Environmental Design

AN APPRAISAL OF CONVERSION PROCESS OF BUILDINGSIN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE

ABSTRACTGenerally, alteration and conversion are parts of maintenance work undertaken in order torestore the performance of a building.The study focuses on identifying problems that arose on buildings as a result of conversion process on the buildings. The aim of this study was to examine theproc...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 7282 words | 📚 5 chapters

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CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS’ PERCEPTION OF ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY FOR HOUSING DELIVERY

A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA

ABSTRACTThe construction professional perception is significant to the improvement of housing delivery in Abuja, which would take Abuja to greater heights after lapses and failure of the mass housing scheme to provide sustainable housing in addition, to increase the phase of development and infra...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 12289 words | 📚 5 chapters

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GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF QUARRY ACTIVITIES IN MPAPE DISTRICT, ABUJA NIGERIA

ABSTRACTQuarryinghas diversifying effects on the environment and human activities as most of these quarry are located within residential areas especially around Mpape community of Bwari Area Council, FCT, Abuja and environs. Their operations are obviously not been carried out with world best prac...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 6115 words | 📚 5 chapters

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GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF JIBIA DAM ON JIBIA TOWN AND ITS ENVIRONS

A CASE STUDY OF KATSINA STATE NIGERIA

ABSTRACTIn order to analyze the impact of Jibia dam on Jibia town and its environment, land use land cover of the area before and after the dam were mapped and analyzed using remotely sensed data. Supervised maximum likelihood classification algorithm was used for the classification of Landsat im...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 11889 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING PRACTICES OF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS

A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTGiven the high proportion of fatal and non-fatal accidents occurring in the construction industry, construction companies constantly seek different and novel strategies to reduce the number of work-related accidents. One such strategy that is mentioned often in the literature is formal, w...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 10052 words | 📚 5 chapters

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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FIRMS AT PROJECT LEVEL

A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE

ABSTRACTThis study assesses knowledge management (KM) practices of building construction firms at the project level in Lagos State. Despite the abundance and proliferation of various knowledge management tools and techniques, knowledge management practices are at a low level. Besides, approaches ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 11930 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN APPRAISAL OF THE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS OF PROJECT PARTNERING TOWARDS ITS ADOPTION IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

ABSTRACTFor too long the construction industry has been divided by factionalism and conflict, which has contributed to poor performance, dangerously low profit margins and poor morale among consultants, constructors and suppliers. This study explored the perceptions of Construction industry profe...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 10844 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN EXAMINATION OF CONFLICTING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MOBILITY IMPAIRED IN THE DESIGN OF A TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE

A CASE STUDY OF KANO

ABSTRACTWith the increasing world population paralleled by an increasing number of mobility impaired persons, more focus has been on the accessibility needs of people with disabilities in the society to ensure that their specific requirements are not ignored. Widely supported concepts such as uni...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 83 pages | 🧠 11006 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AUTISM-FRIENDLY DESIGN STRATEGIES IN DESIGN OF SKILL ACQUISITION CENTRE GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE

ABSTRACTAutism is a group of developmental brain disorders, collectively called autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The prevalence of ASD has increased over the past two decades, rising from 2 in 10,000 children in 1990 to 1 in 68 children in 2012, these alarming rates of increase call for attention ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 8248 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATING PASSIVE COOLING STRATEGIES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE DESIGN OF SENATE BUILDING FOR FEDERAL UNIVERSITY KASHERE, GOMBE STATE

ABSTRACTApparently, Nigeria is struggling with the developmental issues of the incessant power outage and lack of energy services. The primary sources of energy for office building are from national grid and gasoline generators. However, the former is not reliable and the latter is unsustainable;...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 83 pages | 🧠 12906 words | 📚 5 chapters

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USER REQUIREMENTS IN THE DESIGN OF MULTI-STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE

ABSTRACTIn the last decade (2006 - 2016) the problems of housing provision remain recurrent and is often characterised by rapid population growth beyond the means to provide one; the need for better designs and housing deficits especially in urban areas. Proffered solutions have included mass hou...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 10343 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION OFPATIENTS' SATISFACTION WITH NIGER STATE GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL BUILDINGS

ABSTRACTPatients in healthcare facilities are often fearful and uncertain about their health, safety and isolation from normal social relationships. This is due to the large, complex environment of a typical hospital which further contributes to the stressful situation. This research evaluated pa...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 7928 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF SHOPPING MALLS

A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA

ABSTRACTThe major source of energy used in existing shopping malls in Nigeria is generated via electricity, but due to epileptic power supply, high cost of energy and high carbon emission, there is a need to minimize energy demand in the facility. This research evaluated sustainable design strate...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 10414 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF PATRONAGE OF COJA 2003 SPORTING FACILITIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SPORTS TOURISM

A CASE STUDY OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL CITY, ABUJA, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTMega events and their impact on the development of host cities have drawn increasing interest as they have become part of a wider city development strategy. Over the past twenty years, investment in sporting infrastructure nationally had not been focused at getting the local community inv...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 7638 words | 📚 5 chapters

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HARNESSING PASSIVE COOLING STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THERMAL COMFORT IN THE DESIGN OF PROPOSED SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ABDUGUSAU POLYTECHNIC ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTPassive design responds to local climate and site conditions in order to maximise the comfort and health of building users while minimising energy use. The key to designing a passive building is to take best advantage of the local climate. Passive cooling refers to any technologies or des...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 91 pages | 🧠 7773 words | 📚 5 chapters

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