CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 461. AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS IN UYO METROPOLIS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY As long as the surface of the earth exists, one of the most valuable resources is the water beneath the earth’s surface. Groundwater is stored in the open space and fractures within geologic material such as soil, sand and rock that beneath the land surface. Aquifer are the geologic layers that are filled with water and that can transmit e...Continue Reading »

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• 462. THE EFFECT OF HEAVY METALS IN IKPA RIVER IN ITU, AKWA IBOM STATE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study Heavy metals may simply be referred to as a toxic heavy metals any relatively dense metal or metalloid that is noted for its potential toxicity, especially in environmental context. The term has particular application to cadmium, mercury, lead, iron, copper, zinc all of which appear in the W.H.O list of 10 chemicals of major public concern. These me...Continue Reading »

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• 463. EFFECT OF CORROSION ON SURFACE WATER QUALITY

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The corrosion process is an oxidation/reduction reaction that returns refined or processed metal to their more stable ore state. With respect to the corrosion potential of water, the primary concerns include the potential presence of toxic metals, such as lead and copper; deterioration and damage to the household plumbing, and aesthetic problems...Continue Reading »

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• 464. DESIGN OF RECTANGULAR BEAMS ROUND A 5M X 4M FIRST FLOOR STRUCTURE

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION A beam being a horizontal member that carries the roof floor slab, walls above and/or secondary beams. It transmits the imposed load including the self weight to the walls or columns supporting it. Beams could be reinforced concrete, wooden steel girders. Reinforce concrete, as a composite material, has occupied a special place in the modern construction of different t...Continue Reading »

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• 465. THE IMPORTANT OF SOIL TESTING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It is very necessary in the field of civil engineering to have knowledge of the term “Construction Document”. Construction documents include all building plans, specifications and supporting documents used during the completion of a construction project. There are the final drawing and specification of the construction project used by th...Continue Reading »

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• 466. DEVALUATION OF NAIRA: EFFECT ON NIGERIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria with abundance of resources like crude oil etc, is deemed blessed. Her vast resources in commercial quantities have placed her on a high pedestal among oil producing nations in the world. Her oil and gas industry which has been widely described as the nation’s financial lifeline has helped to attain this enviable position. There are jo...Continue Reading »

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• 467. THE USE OF SURFACE WATER IN WATER SUPPLY AND ITS ADVANTAGES

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Water can be defined as an ordourless, colourless and tasteless substance that is found on some parts of the earth’s surface and beneath (either in fluid or solid state). It moves as water vapour, liquid water and ice. It is constantly changing its form and also water on earth is known by different terms, depending on where it is and where it came from. USES OF WATER...Continue Reading »

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• 468. STRUCTURAL DETAILING OF A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH RETAINING IN AL...

  » This project is mainly concerned with the presentation of information basically on the structural detailing of reinforced concrete members of a story building, in a sloppy land with a retaining wall. Structural detailing is a branch of structural work that transposes the idea of works of a structural engineer into working drawings for easier utilization in the building construction. Working drawin...Continue Reading »

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• 469. CONSTRUCTION OF A SIX RAISED PANEL DOOR.

  » TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Definition of a panel door 1.2 Classification of a door 1.3 Objectives of the project 1.4 Significance of the project CHAPTER TWO 2.0 Timber 2.1 Definition of timber 2.2 Growth of timber 2.3 Types of timber 2.4 Conversion of timber 2.5 Methods of conversion of timber 2.6 Characteristics of a timber CHAPTER THREE 3.0 Seasoning of timber 3.1 methods...Continue Reading »

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• 470. THE WATER DRAINAGE PROBLEMS (A CASE STUDY OF IMT CAMPUS 3 ENUGU)

  » ABSTRACT This research work on the water drainage problems (A case study of IMT campus 3 Enugu), the scope of this research work covers every activity which has to do with the drainage problems, background to the subject matter, rational for the study and the limitations of the study, the research review as, the related literature about the authors and scholars, facts and opinions. The findings of...Continue Reading »

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• 471. REHABILITATION OF ROAD LINKING UMUEKULUMMIRI STREET TO IMT AWARNESS GROUND JUNCT...

  » ABSTRACT This project entitled “Rehabilitation of Road” is aimed at investigating the causes of failure on the road linking Federal Secretariat, IMT Civil soil lab to Industrial Centre IMT Campus III Enugu and the possible way of re designing it for its effective use by IMT community and visitors of IMT. But before the road is being re designed, effort was made to find out the causes o...Continue Reading »

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• 472. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE MADE FROM VARIOUS AGGREGATE.

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 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 in the design and related structure. Due to the strength/high cost of vari...Continue Reading »

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• 473. COMPARING THE STRENGHT AS BLOCKS MADE FROM

  » ABSTRACT This case study is “comparing the strength of blocks made from: cement stabilized laterite blocks, cement stabilized red earth blocks and sand, red earth and laterite blocks and mud blocks dried in the kiln. This project implement the following analysis (1) To effect reduction to the rise in market price of sand (fine aggregate), cement blocks to substitute literate blocks. (2) To d...Continue Reading »

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• 474. THE EFFECT OF SEWAGE EFFLUENT ON THE PERMEABILITY OF SOIL.

  » ABSTRACT The ignorant of the effect of sewage effluent on the permeability and other engineering properties of soil has to a level, reduced the pace of development in terms of technology. The wide use of soil, irrespective of the type in virtually all civil engineering projects across the globe today has given rise to numerous researches on way of improving the properties to meet the intended use....Continue Reading »

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• 475. ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF A RETAINING WALL.

  » TABLE CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Introduction Retaining walls Cantilever rw Rankin theory Forces on cantilever rw Counterfort rw Forces on counterfort rw The gravity rw Forces on gravity rw CHAPTER TWO Stability of retaining wall Soil properties of rws Drainage in rw Allowable bearing capacity CHAPTER THREE Procedure for the design of rw Analysis example Formwork in retaining walls CHAPTER FOUR Design O...Continue Reading »

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• 476. STRATEGIES PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF REFUSE MANAGEMENT A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU ME...

  » TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Statement of problem 1.2 Objective of the study 1.3 Significance of the study 1.4 Research questions 1.5 Scope of the study 1.6 Definition of terms CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Theoretical framework 2.2 The concept of refuse management 2.3 Typology and forms of reuse 2.4 Strategies of refuse management 2.5 Problems of refuse management 2.6 Pr...Continue Reading »

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• 477. BASIC SOIL TEST ON SUB-GRADE SOIL MATERIAL & FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN ON ROAD L...

  » 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 design a flexible paveme...Continue Reading »

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

  » This is the presentation of an information on the structural reinforcement detailing of concrete members. Structural detailing is a branch of structural work that transposes the idea or works of a structural engineer into working drawing or easy utilization in the building construction works. Working drawing are produced an engineer for easy use by the contractors. The processes detailing put in p...Continue Reading »

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• 479. STRUCTURAL DETAILING IN REINFORCED CONCRETE OF A THREE BEDROOM DETACH DUPLEX, I...

  » 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, the stru...Continue Reading »

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• 480. STRUCTURAL DETAILING IN REINFORCED CONCRETE OF A THREE BEDROOM DETACH DUPLEX, I...

  » 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, the stru...Continue Reading »

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