. THE IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE CONTRACT PLANNING ON CONTRACTORS PROFIT

  » 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 provision of goods and services ranging from construction, alteration, refurbishment to repairs of building ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  9,729 engagements | 

• 12. IMPROVEMENT OF BEARING CAPACITY OF SANDY SOIL BY GROUTING

  » 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, compaction piles, and compaction with explosives, excavation and replacement, grouting e.t.c. The se...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  13,412 engagements | 

• 13. EFFECT OF GROUNDNUT SHELL ASH ON SOIL STABILIZATION

  » 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 for a long time. One of the various soil types that occur in the tropic and sub tropic laterite is one...Continue Reading »

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• 14. EFFECT AND IMPLICATION OF FLUORIDE ON DRINKING WELL WATER

  » 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 drinking water, or in combination with exposure to fluoride from other sources, can give rise to a n...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  9,654 engagements | 

• 15. CAUSES OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FAILURES AND ABANDONMENTS IN NIGERIA

  » 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 Nigeria. Osemenan (1987) reported that Nigeria has become the “world’s junk yard of abandoned and fail...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  10,608 engagements | 

• 16. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF WORK ENVIRONMENT ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF CONSTRUCT...

  » 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 (1966) believed a country's development process depends on the capacity of the country's construction in...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  67 pages |  7,359 engagements | 

• 17. A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF THE STRENGTH OF SANDCRETE CEMENT BLOCK

  » 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 materials used in buildings in Nigeria and other countries. Although the blocks are preferred to other simi...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  128 pages |  9,078 engagements | 

• 18. EVALUATION OF WATER QUALITY MODELLING PARAMETERS: TOWARDS THE EVOLVEMENT OF RE-A...

  » 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 of interest within a pre selected segment of the river over a period covering the dry and wet seaso...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,499 engagements | 

• 19. UTILIZATION OF STEEL SLAG FOR STABILIZATION OF A LATERITIC SOIL

  » 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 analysis of the steel slag was determined using x ray fluorescence spectroscopy. Tests were carried out...Continue Reading »

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• 20. STRUCTURAL DETAILING OF A REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE

  » 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 specification required such as slab, beam, column and foundation. For proper clearification and understanding, ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  9,203 engagements | 

• 21. POLLUTION PROBLEMS AND AN ENGINEERING APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF ...

  » 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 field survey of industries producing and discharging effluents in the study area (Ado Odo/ Otta industr...Continue Reading »

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• 22. ROUTE SURVEY OF ROAD AND PAVEMENT DESIGN (REHABILITATION/MODERNIZATION)

  » 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 need for easing the flow of traffic on this access road shall rise, since it s a commercial center ...Continue Reading »

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• 23. DESIGN OF ROAD PAVEMENT LINKING FEDERAL SECRETARIAT INDUSTRIAL CENTRE

  » 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 embarked with principles and practice of road construction. The total distance of route was determined...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,480 engagements | 

• 24. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF ABATTOIR EFFLUENT DISCHARGE ON THE WATER QUALITY

  » 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 domestic, food production and recreation purposes, others discharge their wastes without any form of pr...Continue Reading »

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• 25. BASIC SOIL TEST ON SUB-GRADE SOIL MATERIAL & FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN

  » 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 material by processes of different lab test.     Using the group index method and CBR method to d...Continue Reading »

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