BUILDING PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS
THE IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF INTERGRATED BUILDING
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INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY
Modern man’s aims and aspirations call for unprecedented co operative effort out capacity to build the slimes to criminate pollution, to give individuals an opportunity for self expression to raise the standard of living, and to achieve our many other social and personal objectives rest on joint activity if individuals or…Continue Reading »
APPRAISAL OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE PRACTICE AMONG LANDLORDS
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The study is appraisal of building maintenance practice among landlords in Niger central senatorial zone of Niger state. The specific purposes of the study were to find out the importance of building maintenance among landlords in Niger Central Senatorial District, find out the responsibilities of landlords and the rights of tenants in building maintenance practice in Niger Central Sen…Continue Reading »
STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING CRACKS IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
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The study was designed to find out strategies for controlling cracks in residential building, in Niger south senatorial district. Among the specific purposes of the study were determining the availability to facilities for controlling cracks in residential building, determine the methods of detecting cracks in residential building, and determining the availability of personnel for d…Continue Reading »
ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING MATERIAL WASTAGE ON BUILDING SITE IN NIGERIA
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The study was carried to critically investigate the analysis of factors influencing material wastage on building sites in Kaduna State. To achieve this objective, three research questions were stated to guide this study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, tables and graph to analyze research questions. A structured questionnaire was used as the major inst…Continue Reading »
ASSESSMENT FOR CONTROLLING OF DAMPNESS IN AN EXISTING BUILDING IN NIGERIA
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This study investigated the assessment for controlling of dampness in an existing building in Nigeria. The study came as a result of the prevalent issues in the number of cases of building collapse in Nigeria especially in Lagos State. The descriptive research design was adopted for carrying out this study. Data were collected and analysed with the use of SPSS. The study had the fol…Continue Reading »
BUILDING FAILURE AND COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA: THE INFLUENCE OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR
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The occurrence of building failure and collapse has become a major issue of concern in the development of this nation as the magnitudes of this incident are becoming very alarming. This paper therefore examines the incidents of building failure/collapse in Nigeria. By focusing on six major states from each of the six geo political regions of the country, the paper examined the contributor…Continue Reading »
IMPACT OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY CULTURE ON CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE
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INTRODUCTION
An overview of construction quality and safety reveals many striking similarities for these two management concept. In some cases safety is considered a part of total quality management (TQM). In the international construction scene, the inclusion of both the traditional qualities and safety efforts within a TQM system is advocated by Dias and Curado (1996). They suggest t…Continue Reading »
BUILDING FAILURE AND COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA
» ABSTRACT
The occurrence of building failure and collapse has become a major issue of concern in the development of this nation as the magnitudes of this incident are becoming very alarming. This paper therefore examines the incidents of building failure/collapse in Nigeria. By focusing on six major states from each of the six geo political regions of the country, the paper examined the contributo…Continue Reading »
STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT DETAILING OF A SINGLE STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
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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 n works. Working drawing are produced an engineer for easy use by the contractors. The processes de…Continue Reading »
EFFECTS OF AGGREGATE SIZES ON THE CONCRETE STRENGTH
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In the sense that the materials involved in this project were capital intensive more especially cement, so in carrying out the work one must have to be careful in the selection and collection of materials to be used in the casting of the concrete. The materials used are coarse aggregate (granite) fine aggregate (sand). The coarse aggregates used in this work were collected from ishiagu wh…Continue Reading »
MANAGEMENT OF MATERIALS ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITE
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The control of materials on construction sites is handled carelessly by planning and purchasing departments, site supervisors and engineers as well as contractor’s organization and this have been posing various problems to contractors in realizing reasonable profit margin. The research centered on the assessment of materials management on building projects in Ondo State Nigeria. Thi…Continue Reading »
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING PROBLEMS OF SPECIALIST WORKS IN BUILDING
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The study considered the maintenance and servicing problems of specialist works in buildings. It shall identify the cause of damages to these specialist works. a unit of hero’s apartment Owerri was taken as a case study due to the on going maintenance work on the buildings for effective research work to be achieved, questionnaires will be distributed to all the professionals on si…Continue Reading »
THE USE OF BUILDING SURVEY FOR MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING IN NIGERIA
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This research project present the use of building survey for maintenance of buildings. It used analytic model and field studies on improper building maintenance to discuss the causes and remedial measures to be used. It was discovered that low level of awareness about building survey is the major problem of our building maintenance (i.e carrying out maintenance programme without proper in…Continue Reading »
CHALLENGES OF LOW COST HOUSING DELIVERY IN NIGERIA
» CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
The world of building Industry is very wide and reach which covers all areas like production, Building maintenance, project management, project monitoring and evaluation, facilities and viability studies and building surveying etc. and there is room in its for every person who want to learn, experience and practices to see above all how to provide good shelter for the g…Continue Reading »
