BUILDING TECHNOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 181. THE IMPACT OF MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES TO THE NAT...

  » The aim of this research work is to discover how maintenance of buildings and infrastructures can be effected, effectively to help increase the workers output thus increasing labour efficiency and increasing the income of the nation leading to increased income per capita of the populace. The objectives of this research work are as follows: (a) Have a proper look at the level of maintenance attenti...Continue Reading »

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• 182. MANAGEMENT OF MATERIALS ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITE

  » Abstract The paper considers the management of materials on building construction sites. In the study, method of material procurement practice on construction site, factors affecting material management on building construction site as well as causes wastages on construction sites were determined. The study further Suggest measures for effective material management in construction site. Data for t...Continue Reading »

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• 183. AN ANALYSIS OF DETERMINANTS OF ACCIDENT INVOLVING MARINE VESSELS IN NIGERIA’S ...

  » Cases of marine vessel accident involving personal injury, deaths, property and environmental damage have grown in tandem with increased oil prospecting and other commercial seaborne transportation activities in Niger Delta/coastal regions of Nigeria. The incidence of marine vessel casualties and associated risk factors generate serious concern as further empirical evidence suggests that between 7...Continue Reading »

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• 184. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI), INVITATION FOR BIDS(IFB) ...

  » ABSTRACT This paper discusses the meaning of the terms Expression of interest, invitation for bids and request for tenders. These terms are often used and hence a clear understanding of what they mean is cardinal to everyone whose day to day vocabulary involves these terms...Continue Reading »

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• 185. EXPLORATION OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY POTENTIAL OF CITRUS MAXIMA (SHADDOCK) LEAF ON R...

  » ABSTRACT Citrus maxima (shaddock) is a medicinal plant used in Asia, and in some parts of Africa, because they are rich in flavonoids and some other phytoconstituent which contributed to their wide range of biological activities ranging from anti inflammatory activity, antioxidant activity and anti tumor activity. Inflammation is the biochemical and cellular response that occurs in all vascularize...Continue Reading »

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• 186. SOLAR POWERED STREET LIGHTS FOR BUGEMBE TOWN COUNCIL

  » INTRODUCTION Bugembe Town Council is located in the eastern part of Jinja District along the Jinja–Tororo highway, about 4 km from Jinja Municipality, which is the second largest town of Uganda in the Country. It is a home for most civil servants at the district and for the workers in most of the factories around, for example; Bidco Uganda Limited, Steel Rolling Mills Limited, etc. This has ...Continue Reading »

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• 187. VARIATTION ORDERS IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE KOFORIDUA MUNICIP...

  » ABSTRACT Variation order is a common phenomenon in construction projects. It involves an amendment of the original scope of a project as in the contract. Variation orders are caused from various factors.Variations often cause disputes and dissatisfactions among the parties involved in construction projects. Thus, it is very important to control variation orders in a construction project. According...Continue Reading »

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• 188. EVALUATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF TANK WATER AT THE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEME...

  » ABSTRACTThe evaluation of microbiological quality of tank water at the Institute of Management and Technology campus III Enugu was carried out by using ten samples of water obtained from ten different tank waters. For viable plate count for the presence of pathogenic organisms and organisms indicating organic matter pollution, plating technique of pour plates were used, also presence of coliform g...Continue Reading »

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• 189. COMPOSITION AND NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES OF SEEDS FROM TROPICAL ALMOND (Terminalia...

  » ABSTRACT Tropical almond (Terminally catappa) fruit used in Eastern Nigeria have an impressive range of multipurpose medicinal uses with nutritional values. However, to be clinically used, more scientific data are needed. The goal of this study was to investigate the composition and nutritional properties of tropical almond. The seed of tropical almond was grind and analyzed for its proximate comp...Continue Reading »

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• 190. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STRUCTURED LANGUAGE AND UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE: PROGRAMIN...

  » INTRODUCTION A program in a non structured language usually consists of sequentially ordered commands, or statements, usually one in each line. The lines are usually numbered or may have labels: this allows the flow of execution to jump to any line in the program. Non structured programming introduces basic control flow concepts such as loops, branches and jumps. Although there is no concept of pr...Continue Reading »

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• 191. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF LOCALLY PRODUCED SOAP AGAINST SOME PATHOGENIC ORGANI...

