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{"title":"Modification on Static Response Under Wind Load: Effects of Rectangular Tall Building Vertical Chamfered Edge","authors":"Adal Mengesha Yimer","doi":"10.11648/j.jccee.20230803.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20230803.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"163 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124257199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Views of Specialists on Abandoned Building Project in FCT - Abuja, Nigeria","authors":"Jibrin Sule, Miiraj Abdulmumin, Abdukadir Sabo Osu","doi":"10.11648/j.jccee.20230803.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20230803.11","url":null,"abstract":": This research aimed at investigating the causes and effects of abandoned building construction project in Abuja Municipal Area Councils (AMAC) of FCT, Nigeria so as to proffer solution to the problem(s). This research uses a qualitative method of research in which a structured close ended questionnaire was prepared to capture information on the causes and effects of abandoned building construction projects in AMAC. It was on this basis that a structured questionnaire with Likert Scale design method was adopted. One hundred and ten (110) consultants obtained from professional bodies like Council for Regulation of Engineering (COREN), Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON), Architect Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON), Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN) and Procurement Consultants were contacted to get their views on abandonment of building construction project. Eighty-Eight (88) responses were obtained to give a return rate of 80%. All information found were analysed using the Relative Importance Index (R.I.I) formula. The higher the Relative Importance Index value, the more significant is the cause or effect of abandoning building project. Sixteen (16) important causes of abandoning building construction project and nine (9) main effect of abandoning building construction project were identified. This research therefore concluded that if the causes and effects of abandoning building construction projects are corrected through the application of numerous recommendations made on this research, building construction project abandonment will be history in the research area and indeed the country at large.","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126125972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Vernacular of African Social Cultural Disciplines and It Influence on Modern Building Fabrics: A Case Study in Accra, Ghana","authors":"Kennedy Newton Nutassey, Sonia Elizabeth Tetteh, Gifty Ahwireng","doi":"10.11648/j.jccee.20230802.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20230802.12","url":null,"abstract":": Designing of a building is always for intended purposed, the housing of human beings should be specific to it task and should be enjoyed and provides needed comfort for the end user regardless of the surrounding circumstance. However environmental noise pollution is a problem affecting home users especially in developing country like Ghana. Ghanaians building industry is now in turned of foreign building design and it materials application without considering the socio culture implications. The traditional buildings in Ghana are basically one storey single family houses built with available local materials that is suitable for the clement and vernacular social cultural disciplines. Ghanaians general, built-up noise as a tool to exhibit powers unknown willing, these are observed on their daily social culture disciplines in worshiping, cooking, dancing, walking, talking and making fun. The new designs eventually put toll on the home users especially how to prepare fufu with traditional method wooden mortar, wooden pestle that lead contamination of fufu by mechanized method. The paper seek to concentrate on the courses of pounding fufu and it’s affiliated to activities in current modern buildings in Ghana. Special attention is paid on how traditional method could be used to prepare fufu in new buildings and it consequence to food contamination and the noise in the building.","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"78 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113969673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Calculation of Volume of Hot Water Storage Tank in Air Source Heat Pump System","authors":"Wang Jian, Jiang Ai Ling, L. Jun, Wang Yiling","doi":"10.11648/j.jccee.20230802.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20230802.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126705968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Thermal Comfort in a Residential House in Kampala","authors":"Simon Peter Wafula, Obed Kamulegeya, Andrew Kasumba Buyondo, Solomon Mutebi, Isaac Ogwang, Michael Mutambo, James Kateu","doi":"10.11648/j.jccee.20230801.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20230801.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125048170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analytical Study of High Speed Rail Bridge and Pile Foundation Subjected to Soil Structure Interaction Using Finite Element Software","authors":"M. Shah, Chaitanya S. Sanghvi, H. Mistry","doi":"10.11648/j.jccee.20230801.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20230801.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131647271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Site Management Practices for Building Projects Delivery Adopted by Indigenous Contractors in Lagos and Ondo States, Nigeria","authors":"Arijeloye Bamidele Temitope, Oriyomi Joshua Oluwadunsin","doi":"10.11648/j.jccee.20230801.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jccee.20230801.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120960092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Performance Efficiency of Common Reed, Sand and Gravel for Greywater Treatment in a Constructed Wetland in Akure, Nigeria","authors":"Alao Femi, Alatise Micheal Olanrewaju, O. Olawale","doi":"10.11648/J.JCCEE.20210605.