BUILDING TECHNOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 261. COMPARISON OF THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE PRODUCED WITH COARSE AGGREGATE IN DIFFERE...

  » INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Aggregates are very important constituent in construction work. They reduce shrinking, give body to concrete and effect economy. (Shetty, 2005). In road construction, aggregates are combined with asphalt binding medium to form a compound material. It can also be use with a stabilizer or by self for base and sub base courses.Aggregates are used in almost all construction...Continue Reading »

  60 pages |  747 engagements | 

• 262. CONSTRUCTION OF A WOODEN BOOKSHELF

  » INTRODUCTION A bookshelf or bookcase is a furniture with horizontal shelves, used to store books. Wood stall remains the chide construction material used in the construction of thus bookshelf, although a transport glass is used for covering parts of the bookshelf to avoid intruders from having access to the equipment and books to be stored in the bookshelf.Bookshelf is mainly used for storing book...Continue Reading »

  60 pages |  1,109 engagements | 

• 263. EFFECTS OF SALT WATER ON CONCRETE

  » ABSTRACT This project is carried out to know the effects of salt water on concrete. Salt water has salinity of about 3.5%. in that, about 78% is sodium chloride and 15% is chloride and sulphate of magnesium. The result gotten from the experiment being carried out shows different result from the mix design, casting, curing and crushing of different dates of each cubes. The compressive strength of e...Continue Reading »

  60 pages |  759 engagements | 

• 264. INVESTIGATION INTO CAUSES OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACT Investigation Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria project material. Please, sit back and study the below research material carefully. DO NOT copy word for word. UniProjects aim of providing Investigation Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria project research material is to reduce the stress of moving from one school library to another all in the name of searching for Investi...Continue Reading »

  60 pages |  710 engagements | 

• 265. INVESTIGATION INTO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSES OF FAILURE AND PRESENT TRAFFIC CAPACITY ...

  » ABSTRACT The essence of this project work is to look into the causes of highway failure and the different types of failure which are presented along the Eliozu New Airport road in Obio/Akpor L.G.A in River state, taken as a case study. Some factors identify as being responsible for the failure of the chosen road section includes, poor sub grade soil with questionable material. Ground water study i...Continue Reading »

  60 pages |  802 engagements | 

• 266. ROAD DETERIORATION

  » ABSTRACT This project report is a study carried out to determine the causes and remedies to road deterioration. A case study of Naze Junction to Futo Gate Road, this study talks about the existence and development of tacks, researches made to discover the causes and remedies of road deterioration, the road structure/road maintenances. This project covers the methods used to determine the cause of ...Continue Reading »

  56 pages |  887 engagements | 

• 267. ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HYDROLOGIC CYCLE TO THE WATER QUALITY PROFILE

  » ABSTRACT This Research or project is on the Assessment of the contributions of the hydrologic cycle to the water quality profile of Otamiri River. Since the quality of the River is polluted by the waste from different sources. This project or research which its objective is to find out exactly the contributions of the hydrologic cycle to the water quality of otamiri river and the health implicatio...Continue Reading »

  60 pages |  623 engagements | 

• 268. EFFLUENT IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY

  » ABSTRACT This project work was aimed at determining the effect of effluent on Aba River. This became pertinent owing to the fact that companies discharge their effluent into the river without treatment. Four different samples were collected from four locations and analyzed, which include Upstream Sample (A), Unilever Effluent (B), Nigeria Breweries Effluent (C), and Down Stream Sample (D).The resu...Continue Reading »

  60 pages |  671 engagements | 

• 269. RELEVANCE OF ROAD TO LIFE AND IT'S ACTIVITIES

  » GENERAL INTRODUCTIONThe relevance of road to life and its activities cannot be over emphasized.Road is as old as the origin of man and plays a vital role in the life of the people in communities, states, countries. It is quite obvious that life would have been very difficult without the existence of roads. Nigeria for instance acknowledged the importance of road such that the local, state and fede...Continue Reading »

  65 pages |  634 engagements | 

• 270. STRUCTURAL DETAILING OF A REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE - DUPLEX

  » INTRODUCTION The work in the construction industry involves the client, the Architect, the Engineer, the quantity surveyor and the builders. A structural project is initiated by the Engineer (Civil Engineer).The process of designing begins with the Engineers appreciation of the client’s requirements. After the specification given to the Engineer by Architect according to the requirement of t...Continue Reading »

  56 pages |  588 engagements | 

• 271. STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT DETAILING OF A SINGLE STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH ...

