Category: Construction

Table of Contents Introduction Investment Policy Statement Selection Process Stock choice Bond choice Conclusion References Introduction Selection of market securities that would be included in a certain investment portfolio requires scanning of various instruments in diverse financial markets. The markets from which the market instruments are picked include the capital market and the money market…

The secant pile of the wall consists of two parts: primary and secondary piles. Primary piles should be drilled first and built using soft cement-bentonite mix or firm weak concrete. Such materials help create a temporary water seal system and give some time for constructing a future system for waterproofing and drainage system. After that,…

The article entitled Why Construction Safety is Important discusses construction safety and its impact on overall costs of the construction project. The article states that safety is essential for the owner and for the contractor as well and these are their collaborative efforts that finally determine how safe and cost-effective the erection of a building…

Summary Research Background The recent focus on the use of the available resources in order to produce NPK fertilizers has opened the door for Nigeria o enjoy multiple opportunities for attracting investors from overseas, thus, allowing the state to support and maintain its economic growth. Due to its recent foray into Forex trading, Nigeria has…

The investment and construction process is a complex chain of different stages of investment and payback of finances in the creation of architectural commissions. With all the variety of needs and demands in this field, directors usually have a few basic steps in their decision-making process. The main one is the choice of the project…

Underground Tunneling Underground pathways and tunnels are among the most extraordinary engineering constructions ever built by man. By definition, a tunnel is an underground pathway that is fully enclosed except for an opening for egress, commonly at each end (Tunnel Encyclopedia, n.d). According to the International Tunneling Association (ITA), Tunneling plays a significant role in…

Table of Contents Introduction Soil permeability Soil consolidation The shear strength of soils Reference list Introduction Soil mechanics is a relatively new discipline in civil engineering, which entails the study of the engineering properties of soil relative to the design of various engineering structures that are constructed in or from the earth. Here, civil engineering…

Summary I have a vital interest and career plans in the civil engineering sphere. It is a particular engineering discipline that deals with the configuration, building, and maintenance of the surroundings. The field of work may include various public places such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewers, pipelines, installation segments, and railways (Jackson, 2020).…

Table of Contents Introduction Background Literature Review Conclusion References Introduction Long-term projects can be considered an integral part of the modern world. Multiple constructions and gigantic buildings change the image of areas and result in the creation of a new environment. At the same time, the management of projects belonging to this cohort is a…

Surveying refers to a kind of technology employing instruments to accurately determine the terrestrial or three dimensional space position relationships between points on land and express shapes, areas and other aspects by figures or drawings (Bell, 1991). Surveying dates back to the ancient times (Keay, p. 182, 2000), and were it not for this technology,…