Environmental Design

ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION WORK IN MASS HOUSING PROJECT WITH MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS

A CASE STUDY OF KANO, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTHousing across societies is one of the indices for measuring people's standard of living. Poor quality in construction projects is a common phenomenon, and could be seen as lack of conformity or incompliance with contract agreement. This study assessed the influence of multiple contractor...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 8878 words | 📚 5 chapters

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COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF PLASTER SANDS IN YOLA METROPOLIS

ABSTRACTThere is persistent argument constituting a serious problem as to which is better among the different sand types used for plastering mortars in Yola. Some are of the vague opinion that the cement and the water requirements for the sands are different and thus one is more economical than t...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 9254 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DETERMINANTS OF VISITORS’ PATRONAGE TO TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS

ABSTRACTTravel and tourism industry is one of the world's largest industry in which other developed nations have benefitted from it by generation, socio-cultural integration among many of its several benefit. Although, the case is not Africa most especially Nigeria where vast majority of tourist ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 10524 words | 📚 5 chapters

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HARNESSING ARCHITECTURAL STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE DESIGN OF A MODEL DAIRY FARM KADUNA

A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe existing designs of dairy farms have inadequately capture aspects of wholesome waste management in spatial design of process and elements of farmstead facilities designs. The effect of which may lead to cattle health and productivity impairment, negative environmental impact and impai...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 83 pages | 🧠 7651 words | 📚 5 chapters

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BIOMIMICRY FOR ENHANCING PASSIVE COOLING IN THE DESIGN OF MILLENIUM CITY HOTEL

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA

ABSTRACTThe need for sustainable design in the tourism industry arises due to its significant contribution to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission which has tremendous impact on the environment. Environmental designers look to new approaches like biomimicry to advance a sustainable desi...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 10176 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MAXIMISING VISUAL COMFORT AND NATURAL LIGHTING IN LECTURE ROOMS FOR THE PROPOSED FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

A CASE STUDY OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA.

ABSTRACTIn the last decade, the world has begun making a shift to sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives of power one of which is daylighting. The most common method of harnessing daylighting is through windows openings. Daylighting was observed in several studies to improve studen...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 80 pages | 🧠 12772 words | 📚 5 chapters

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OPTIMISING MICROCLIMATE DESIGN STRATEGIES IN HOT DRY CLIMATE TO ENHANCE THERMAL COMFORT FOR A PROPOSED POSTGRADUATE RESIDENCE, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY DUTSE

ABSTRACTClimatically responsive building design principles are considered to be effective in obtaining comfortable, healthier and sustainable living spaces. Due to rapid urbanization, urban and highly developed areas are often characterised by large number of surfaces that absorb solar radiation ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 7613 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THERMAL ZONING PRINCIPLE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE DESIGN OF INDOOR FITNESS AND SPORT CENTRE, WARRI NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe four major building orientations, North, South, East, and West, receive different heat gains causing different indoor temperature and cooling demand within spaces. In fitness and sport centres, the different spaces have differing thermal requirements for occupants' comfort, where fitn...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 9662 words | 📚 5 chapters

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IMPROVING WAYFINDING IN HOSPITALS FOR THE DESIGN OF TRAUMA SPECIALIST HOSPITAL

A CASE STUDY OF BAUCHI

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to establish ways of improving wayfinding in hospitals in Nigeria in response to the rise in trauma cases from insecurity in the country. The approach was explored in North East Nigeria to generate appropriate responses to wayfinding needs during emergencies....

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 81 pages | 🧠 8087 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE USE OF ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS IN MINIMISING MAINTENANCE FOR KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT CENTRE, KAFANCHAN

ABSTRACTDue to the educational growth and technological advancement in the world, new ideas and innovations are developing in maintaining buildings most especially student centre. Which are difficult to maintain due to the nature of users and the population it accommodates. In Nigeria minimising ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 96 pages | 🧠 11974 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSE TO EFFECTS OF WIND ON HIGH RISE BUILDING FORMS IN THE DESIGN OF MIXED-USE AT EKO ATLANTIC CITY LAGOS

ABSTRACTFor decades tall and sealed buildings suffer from the effects of wind, some of which affects ventilation and some affects the structural integrity of the building, effects arising from ventilation leads to high energy consumption through the use of machineries to cool down the building, w...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 10329 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A FUSION OF NIGERIA’S REGIONAL ARCHITECTURAL STYLES IN THE DESIGN OF PROPOSED NATIONAL ARTS AND HISTORY MUSEUM

A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA

ABSTRACTSeveral researches have been done to ascertain the impact or influence of Euro-American architectural style to third world countries, especially within Africa. This thesis argues that the architecture of Nigeria as obviously distinct between her 3 major geo-political zones; Hausa land, Ig...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 8788 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE EBIRA CHAO MASKING AND MASQUERADE TRADITIONS

ABSTRACTMasking and masquerade traditions are aspects of culture that are practised in Nigeria and Africa at large. Specifically, the Ebira Chao of Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo state, South-South, Nigeria, have rich masking and masquerade traditions that are geared towards meeting...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 12946 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ADOPTABILITY OF INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY (IPD) CONCEPTS IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

ABSTRACTThe dismal performance of the global construction industry has been a major source of worry for practitioners and construction stakeholders. The Nigerian Construction industry (NCI) has not been immune from these problems also as it is plagued with project abandonment, poor project analys...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 10266 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY RISK FACTORS DURING INSTALLATION AND DISMANTLING OF TOWER CRANES ON CONSTRUCTION SITES

ABSTRACTThe process of erection, dismantling and alteration of heights in tower cranes are major safety determinants on construction sites and can result to fatal accidents if the risks involved are not properly managed. Risk factors associated with this process have been identified by some resea...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 10375 words | 📚 5 chapters

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