  » INTRODUCTION Before a designer can relate his requirements dearly in a construction industry, a drawing is to be prepared; this is because the drawing serves as a general means of communication. Thus, the drawing is adopted mostly, then other means of communication in engineering sectors.A structured engineer mostly engages himself in designs on construction of structures. Like roads, bridges, rai...Continue Reading »

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• 272. GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT FOR PORTABLE WATER SUPPLY

  » ABSTRACT Groundwater hydrology may be defined as the science of the occurrence distribution, and movement of water below the surface of the earth. Geochydrology has an identical connotation, and hydrogeology differs only by its greater emphasis on geology. Utilization of groundwater dates from ancient times, although an understanding of the occurrence and movement of subsurface water as part of th...Continue Reading »

  56 pages |  618 engagements | 

• 273. DESIGN OF ROAD PAVEMENTS DESIGNING OF ROAD PAVEMENT LINKING FEDERAL SECRETARIAT ...

  » 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 and...Continue Reading »

  60 pages |  589 engagements | 

• 274. STRUCTURAL DETAILING OF TWO STOREY BUILDING

  » INTRODUCTION In other to provide information to contractors in a construction industry for works to be carried out on sites, drawings are produce, which serves as means of communication are used by designers in every engineering specters.For those reason, the works are mostly work of a structural engineer to design a construction of structure for sheltering to be completed, such as road, bridges, ...Continue Reading »

  65 pages |  731 engagements | 

• 275. EFFECTIVE WAYS OF CONTROLLING EROSION IN A BUILDING SITE

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The development of soil erosion began when man settled down and started turning pasture land into farmland. The intensive exploitation of the land disturbed the natural soil vegetative cover and exposed its, surface to the effect of erosive agents and to introduce such forms of agriculture that did not destroy the land the devastation of lan...Continue Reading »

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• 276. A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF THE SITE MEETING IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY

  » ABSTRACT This study was carried out to the impact of the site meeting in building construction delivery in Construction Company using Julius Berger Construction Company Plc. To achieve this objective, three research questions and one research hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. The data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were collected with the help ...Continue Reading »

  59 pages |  564 engagements | 

• 277. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA; (A CAS...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Residential property management is emerging as a managerial science today (Kyle and Baird, 1995). It transcends beyond the role of rent collector (Li, 1997). Managing a residential property involves establishing goals, objectives and policies and implementation of strategies to achieve those goals and objectives. Singh (1994, 1996) posited that ...Continue Reading »

  60 pages |  61 engagements | 

• 278. DELIVERY OF LOW INCOME HOUSING IN NIGERIA PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES..

  » ABSTRACT The research is an assessment of the delivery of low income housing in Nigeria, it analyzes the prospect and challenges of delivery of low income housing in Nigeria and intends to profer recommendations toward an efficient delivery of low income housing in Nigeria....Continue Reading »

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• 279. THE ROLE OF DRY CONSTRUCTION IN ENSURING AFFORADABLE HOUSES IN NIGERIA..

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY With Nigeria’s capital expenditure profile put at 24 per cent of recurrent expenditure in 20 14, falling price of crude oil and a high cost of funds for execution of capital projects, the construction industry in Nigeria is obviously under pressure to evolve more time and cost efficient system of construction to ensure affordable housing i...Continue Reading »

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• 280. INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, REAL ESTATE AGENCY REBRANDING AND REVIEW OF NATIO...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY With a population of about 173 million people, Nigeria is the largest country in Africa and accounts for 47% of West Africa’s population. Given these large reserves of human and natural resources, the country has significant potential to build a prosperous economy characterized by rapid economic growth through real estate rebranding leadin...Continue Reading »

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