Environmental Design

THE EFFECTS OF THE ACCURACY OF NUMERICAL RELATIVE ORIENTATION OF AEROTRIANGULATION BY INDEPENDENT MODELS

ABSTRACTAerotriangulation by independent model (AIM) was performed on Wild A-7 Autograph using wide angle photographs of average scale of 1,8000. In performing the Aerotriangulation, the relative orientation was carried out by numerical method and the model coordinates of the perspective - centre...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 8483 words | 📚 5 chapters

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APPRAISAL OF STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND (TETFUND) CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

ABSTRACTSeveral researchers have identified the importance of managing stakeholders as major criteria for determining project success. Project success has now extended beyond completing projects within budgets, schedule and set standards as traditionally viewed. Satisfying key stakeholders is ano...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 82 pages | 🧠 8273 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) PROCUREMENT MODEL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe study examined effectiveness of Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement model in Nigeria, following the identification of the factors that measure the effectiveness of PPP procurement model in other countries from literature. A questionnaire survey approach was used to investigat...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 12321 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL'S PERCEPTION ON MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON CONSTRUCTION SITES IN SELECTED STATES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTConstruction materials usually constitute a major portion of the total cost in building construction project. An essential factor adversely affecting the performance of construction projects is the improper handling of materials during site activities. This research studied the Profession...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 83 pages | 🧠 8860 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF WOOD FIRING KILN IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe objective of this study is to provide practical approaches on how to construct wood firing kiln from raw materials available at Kankara, in Katsina State of Nigeria. The research has revealed lack of literature on the construction of kilns in the country, with the exception of few by ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 10740 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE MARKETING OF QUANTITY SURVEYING SERVICES

ABSTRACTThe Quantity surveyor who plays a key role in building and engineering project, managing the cost from inception to the completion as cost controller has been reduced to a cost monitor. The aim of the study was to develop a policy guideline for the marketing of Quantity surveying services...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 8912 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EMULATION OF A WHITEBODY FROM SELECTED CERAMIC RAW MATERIALS FROM SOKOTO AND KWARA STATES SUITABLE FOR CASTING TABLEWARES

ABSTRACTThe problem with which this study is concerned is to identify suitable materials from Sokoto and Kwara States for the formulation of a whitebody. The purposes of the study are : - 1 . To identify through experiments the selected ceramic raw materials from Sokoto and Kwara States suitable ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 90 pages | 🧠 11180 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXPLORATION OF THE POTENTIALS OF GRANITE SAWING WASTE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERAMIC BODIES

ABSTRACTThe granite industry generates a large amount wastes in various grain sizes which lie in heaps in several quarry sites. This material during rainy season constitutes an unhealthy mud causing serious environmental pollution. Despite the potential economic and technological advantages these...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 7892 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXPLORING THE HEART-SHAPED YAM FOLIAGE IN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

ABSTRACTThis research explores the heart-Shaped yam foliage in painting. This study is based on the fact that several contemporary artists explore form in painting. Such forms include genre scenes, folklores, landscapes, portraits and still life with little or no attention towards experimenting i...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 9665 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN EVALUATION OF THE QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF PATTERN DYED FABRICS OF SMALL SCALE DYEING INDUSTRIES IN SOME PARTS OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe high aesthetic value of the pattern dyed fabrics of Nigeria's small scale dyeing industries is a fact with which the world at large is well acquainted. However, the level of their performance in relation to predetermined end uses is not certain. The problem of this study therefore, is...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 11702 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ASSESSMENT OF TOURISM POTENTIALS

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTTourism as an agent of development, leads to a lot of benefit?s, Nigeria as a country richly endowed with a wide range of cultural and natural resource?s relative to other nation?s in Africa and on a global level, most of which are largely untapped. There are many approaches to assess the...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 9566 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE UTILIZATION OF SELECTED LOCAL RAW MATERIALS IN THE PRODUCTION OF BONE CHINA

ABSTRACTThe study is concerned with the identification and use of local raw materilas in procelain production. It has the specific objective of using bone as main raw material. It is hoped that the result will be of benefit toward mass production of tableware. Material sampled were Feldspar and Q...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 83 pages | 🧠 12671 words | 📚 5 chapters

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REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN OF A PAIR OF BUNKERS FOR GRAINS

ABSTRACTThis thesis treats the design of a pair of bunkers, each having a capacity of 200 tons of maize, using the British code of practice CP 110 and the B.S. Cp 3 chapter five for loading (to compute wind load). As a guide to practical considerations some notes are given on such factors as fill...

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📄 100 pages | 🧠 6092 words | 📚 5 chapters

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APPRAISAL OF THE URBAN MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE OF INFORMAL LAND DELIVERY

A CASE STUDY OF KARU URBAN AREA - NIGERIA

ABSTRACTDifficulty of access to land through the formal land supply system has necessitated the shift to other options for accessing land in our cities. These are considered as Informal Land Delivery System (ILDS). Since land is the pedestal upon which the fabric of the city exists and operates, ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 10298 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SOURCING AND USE OF CLAY AMONG SELECTED JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA

ABSTRACTClay is used in Nigeria for different purposes. Among these are the making of utilitarian objects such as pots, moulding of animal figures in front of houses in Yoruba land, and mixing with mud to build houses with elaborate decoration, in the north.It has been observed that some secondar...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 10111 words | 📚 5 chapters

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