TIPS ON CARRYING OUT A CASE STUDY FOR BEGINNERS
What is the purpose of conducting a Case Study?As the termCase Studysuggests, it is the study of a particular case that is similar to your topic of design project. Doing a case study will help you understand the various aspects that you have to consider while designing.
WATER SUPPLY PLANNING IN ARAWA, GOMBE STATE
ABSTRACTWater is one of the most important natural resources for all life on earth. The availability and quality of water always have played an important part in determining not only where people can live, but also their quality of life. Even though there always has been plenty of fresh water on earth, water has not always been available when and where it is needed, nor is it always of suitable quality for all uses. Water must be considered as a finite resource that has limits and bound...
An Assessment Of Solid Waste Disposal Practices In Residential Buildings (A Case Study Of Majidadi 'B' Ward, Bauchi)
ABSTRACT This research was conducted on “Assessment of Solid Waste Disposal Practices in Majidadi ‘B’ ward in the Bauchi metropolis” aimed at assessing the nature and the methods used by the users of the area, which was first carried out through survey with the use of structured questionnaires to some persons chosen from the study area. 152 questionnaires were administered out of which 84.87% response was received. The data was analyzed using frequency table and the use of pie chart ...
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE COST PLANNING OF PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECT
ABSTRACT The importance of accurate estimate during the early stage of cost planning of capital project has been widely recognized for many years. Even so, very few quantitative method are available that enable estimators and business managers to objectively evaluate the accuracy of early estimates and planning. The primary purpose of this study was to identify and examine the factors influencing cost planning of building projec...
POTENTIALITIES OF WHISTLEBLOWING IN DEALING WITH UNETHICAL PRACTICES IN THE NIGERIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES
ABSTRACTConstruction industry is a very challenging and complex sector. The ability to control and communicate with various stages, process and parties to meet the project objectives are not an easy job and these responsibilities are on the professionals shoulders. Besides that, the professionals are also facing their own crisis and dilemma as an ethical professional. This study is focusing on three group of professionals; engineers, architects and quantity surveyors. The objectives of this s...
THE EFFECTS OF PASSIVE SOLAR CONTROL ON HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT
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AN APPRECIATION OF THE ECONOMIC BASIS OF PROPERTY VALUES
For an object to have value it must be scarce in relative to demand, i.e. it has to be limited in supply relative to its demand, this also applies to the case of properties. If an item is in high supply and there is limited demand for it, then ion an economic sense that object has no value. For example, air is useful for many purposes because it is in free supply, it has no economic value. Apart from being a measure of...
A SAMPLE OF QUANTITY SURVEYING TAKING-OFF
ELEMENT NO.1: SUBSTRUCTURE GROUND WOK. D20: EXCAVATING AND FILLING Cut down trees girth 600mm – 1.50m. 3nrs (D20:1.2.1.) 3nrs (D20:1.2.2.)3265m2 D20:1.3.4. TOP SOIL Excavate Over site To Removed Vegetable Soil Ave...
EFFECTS OF SOLAR CONTROL (A CASE STUDY OF DOMITORY BUILDINGS IN MAUTECH)
ABSTRACTBuildings supposed to shield their occupant from the perturbing solar radiation which especially in the hot dry climate of Yola pose problems of high indoor temperatures, thermal and visual discomfort among others. But to what extend does the Architectural solar control measures viz; shading, building orientation with respect to cardinal direction, and design or planning affect cooling. The current study examined effect of exploiting these strategies on passive cooling in dormitory bu...
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE COST PLANNING OF A PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECT
ABSTRACT The importance of accurate estimate during the early stage of cost planning of capital project has been widely recognized for many years. Even so, very few quantitative method are available that enable estimators and business managers to objectively evaluate the accuracy of early estimates and planning. The primary purpose of this study was to identify and examine the factors influencing cost planning ...
PREPARATION OF A CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT PLAN
A campus development plan is the deliberate spatial organisation of human activities to achieve the highest possible social and economic benefit, convenient and aesthetics in the light of available resources of land, manpower, finance, technology, time among others. (Jeriko, 1998)Section 91 of the urban and regional planning law of 1992, decree no. 88 defines a development plan as “a plan indicating the manner in which an are...
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE PHASE MICROCONTROLLER BASED AUTOMATIC CHANGEOVER WITH GENERATOR STARTER
ABSTRACTMost industrial and commercial processes are dependent on electrical power. Power failure or outage in general does not promote development in public and private sectors. The investors do not feel secure to come into a country with constant or frequent power failure. This limits the development of industries.In addition there are processes that cannot be interrupted because of their importance, for instance surgery operation in hospitals, conducting research, transfer of money between...
EFFECTS OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT ON PROFITABILITY IN SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES: A STUDY OF ECWA CENTRAL PHARMACY LIMITED, JOS
ABSTRACTThis research work if carefully read will educate all small scale business on profit realization as a result of capital investment and it also state clearly how relevant small scale business is toward the development of this country, questionnaires where raise3d and the respondents were of the opinion that capital investment really affect the profit of small scale business and conclusions were drawn that indeed acqu...