Environmental Design

EFFECTS OF THREE BINDING MEDIA ON MOISTURE MOVEMENT IN COMPRESSED EARTH BRICKS

ABSTRACTThe 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 th...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 10820 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF ARCHITECTURAL DETERMINANTS OF USERS’ SATISFACTION IN UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE HALLS

ABSTRACTThe main purpose of this study was to evaluate the determinants of user satisfaction in university residence halls. Academic performance of any tertiary institution must necessarily be influenced by the quality and quantity of the residential accommodation (an aspect of learning environme...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 6395 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF PROJECT RISK AND THE DETERMINATION OF CONTINGENCY SUM FOR BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe construction industry is characterised with inherent risk and uncertainties as a result of its fragmented and competitive nature. This therefore makes it difficult to accurately estimate the cost of construction project. To achieve the objective of having work completed most especiall...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 82 pages | 🧠 6677 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXAMINATION AND REMODELING OF STRUCTURAL AND DECORATIVE DESIGNS ON LADIES’ GARMENTS

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA METROPOLIS

ABSTRACTThis thesis titled Examination and Remodeling Structural and Decorative Designs on Ladies Garments in Kaduna Metropolis was undertaken to address the production problems in garment making in terms of techniques, materials, equipment and tools used in placing structural and decorative...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 11549 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN APPRAISAL OF THE CAREER EXPERIENCES OF PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

ABSTRACTThe construction industry by its nature is male dominated and the low level of participation of women within it has attracted a lot of attention globally. In recent years, the industry recorded a slight increase in women participation but this is still insufficient to meet the challenges ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 7675 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ASSESSMENT OF BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN OPTIMISING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN DESIGN OF STATE CONVENTION CENTER

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA

ABSTRACTTechnology istakingovereveryaspectofhumanendeavorincludingarchitecture.Thus buildings are beginning to lose their architectural characteristics relative to their external climatic factors. This creates unfavorable comfort conditions within the building making it unbearable for the users w...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 6517 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN EXPLORATION OF BIOPHILIA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN THE DESIGN OF DRUG DE-ADDICTION CENTRE

A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA, KADUNA STATE

ABSTRACTThe unquestionable human reliance on the natural world throughout history has reinforced the intuition of the human affinity for nature and the notion that human physical, psychological and even moral well-being is largely dependent on experiencing a diverse and healthy natural environmen...

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📄 89 pages | 🧠 11405 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ANALYSIS OF DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

A CASE STUDY OF TUNGA, CHANCHAGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTSolid waste management has become the greatest problem facing many urban and semi-urban areas in Nigeria. The management of solid wastes in recent time has become a very big challenge. The problem of waste generation, handling and disposal has reached a disturbing level in Nigerian urban ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 83 pages | 🧠 8146 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

A CASE STUDY OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL AND AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES, ZARIA, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTHealthcare services are aimed at improving wellbeing and preventing potential human health risks and environmental hazards. In the process, however, wastes that are potentially harmful are generated. Poor management of these healthcare wastes (HCW) exposes the health workers, patients, wa...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 6904 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPING MODELS FOR PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF RISK FACTORS ON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS’ CASH FLOW FORECASTS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTResearch has shown that construction contractors face challenges when attempting to manage their present and future financial requirements, via cash flow (CF) forecasting and/or the use of cash flow forecasting (CFF) models. Consideration for risk factors impacting on CF forecasts/CFF mod...

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📄 87 pages | 🧠 11686 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF MULTI-USER SPACE IN THE EVOLVING NEW DESIGN CONCEPT FOR FACULTY OF SCIENCE: FEDERAL UNIVERSITY KASHERE GOMBE

ABSTRACTFaculty of science in a higher institution of learning can be seen as an academic unit containing a number of related disciplines which are concern with specific phenomena such as technological milieus, laboratory culture and other science policies. And because faculty of science is multi...

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📄 92 pages | 🧠 7266 words | 📚 5 chapters

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RURAL TOURISM MORPHOLOGY: AN EXAMINATION OF MASQUERADES AND ARTISTIC ELEMENTS IN THE RIVERS STATE CARNIVAL

ABSTRACTThis study appreciated Masquerades and Artistic Elements and the manner in which they are presented and their stream of impart on Carnivals. Interest in the research was motivated by the prominence accorded masquerades during carnival festivals in Abuja National Carnival, Carnival Calabar...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 12338 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPING A PROACTIVE COST MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR BUILDING PROJECTS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTScholars posit for the reengineering of the traditional management concept that is still significantly applied in managing building projects. Blending with the conventional understanding of the theory of production and the uniqueness of construction projects, the concept clogs the wheel o...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 9168 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF CRITICAL REGIONALISM IN THE DESIGN OF IDOMA CULTURAL CENTRE, OTUKPO

ABSTRACTTechnology is taking over every aspect of human endeavour including architecture. Thus regions are beginning to lose their identity and history to mediocrity and homogeneity. Critical regionalism is an approach to architecture that strives to counter the lack of use of sense of place but ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 7918 words | 📚 5 chapters

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TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT ESTIMATION AND ANALYSIS OVER THE NIGERIAN GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM PERMANENT REFERENCE NETWORK

ABSTRACTIn the last decades, knowledge about the ionosphere has grown considerably thanks to the use of GNSS measurements, and in turn the GNSS have highly benefited from this improved knowledge. This Dissertation studied the TEC value for the Nigerian GNSS Permanent Reference Network (NIGNET) ov...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 81 pages | 🧠 11920 words | 📚 5 chapters

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