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1. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN THE PROVIS...
» ABSTRACT Universal design (UD) can be described as the design of products and environments to be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design, thus bridging the gap between housing and disability though the concept of Universal Design or ‘Design for all’ has been neglected in most developing countries including Nigeria. This stu...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,748 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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2. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNE...
» Abstract The study focused on the provision of infrastructure in public private partnership housing scheme by estate developers in Abuja. Cases of no and poor infrastructure have been reported by residents in estates under this scheme. Adequate infrastructure plays an important role to the wellbeing of individuals in any society hence the need for this study. The research administered 63 questi...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,111 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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3. AN EVALUATION OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR NIGER STATE CIVIL SERVANTS UNDER PUBL...
» ABSTRACT Niger state government achievement in Public housing delivery for its citizen since its creation in 1976 has been very minimal–with just 3,000 houses provided for a population of 3,954,772 so far. Changing its delivery strategy from being the sole provider of housing, the government in 2007 opted for a new strategy of Public Private Partnership (PPP) which was to provide affordable�...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,532 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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4. AN INVESTIGATION INTO BUILD OPERATE AND TRANSFER IN THE PROVISION OF HOSTELS
» ABSTRACT Inadequate hostel for students in Universities has been of great concern to Government and the University authorities. The Government has been trying to involve the private sector in the provision of hostel through Build Operate Transfer scheme since 2004. Challenges have been faced in implementing the scheme. The aim of the study was to investigate the slow adoption of the University ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 6,046 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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5. ANALYTICAL AND APPROXIMATE VARIANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDING TOTAL PROJECT COST, ESTIM...
» ABSTRACT Building construction project has become an everyday issue, and this involves the spending of hard earned money by the project owner called the client. The expectation of the owner of any building project is justification of good project delivery. This is enabled by the objectives of the project which definitely includes project cost that envelopes the cost and quality of delivery at t...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,186 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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6. ASSESSMENT OF ERGONOMIC ADAPTABILITY PRACTICES AMONG SELECTED CONSTRUCTION CRAFT...
» ABSTRACT Health and safety is about the prevention of ill health among workers caused by their working conditions. Ergonomics is one of the methods to eliminate the health hazards and risk in the construction industry. The aim of the study is to assess adaptability of ergonomic practices among selected building construction craftsmen in Abuja with a view to enhancing health and safety practices...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,484 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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7. ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF SOIL CEMENT BLOCK EXPOSED TO NPK FERTI...
» TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Abstract Table of Contents List of Symbols and Abbreviations CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study 1.2 Statement of the Research Problem 1.3 Justification for the Study 1.4 Aim and Objectives 1.5 Scope and Limitation CHAPTER TWO 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 History of Earth Materials and Traditional Clay Buildings 2.2 Traditional Methods of Earth Constr...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,639 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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8. ASSESSMENT OF THE TRAINING NEEDS OF CRAFT SKILL WORKERS IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
» ABSTRACT Training of construction craftsmen in the Nigeria construction industry which should have enhanced productivity and competitiveness has suffered a lot. This study assessed craft skills training needs in the North western Nigeria. The objectives of the study included identifying general and specific craft skill training need, extent of the need, militating factors against craft skill...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,920 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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9. COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTHS OF SOLID AND GLUED LAMINATED TIMBER
» Abstract Timber isa construction material with unparalleledenvironmental credential. Howbeit, limitations of span and crossectional dimension, strength reducing defects and anisotropy limits its engineering application. Mechanical methods of jointing to address the earlier challenge has introduced serious wood fiber failure and increased the embodied energy in timber as a green material. ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,985 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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10. DETERMINATION OF THE PROSPECT OF PARTNERING AS PROCUREMENT METHOD IN THE NIGERIA...
» Abstract Due to the complex nature and characteristics of the industry, adversarial attitudes are usually involved and therefore, new ways in carrying out management processes to attain an improved performance and a qualitative project delivery in the industry is necessary. Partnering is a set of strategic action that deliver marked improvements in construction performance and project success w...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,218 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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11. EFFECTS OF THREE BINDING MEDIA ON MOISTURE MOVEMENT IN COMPRESSED EARTH BRICKS
» ABSTRACT The major problem associated with cassava starch stabilized bricks is the high rate of water absorption. The effect of high rate of water absorption make the bricks to be soluble in water and limits its use for only internal partition walls not out doors. This study therefore evaluates the effects of three binding media on compressed stabilized earth bricks. The three binding media ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,446 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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12. EVALUATING THE MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS OF EMPLOYEE-CONSULTANTS IN THE NIGERIAN CONS...
» ABSTRACT The management of people at work is an integral part of the management process. The aim of this research is to evaluate the motivational factors of employee consultants in the Nigerian construction industry, with a view to improve motivational practices which leads to growth and sustenance of the Nigerian construction industry. The objectives of this research are the factors of motivat...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,992 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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13. EVALUATION OF PROJECT RISK AND THE DETERMINATION OF CONTINGENCY SUM FOR BUILDING...
» ABSTRACT The construction industry is characterised with inherent risk and uncertainties as a result of its fragmented and competitive nature. This therefore makes it difficult to accurately estimate the cost of construction project. To achieve the objective of having work completed most especially within cost and quality, contingency sum is apportioned to cater for unforeseen items of work tha...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,807 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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14. EFFECT OF SEQUENCE AND INTERVAL OF FEEDING CONCENTRATE SUPPLEMENT AND ROUGHAGE O...