  » ABSTRACT The evaluation of antimicrobial activities of five (5) brands of differentlocally produced soap sold in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo state was carried out against some selected pathogenic organisms (Staphylococcus aureus,Enterobacteraerogenes,Bacillus cereus,Shigelladysentaries,Salmonella typhin, Candida albicans,Aspergillusfumigatus). Usually, the antimicrobial analyses of the soap ...Continue Reading »

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• 192. NETWORK ANALYSIS AS AN EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE PLANNING TOOL, USING WARRI REFINERY...

  » ABSTRACT This research project “Network Analysis as an effective maintenance planning tool” created a detailed evaluation of strategies and techniques for planning maintenance activities in the Nigerian process industry, laying focused emphasis on operations of Warri Refinery and the effectiveness of CPM Network analysis. A review of previous works related to maintenance planning was e...Continue Reading »

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• 193. LABORATORY ANALYSIS AND PIPELINE PRODUCTS MARKETING COMPANY (PPMC) DEPOT OPERATI...

  » ABSTRACT This research work was carried out to evaluate the laboratory analysis of pipeline products marketing company (PPMC) depot operations. In the course of the research many scholarly articles on the subject matter were reviewed from which the researcher got lot information concerning the topic at hand. Thus making the research work a reliable source of information as far as facts about petro...Continue Reading »

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• 194. PRODUCTS CONTAMINATION AND QUALITY CONTROL ANALYSIS

  » SYNOPSIS Quality control can be seen as the activities that sustain the quality of a product in order to satisfy a given requirement or meet certain standards. (McGraw Hill Dictionary, 2003). It is applicable in all phases of the production cycle. In food products, qualities such as composition, structure (molecular, microscopic and macroscopic), physicochemical and sensory attributes are all anal...Continue Reading »

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• 195. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE CONTAINING PERIWIN...

  » Abstract This research tends to compare the workability and compressive strength of granite against periwinkle and palm kernel shells as coarse aggregates in concrete production. Specific objective is to determine the workability of local substitute for granite using periwinkle and palm kernel shell as coarse aggregate, and to compare the compressive strengths of periwinkle and palm kernel shells ...Continue Reading »

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• 196. ENTREPRENEURSHIP TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION - A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR...

  » Abstracts This paper is an attempt to examine the educational issues of entrepreneurship Technical and Vocational Education (EVTE) for preparing the workforce of tomorrow. Concepts, Reforms, challenges and the way forward for entrepreneurship vocational and technical education in Nigeria are discussed. Nigeria aspires to become a major player in the world economy in line with her Vision 20 2020. I...Continue Reading »

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• 197. ANALYSES OF THE IMPACTS OF MARITIME POLLUTION ON MARINE ENVIRONMENT: CASE STUDY ...

  » ABSTRACT There has been a proliferation in the activities of crude oil exploration across the globe as a result of increase in high risk of oil spillage and the accompanying environmental hazards. In Nigeria, this has been the order of the day since the initiation of the first petroleum industry in country’s Niger delta region. Oil spills have been recurrent and impacting damaging effects on...Continue Reading »

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• 198. INFLUENCE OF PALM FIBRE ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STABILIZED LATERITE INTERLOCKI...

  » Abstract Investigations are ongoing for continuous improvement in the properties of stabilized earth for low cost housing. This research examined the influence of palm fibre on the characteristics of cement stabilized laterite interlocking bricks. Specific objective is to examine engineering properties of cement stabilized laterite with palm fibre additives and to compare the cost per square meter...Continue Reading »

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• 199. EFFECT OF CURING METHODS ON THE CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTH OF CONCRETE WITH LATERIT...

  » ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of curing methods on the compressive strength of concrete with fine and coarse aggregates components fully and partly replaced with lateritic sand and periwinkle shell respectively. A total of 90 cube specimens of 100 x 100 mm dimensions for each percentage replacements ranging from 10 to 40% percentage replacement of fine aggregate with lateritic sand a...Continue Reading »

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• 200. COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH PERFORMANCE OF CEMENT STABILISED EARTH MADE BRICKS FOR LOW ...

  » ABSTRACT This study was carried out to review of the state of uses of clay bricks and stabilized compressed earth blocks. We offer an overview of the world general building using clay bricks or stabilized compressed earth blocks compiled from various research organizations, modern projects which have been carried out and reports from existing manufacturing of clay bricks or stabilized compressed e...Continue Reading »

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