The growth of the Ethiopian economy stimulates the expansion of private and public construction industry. Construction materials demand increases with the growth of infrastructures and private building construction. Cement ...

Presently, the exponentially increasing cost of labor and construction materials have made it more challenging to meet the demand for shelter and low-cost housing. As a result, there is a need for alternative, cost-effective, ...

Dam breach modeling and flood inundation mapping is a general process of predicting the dam breach parameters, routing of the outflow from the breached dam and mapping of the routed outflow to the downstream to control and ...

Construction industry is a major player in the economy of any country by generating employment and wealth to a nation through its forward and backward linkages with other sectors. However many construction in developing ...

If reinforcement bars quality is compromised then the result would be a sudden collapse of structures. Therefore, higher attention should be given to re-bars quality and property. While reviewing literatures compiled in ...

Contract award and its management is a fundamental task in the execution of public construction projects in the construction industry. In Ethiopia, public-owned construction projects mostly used the least cost contract ...

Proper Construction site organization is recognized as an important exercise in order to achieve better performance of construction projects. Success in construction project is indicated by its performance in the achievement ...

Construction site layout planning is fundamental for successful project undertaking as it enhances both productivity and safety in construction sites.A good site layout can minimize the travel time between temporary ...

Currently the Ethiopia construction industries are developing rapidly from time to time and concrete is widely used construction material for different structural works like buildings. Because concrete is economical due ...

Currently, construction cost overrun is a huge challenge not only in developing countries like Ethiopia but also in developed countries as well. One of the reasons is lack of proper planning and preliminary cost estimation ...