Housing 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 contractors on the quality of construction work in Kwankwasiyya city ... Continue Reading
There 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 the other when used to produce plaster mixes. Moreover, as at ... Continue Reading
Travel 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 attractions and potentials have not been properly harnessed w... Continue Reading
The 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 impaired farm functionality. However, this research aim to assess ... Continue Reading
The 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 design future. Biomimicry is the emulation of nature in its many ... Continue Reading
In 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 student performance and health in lecture rooms.With increasing cos... Continue Reading
Climatically 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 giving rise to higher surface and ambient temperatures. In or... Continue Reading
The 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 fitness activities require low air temperature, and sauna/spa/p... Continue Reading
The 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. North East Nigeria is a geo political zone that has been vul... Continue Reading
Due 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 maintenance problems in buildings demands the creation of spa... Continue Reading
For 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, whereas effects leading to structural failure can arise due to... Continue Reading
Several 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, Igbo land and Yoruba land, also referred to as Regionalism exis... Continue Reading
Masking 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 the needs of the people. There is a need to fill the gap tha... Continue Reading
The 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 analysis and management, poor quality of work, adversarial relation... Continue Reading
The 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 researchers but, no effort was made to scientifically analyse thes... Continue Reading