» ABSTRACT A feeding trial lasting 90 days was conducted using 28 Yankasa weaner rams with an average weight of 14.96 ± 1.10 kg (5 6 months old) to investigate effect of sequence and feeding interval of concentrate supplement (CS) and roughage on performance. The animals were randomly assigned to four treatments (T1: CS fed 1 h prior to feeding grass hay; T2: CS fed 2 h prior to feeding gras...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 9,646 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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15. QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND MICROBIAL STATUS OF BEEF SMOKED WITH DIFFERENT PLANT...
» ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted. The first evaluated beef smoked using different plant materials (Acacia raddiana, Eucalyptus camaldutensis, Azadirachta indica and Cocos nucifera) as source of smoke. The effect of the plant materials on the organoleptic, microbial and physicochemical properties of smoked beef was evaluated. In the second study, Suya was produced from various round mus...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 8,651 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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16. PERFORMANCE OF WEANER RABBITS FED MAIZE HUSK BASED DIETS WITH AND WITHOUT ENZYME...
» ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of weaner rabbits fed maize husk based diets with or without enzyme supplementation. In the first experiment, thirty six weaner rabbits were used for the study. Maize husk replaced rice offal at 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20% inclusion levels for treatments one to six respectively. Each treatment consisted of six rabbits and each rabb...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 10,384 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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17. EFFECT OF BREED, AGE AND SEX ON GROWTH, HAEMATOLOGICAL, SERUM BIOCHEMICAL AND CA...
» ABSTRACT A study was conducted to assess the effect of breed, sex and age on growth, haematological, serum biochemical and carcass characteristics of Turkey. The data was generated from 100 Turkeys which comprised 50 Norfolk breed and 50 Mammoth breed. The growth traits included biweekly body weight (BW) and linear body measurements: neck length (NL), body length (BL), thigh length (TL), sha...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 9,966 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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18. EVALUATION OF GROWTH TRAITS AND SEMEN QUALITY USING BIOCHEMICAL AND IGF-1 AS A M...
» ABSTRACT A study was conducted using 231 chicks (101 Normal feather, 56 frizzle and 74 Naked neck) to evaluate growth traits and semen quality characteristics using biochemical and IGF 1 as molecular marker on three genotypes (normal, frizzle and naked neck) of Nigeria indigenous chickens. Each of the genotypes comprised of twenty five hens and five roosters mated in the ratio of 1 rooster: ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 7,755 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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19. THE EFFECT OF GARLIC (Allium sativum L.) MEAL AS A FEED INGREDIENT IN THE DIETS ...
» ABSTRACT Four experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of Garlic supplementation in broiler chickens. In the first experiments 0 4 weeks, a total of 270 day old broiler chicks were used for the experiment which had six treatments and three replicates, each replicate was allotted 15 birds in a completely randomized design. Six broiler starter diets were formulated such that (Diet 1) cont...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 11,283 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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20. PERFORMANCE OF TWO SUNFLOWER (Helianthus annuus L.) VARIETIES UNDER VARYING PLAN...
» ABSTRACT The performance of two sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) varieties under varying plant density and nitrogen levels was investigated under field condition in 2012 rainy and dry seasons at the Institute for Agricultural Research farm and irrigation research farm in Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru Zaria (11º12`N07º37`E686 above sea level). The treatments evaluated consisted of four rate...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,894 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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21. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN AXIAL-FLOW MILLET THRESHER
» ABSTRACT Existing millet threshers have not been performing up to expectation. Based on this, the physical properties of pearl millet grains were determined and used to design an axial flow millet thresher. The length, width, thickness, geometric diameter, sphericity, surface area of the grains were found to decreased with decrease in moisture content of the grains from 11.6 to 7.8 %. The...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,766 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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22. INVESTIGATION INTO YIELD REDUCTION OF SUGARCANE PLANTATION OF THE SAVANNAH SUGAR...
» ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to identify the factors responsible for declining of sugarcane production in Savannah Sugar Company (Dangote Group). Soil samples were collected from the field within the irrigated plots P1, G2 and K2. The pH and EC were determined using the pH meter and EC meter, respectively while Ca,Mg and OM were determined using titration methods. Na and K were determined...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,730 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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23. MODIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF IAR GROUNDNUT SHELLER FOR SOME SELECT...
» ABSTRACT IAR groundnut sheller was developed in 1985 and the design was based on the properties of the then groundnut variety known as Ex Dakar. New varieties were later developed whose acceptability in practice override, this called for its modification and determination of the characteristics of new varieties.The machine size was modified resulting in the modification of all its components...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,835 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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24. PERFORMANCE OF TWO AGRO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS IN SIMULATING SOIL WATER BALANCE OF ...
» ABSTRACT Roles of water balance components in any agro ecological system are indispensible for most physical and physiological processes within the soil plant atmosphere system. The performance of two agro hydrological models: the Soil Water Atmosphere Plant (SWAP) and Irrigation Scheduling Impact Assessment model (ISIAMOD) in simulating soil water balance components (SWBC) of a cropped fiel...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,664 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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25. RAINFALL DATA GENERATION FOR SAMARU, ZARIA USING STATISTICAL PARAMETERS
» ABSTRACT Estimation of rainfall for a desired return period is one of the pre requisites for any design purpose at a particular site, which can be achieved by probabilistic approach. This study is aimed at using the statistical parameters of long term observed rainfall data to generate monthly rainfall depth and estimate rainfall values at different return periods for hydrological and agricultu...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,678 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials