Building regulations significantly influence residential building design and functionality,
particularly in maintaining indoor thermal comfort. However, their effectiveness depends
on local climate, enforced strictness, ...
Floods present a significant threat to Jowhar Town, Somalia, due to its location in a riverine
area. This study aimed to assess flood risk and identify vulnerable areas through a
comprehensive analysis using GIS and ...
This study investigates the effectiveness of accident inspection systems in reducing the
incidence of accidents on building construction sites in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. Using a
quantitative correlational design, data ...
Effective risk management in construction projects is widely recognized as essential for meeting
objectives related to time, cost, quality, safety, and environmental sustainability. This study aims
to investigate the ...
Effective risk management in construction projects is widely recognized as essential for meeting
objectives related to time, cost, quality, safety, and environmental sustainability. This study aims
to investigate the ...
Water resources' quantity and quality deterioration have posed a bigger panic for the
sustainability of the resources in the global context attributed to anthropogenic and natural
reasons. The Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia, ...
Because Hawassa Area projects is regarded a developing area with a large number of projects
anticipated to be completed in the near future for growth and transformation II, productivity is a
problem of particular ...
Investigation and correlation of engineering properties of soil plays a vital role for examining
the suitability of the soils for proposed project work. This paper presents the field and laboratory
test results of soils ...
In Arba Minch city, most of the residential buildings are low-rise buildings, which are
susceptible to damage caused by expansive soils. These buildings are mainly constructed from
hollow concrete blocks, brick or ...
In geotechnical engineering, soil compaction is the practice in which a stress applied to a soil
causes densification as air is displaced from the pores between the soil grains.
This paper describes mathematical models ...
Wind pressures on buildings are influenced by a variety of factors such as balconies and the
overall roughness of the building envelope. The influence of the building envelope
configuration on the wind loads on cladding ...
Structural steel creates a stronger building with far less material and cross-section than concrete.
However, the previous studies shown strength loss of steel structures under fire loading. In practice, fire is
followed ...
Characterizing of engineering properties of soil plays a vital role for examining the suitability of the
soils for proposed project wo rk. This paper presents the field and laboratory test results of
subgrade soils ...
Construction materials management is the procedures, organizations, people, and
technology used to identify, acquire, preserve, expedite, inspect, quantify, receive, store, and
transport the associated information, ...
Providing an opening with the shear wall as the building's functional necessity such as door and
window openings can have a significant impact on its behavior. Therefore, this work is going to
investigate the effect ...
Expansive soils, commonly known as black cotton soils, are high volume change soils in which
montimorillonite is the principal clay mineral. These soils cause tremendous damages to
structures and, in this country; they ...
Geotechnical characteristics of the subgrade soils can affect the road quality and serviceability in
the construction of pavement, since all soils are not used as a subgrade material. The existing has
several failurities ...
Reinforced concrete (RC) columns are strong and durable, but can suffer structural damage
over time, such as cracking, spalling and corrosion. Various strengthening techniques have
been developed to address these issues, ...
Recent studies are focusing on ways of utilizing either industrial or agricultural wastes as
a source of raw materials for the construction industry around the world. This is used to
minimize the emission of CO2 during ...
Expansive soils are clayey soil that swells or shrinks, which increases in volume when in
contact with water, but decreases in volume when the water is removed. Therefore, these
soils are problematic soils when the ...