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.JCCEE.20210605.13","url":null,"abstract":"The release of greywater lacking any treatments into drainage channels, land surfaces and normal water bodies will lead to environmental deprivation and health risks. In this study, common reed combined with natural materials of sand and gravel was used in a system of constructed wetland for the treatment of greywater in Akure, Nigeria. Raw greywater (RGW) was collected from Jadesola Hostel, Federal University of Technology, Akure, and pretreated using a combination of gravel with fine sand, arranged accordingly. The filtered water was subsequently released to a plastic constructed wetland (CW) consisting of similar combination of layers of gravel and sand with common reed planted on it to achieve complete treatment. The RGW, filtered greywater (FGW) and treated greywater (TGW) were analyzed for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solid (TSS), total nitrogen (TN) and fecal coliforms (FC). Results showed reductions in BOD, COD, TSS, TN and FC by 80.20%, 78.35%, 56.07%, 45.93% and 74.71%, respectively, for FGW and by 90.92%, 91.46%, 93.46%, 53.66% and 82.10%, respectively, for TGW. Therefore, it was concluded that the combination of common reed, sand and gravels in constructed wetland offers an effective means of accomplishing physical and biological treatment of greywater, especially for reuse in irrigation. Hence, it was recommended that acceptance of the combined system will help farmers in ensuring sufficient treatment of greywater and satisfies the standard requirements for wastewater reuse and application in both field crop irrigation and other outdoor needs.","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"170 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133621555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of Drainage Structure by Using ArcGIS Software: The Case of Bale Robe Town, Ethiopia","authors":"Gutema Wakjira, Garuma Negasa","doi":"10.11648/J.JCCEE.20210605.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.JCCEE.20210605.14","url":null,"abstract":"An increase in the frequency of extreme weather events such as heavy storms and floods has been reported in various parts of the world. Ethiopian cities at large, are troubled with storm water leading into floods especially during the rainy season due to inadequate installation of desired infrastructure. In the Robe town since the construction of impermeable surface like roads, sidewalks, buildings and others are highly increasing. They are reducing natural permeable surface that can infiltrate water into the ground. Those impermeable surface are create flooding and more storm water runoff in this town. In this town water flows through road especially during heavy rain are resulted in negative impacts on road pavement performance and on the overall situation of the town’s basic infrastructures. The objective of this research was to assess drainage structure in Bale Robe town by using ArcGIS software. The specific objectives of this study were; determining general characteristic of EDS, computing slope and capacity of EDS, identifying highly affected road segment due to improper drainage and recommending appropriate counter measure for identified defects. Majority of the data for the study were obtained from the field survey using surveying equipment and field observation, and some data were collected from concerned sectors. The population contains all existing drainage structures except earthen drainage structure. As a result of the study EDS have different types, and base widths, the capacity of some drainage structure are less than the required capacity while some of them are greater than the required capacity. There were both opened and closed drainage structures with slope of EDS between 0.1 percent and 1.96 percent. The terrain category of the town is flat and rolling. Generally, the EDS in the town has different general characteristics, capacities and different defects. The identified defects were due to different factors; like poor design, poor environmental assessment, and lack of maintenance were the main causes of street flood in the study area. In this town the following measurements should be taken to solve the identified defects, properly cleaning of drainage structure before and after rain, cover open drainage structure, improve the longitudinal gradient of drainage structure and improve the capacity EDS based on the ERA standard and causes of the defects.","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131152659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigation of the Effects of Rice Husk and Rice Straw on the Properties of Lightweight Fibrecrete Blocks","authors":"Abaza Leo, Kyakula Michael","doi":"10.11648/J.JCCEE.20210605.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/J.JCCEE.20210605.12","url":null,"abstract":"Uganda’s progress towards achieving sustainable growth is curtailed by poor and limited infrastructure, over 60% of the urban population live in slums with poor quality housing and hygiene, 44% of the households sleep in one room, the situation is more critical in Kampala where about 70% sleep in one room. About 67% of Ugandans live in dwellings with brick walls while 28% live in dwellings of mud walls reinforced with timber poles. Over 90% of framed structure in Uganda are built from reinforced concrete structures with bricks or block infill walls that are heavy thus influencing the type and size of structural members hence its cost. This research focused on use of Rice Husks (RH) and Rice Straws (RS) in lightweight fibrecrete blocks for benefit of their reduced weight, reducing environmental pollution, low processing energy, and availability at modest cost. In this research, the fibres were alkali-treated using sodium hydroxide solution prepared by dissolving 15g of sodium hydroxide pellets in 1 liter of water heated at 100°C for 60 minutes. This was aimed at increasing surface roughness, expose cellulose to fibre surface, improve fibre/matrix adhesion, eliminate weak boundary layers and remove superficial lignin layer. The alkali treated fibres were used to prepare one hundred twenty one (121) fibrecrete blocks of RH and RS with varying proportions of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% fibre and tested for their density, compressive strength, water absorption, thermal conductivity, fire resistances and microstructure. The densities of lightweight fibrecrete blocks ranged between 1947-1485kg/m3 with a reduction of 7.9 - 30.5% compared to aggregate blocks of 2138kg/m3 density. Compressive strength of the blocks varied between 1.53 - 5.36 N/mm2 and 1.28 - 3.48 N/mm2 for RH and RS blocks respectively with control block having compressive strength of 7.2N/mm2 at 28 days. Compressive strength loss in the lightweight fibrecrete blocks tested for fire resistance ranged between 10.7- 34.3% and 6.8-73.7% for RH and RS-blocks respectively while the water absorption ranged between 5.8-7.8% for RH and 6.4-11.3% for RS blocks and 3.6% for aggregate blocks. Thermal conductivity was improved by 13.4-64.8%. The researcher concluded that, RH-40 and RS-20 blocks have the most appropriate proportions for lightweight fibrecrete blocks. This would reduce Environmental degradation, utilize agricultural waste, increase the income of the farmers, reduce construction cost due to reduced density of fibrecrete blocks, and increase thermal insulation hence thermal comfort of the occupants.","PeriodicalId":262934,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124224123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}