Environmental Design

AN APPRAISAL OF PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PRACTICE OF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS

A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACTPerformance measurement is crucial to the construction industry in order to improve the performance of the industry and most importantly achieve continuous improvement. The traditional approach to performance measurement has been criticised severally resulting to an evolution that brought...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 6930 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN THE PROVISION OF BUILDING SERVICES IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS

A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTUniversal design (UD) can be described as the design of products and environments to be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design, thus bridging the gap between housing and disability though the concept of Universal Design ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 80 pages | 🧠 7589 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN EMPIRICAL DETERMINATION OF LABOUR OUTPUT FOR WALL TILES

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE AND ABUJA

ABSTRACTProductivity is one of the important elements in construction planning and scheduling. However, construction industries in Nigeria are currently lacking in data with regard to productivity of the building's construction activities especially in tiling works. The focus of the study was to ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 83 pages | 🧠 6785 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXPLORATION OF HAUSA TRADITIONAL MAT WEAVING FOR CONTEMPORARY WINDOW BLINDS USING PALM FRONDS

ABSTRACTWeaving is a n ar t that ha s been practised from pre-historic times. There ar e two type s of weaving: the loom and off-loom weaving. Off-loom weaving involve s th e manipulation of materials wit h the fingers to form a structure . The Hausa traditional mat weaving is an off-loom weaving...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 91 pages | 🧠 9987 words | 📚 5 chapters

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REFLECTIONS OF CULTURE IN EMBROIDERY AS A MEDIUM OF CLOTHE DECORATION

A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe problem of the study is the Reflections of Culture in Babroidery as a Medium of Cloth Decoration in Ilorin Specific objectives that were focused upon incluaed: a) To investigate the origin of embroidery in Ilorin, in order to determine its originality; b) To find out possible factors ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 11605 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN OF SANITARY AND MECHANICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS IN A DAIRY PLANT

ABSTRACTThis thesis is on the design of the building services requirement of a dairy plant. Investigation of the engineering services problems of four existing medium scale dairy plants at Kaduna, Funtua, Jos and Minna showed that the greatest problem of the dairy industry is sanitation, and the ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 6381 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEXTILE DESIGN PROGRAMMES AND JOB EXPECTATIONS OF IT'S GRADUATES IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY

ABSTRACTThe applied designer is generally associated with design field in the textile and commercial industry. However, the initial problem on which this study is based is the inadequate representation of textile design graduates in the textile industries to perform related professional functions...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 80 pages | 🧠 10412 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN APPRAISAL OF THE READINESS OF NIGERIAN BUILDING CONSULTING FIRMS TO ADOPT LEAN CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLES

ABSTRACTStudies have shown that construction projects are susceptible to problems such as low productivity, poor safety, inferior working conditions, insufficient quality, lack of timely communication and coordination amongst project stakeholders, and rising litigation. The adoption of lean const...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 6961 words | 📚 5 chapters

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BUILD-OPERATE TRANSFER (BOT) FACTORING METHOD:A FINANCING SCHEME FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

ABSTRACTPublic Sector Construction projects In Nigeria are usually beset with the problem of finance; quantum reduction and erratic releases of cash are common. It is usual to find that the projects fall into the category of start and stop or non-commencement, despite budgetary allocations. The u...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 12300 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN EXPLORATION OF THE DYNAMICS OF LINES AND THE HUMAN FORM IN PAINTING

ABSTRACTThis study An Exploration of the Dynamics of Lines and the Human form in painting, seek to explore ways in which different lines can be emphasized alongside with the human form, the changing aspects of lines, this includes the variations, movement, direction, character, location, and meas...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 7874 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN INVESTIGATION INTO BUILD OPERATE AND TRANSFER IN THE PROVISION OF HOSTELS IN NIGERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES

ABSTRACTInadequate 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 im...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 96 pages | 🧠 8372 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FARIN RUWA HOTEL LAFIA (NASSARAWA STATE) (A SOCIO-CULTURAL CRITERIA IN HOTEL DESIGN)

ABSTRACTAll over tropical Africa, sweeping changes over the last Century have innevitably disturbed traditional life and form. The changing economic, political and social condition have altered peoples basic architectural requirements. This brings us to asking one question. Should one's Culture b...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 9196 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURE FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING

A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN AIR FORCE BASE, JOS

ABSTRACTThis thesis explores the use of building maintenance records of the Nigerian Air Force Base, Jos, for the purposes of planning building maintenance work. There is need to organise and manage the scarce resources usually available for maintenance work in a prudent manner. However, this is ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 82 pages | 🧠 7693 words | 📚 5 chapters

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APPLICATION OF BIOPHILIC DESIGN FEATURES IN THE DESIGN OF VESICO-VAGINA FISTULAE (V.V.F.) CENTRE

A CASE STUDY OF GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE

ABSTRACTVesico-vagina fistulae (VVF) is a medico-socio problem for women which is often associated with stigmatisation and rejection by the society. Such type of patients need to be treated, rehabilitated and reintegrated back into the society in an environment that not only provides the basic me...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 8165 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN IMPROVEMENT OF TRADITIONAL DYEING AS A POTENTIAL SMALL SCALE TEXTILE INDUSTRY

A CASE STUDY OF KATSINA STATE

ABSTRACTThe study focuses attention on resist dyeing Methods as small - scale textile industry. Kaduna, and Kano states were used as models, the operations of the small scale textile industries were recorded, analysed and applied to Katsina state. In the past, Katsina was famous for its tradition...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 8501 words | 📚 5 chapters

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