The project work assessed the volumetric shrinkage and hydraulic conductivity of lateritic soil-bamboo leaf ash admixture as liner materials for use in waste containment systems or structures such that the result shows effectiveness for use.
This research will focus on the environmental and health impact of solid waste management in Saki West Local Government. Efforts will be directed to visit some houses, shops, markets, and commercial areas etc. and dumpsite located within Saki west LGA. The study will be limited only to those who generate waste and dispose waste, either to public or private waste collection service and authorized collector identified by the people, customer/ client and part of the Board and waste management. S...
Abstract Nowadays, the natural material as agriculture waste in concrete has long been discussed. Coconut shell is one of the most vast and readily available agricultural solid waste in many tropical countries. The properties of coconut shell are examined and the use of coconut shell aggregate as construction materials are evaluated. This study focused on the effect of coconut shell as fine aggregate replacement on the performance of concrete in terms of the mechanical properties and physical...
Abstract Shelter is a basic human need. Unfortunately, decent shelter for the masses; the poor have not materialized over the years. The cost of concrete materials in building and civil engineering project has been a concern to the society. These and other things led to the research on Biological local materials that are dumped as waste in our environment, causing pollution and congestion as substitute materials. Therefore, this research work was carried out in respect to that and the researc...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of rainfall on the physical, chemical and bacteriological quality of some selected hand-dug well water consumed by students of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. To this effect, six (6) samples from three (3) hand-dug well used, labeled (Ab, Bb, Cb & Aa, Ba, Ca) indicating before and after rainfall respectively were collected and examined for both the bacteriological and physio-chemical parameters. The bacteriolo...
The sole purpose of this project work is to determine the settlement characteristics of soil for the construction of building, a case study at FUTO Senate Building area and FUTO NDDC hostel area, other objectives are the classification of the soil, determination of the strength properties of these soils and also making of sundry recommendations about the type of foundation most suitable for the construction of buildings on these soils. Soil samples were collected from FUTO Senate...
ABSTRACT The study aimed to assess the quality of drinking water in Olowotedo community of Ogun state, Nigeria. Five samples were taken from different sources (wells, borehole, tap and sachet water) were analyzed, Selection of water samples was carried out using proportionate allocation, equal allocation, simple random sampling and systematic sampling methods depending on the stage. The water quality parameters examined and their results for all the five water samples were; colour having...
Since the inception of the Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) in the United Kingdom, Government are increasingly adopting it as a means of proving infrastructure to the public neglecting the traditional procurement methods which relies completely on the public finance. Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is a method of contract procurement where the private organisation provides an infrastructure, finances, operates and maintains the infrastructure. This is done by transferring the risks involved...
Civil Engineering
Time has come for people to know the implications of engaging non-professional builders in building construction works. The stoppage of engaging non-professional builders would reduce or even stop the event such as shoddy works, use of inappropriate materials/personnel’s and abandonment of project, cost overrun, and inadequate supervision/incompetence and incessant collapse of buildings. This project therefore delved into the imperative of engaging professional builders in building cons...
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Plastic bio-sand filter is a prototype of a slow sand filter which purifies water using sand and gravels of specific sizes of (0.36mm, 2.36mm, 6.35mm), this filter has been designed and constructed to evaluate its performance using raw water from fishpond at faculty of Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and to remove pathogenic organisms present in the water. The filter is composed of a lid which covers the whole filter from the entrance of debris or contaminants, a perforated pl...
The discharge of raw sewage or improperly treated sewage into water bodies has always had a threatening effect on aquatic lives and that of human that uses the water on the downstream. Such is the case of Awba Lake which is currently being polluted by effluents from Obafemi Awolowo sewage treatment plant. The treatment plant is currently overloaded and macrophyte (water hyacinth) used for phytoremediation in the treatment plant can no longer survive under such high organic condition. This pro...
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF RICE HUSK ASH, POWDERED GLASS AND CEMENT AS LATERITIC SOIL STABILIZERS. ABSTRACT This paper compares the stabilizing effects of three different materials, namely: rice husk ash, powdered glass, and cement on the properties of lateritic soil. The basic properties of the lateritic soil were first obtained through colour, moisture content determination, specific gravity, particle size distribution and Atterberg limits tests. Each of the stabilizing materials was th...
Nigeria has plenty of Agricultural waste products such as coconut fibre, rice husk, corn cob and oil palm frond fibre. If the waste cannot be disposed properly it, will lead to social and environmental problem.The selection of coconut fibre in this study is a good effort in order to reduce a bulk of coconut fibre waste in Nigeria, according to a survey that was conducted by Ministry of Agricultural, Malaysia (Hisbany, 2005). There will be a huge amount of waste with these huge plantations. ...