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
» CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Today‘s construction projects become more complex in nature. The complex,relational and lengthy process of designing and building makes construction a process in which disputes are virtually ensured. Furthermore, the involvement of multidisciplinary in the construction project also leads toconflicts among the parties. It seems that conflict and di…Continue Reading »
THE IMPACT OF INSURANCE POLICIES TO BUILDING PROJECT CONTRACTS
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INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
A clear understanding of risk management process and practice within the construction industry is an important model for exploring the application and barriers of risk management in Nigeria. It will also help in identifying the ever present risk factors and their probability of occurrence in Nigerian projects. This chapter summarizes the whole work …Continue Reading »
THE NATURE AND MANAGEMENT OF RISK IN A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SITES
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INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
In recent years, intensive research and development has been done in the area of project risk management. It is widely recognised as one of the most critical procedures and capability areas in the field of project management. Voetsch, Cioffi…Continue Reading »
THE CHALLENGES OF INDIGENOUS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN NIGERIA
» CHAPTER ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to business dictionary, an online dictionary, “the construction industry is that sector of the national economic engaged in preparation of land and construction, alternation and repair of building, structures and other real properties. The industry is engaged in many types of building and civil engineering jobs. These include jobs in car…Continue Reading »
CAUSES AND REMEDIES OF POOR MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDING
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This study examined the cause and remedies of poor maintenance of public building in Enugu Urban. The study embarked on physical inspection of some public buildings, identified defect in the buildings, determined the cause of the defect and proffered remedies for them. Data for the study were collected through well — structured questionnaire administered to building industry professiona…Continue Reading »
LABOUR CONTROL IN BUILDING INDUSTRY
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The project research labour control in Building industry is concern about the problem that is associated in construction industry Lagos during the time of working, such as redundancy, interaction, fighting each other in the field of construction, and again to minimize waste of much time in working hour and monitoring how the project is moving with the help of supervising them and motiv…Continue Reading »
IMPACT OF MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES TO THE NATION…
» CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Over the years, there has been increasing abandonment of building projects and infrastructural facilities which has led to the dilapidation, degradation and deterioration of these building structures within the Nigerian contemporary urban metropolis. Recently there has been a lot of research investigations and a…Continue Reading »
IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE BUILDING PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN SUCCESSFUL BUILDING PROJECT
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The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of effective building production management in successful building project delivery in Akwa in Anambra State. A three research question were formulated which guided the study. The population of the study comprises of building production management professionals in construction firms. A well structured questionnaire was distribute…Continue Reading »
NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY MATERIALS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
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The major purpose of this study was to determine the needs for environmental friendly materials for building construction. The population of the study consisted mostly of big constriction firms in Anambra State that have had more than five years of active construction experience the sample for the study was 10 reputable construction firms which were drawn using simple random sampling. Fou…Continue Reading »
EFFECT OF LIME-STABILIZATION ON STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF BRICKS
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Clay soils have been used locally in Sokoto to make bricks without stabilizing the soil. The bricks usually experience structural failure such as cracking and seasonal swelling when used for the construction of wall. Collapsing of wall also occurs in the area where non stabilized bricks are used for wall construction. This research aims to assess the effect of lime stabilization on …Continue Reading »
AN INVESTIGATION INTO BUILD OPERATE AND TRANSFER IN THE PROVISION OF HOSTELS
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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 »
ASSESSMENT OF THE TRAINING NEEDS OF CRAFT SKILL WORKERS IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
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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 »
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTHS OF SOLID AND GLUED LAMINATED TIMBER
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Timber is a construction material with unparalleled environmental credential. Howbeit, limitations of span and cross sectional dimension, strength reducing defects and an isotropy limits it’s 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 »
EFFECTS OF THREE BINDING MEDIA ON MOISTURE MOVEMENT IN COMPRESSED EARTH BRICKS
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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 »
MODELLING OF COST OVERRUNS IN BUILDING PROJECTS
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Construction of building projects is an endeavour that involves capital expenditure, which is either borrowed or self financed by clients. The expected outcome of such expenditure is value for money, which is usually dictated by project objectives of cost, time and quality. Project cost, as a project objective, is a crucial determinant of project success in the prevailing economic challen…Continue Reading »
GREEN BUILDING AS INNOVATION IN NIGERIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
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Green building as innovation in Nigeria building industry is experiencing a technological growth similar in scale to that of the entire industrial revolution. This shows the level reached so far by construction industry to the effect of progress. Construction materials and processes are changing in response to divers environmental concerns, globalization, increased competition, advance in…Continue Reading »
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