ABSTRACT This study assessed the role of maintenance culture of public buildings using selected institutions within the Sunyani Municipality. Simple random sampling technique was used to sample 100 staffs of the institutions that were administered with questionnaires and their top managers also interviewed. Out of the sample size of 100 respondents, 96 of them responded to the questionnaire constituting a response rate of 96%. On the maintenance culture and state of respondent’s buildings,...
ABSTRACT The judicious control and management of construction waste has been a clarion call for stakeholders in the construction industry of Ghana. Construction materials reuse and recycling has not gained popularity in the Ghanaian construction industry. The study sought to examine sustainable construction practices in Ghana, focusing on recycle and reuse potentials of waste materials using Ashanti and Greater Accra Regions as the study areas. A sample size of 184 contractors were selected f...
ABSTRACT The quality of building materials has been documented to be one of the causes of building collapse all over the world. An experimental study was conducted to determine the effect of fines (clay/silt) content in sand and water-to-cement ratio on the workability, compressive strength, tensile strength and flexural strength of concrete. A total of 270 specimens were cast and tested with varying fines content in sand of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10% and 12%; and variable water-to-cement rat...
ABSTRACT Globally, flood disasters increasingly pose severe risk to humanity due to their devastating effects. The built environment is the worst affected sector and often the repercussions of flood events on poorly planned and/or designed settlements leads to crisis situations. In Ghana, floods are major occurrences in the principal cities and towns and settlements along the Volta River Basin. Yearly, the three northern regions of Ghana namely; Northern Region, Upper East Region and Up...
ABSTRACT Approximately 680 tree species have been identified in Ghana’s forest, but only a few of these have been put to commercial use. Of the 1999 timber production, some 60 percent was derived from a small number of species. Actually, 66 species dominated felling in 1999. Since there is an increasing demand for tropical timbers, there is therefore the need to consider less well known but commonly found species such as Gmelina arborea which could be developed for commercial use. The...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, large quantities of wood and agricultural waste are left unutilized with its attendant negative environmental issues. Producing particle board from such waste would contribute to minimizing deforestation and positively impact the environment. This study therefore compared the properties of particleboard produced from Ceiba pentandra (CP) sawdust and corn cob (CC) particles using cassava starch or urea formaldehyde as separate binder. The study used a completely rando...
ABSTRACT The concept of quality Management is not of recent origin. Quality management as a concept is meant to complement efforts to achieve the required level of quality for a product which is well planned and organized. From the perspective of a construction company, quality management in construction projects maintains the quality of construction works at the required standard. The aim is to assess quality management practices in the construction industries in Ghana. The current study e...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to examine constraints to funding of infrastructure projects in Afigya Kwabre District and make recommendations on funding of infrastructural projects in the district. The study adopted descriptive research design. Quantitative research approach was used. The population of the study comprised Assembly members in all the electoral areas, Members of Parliament (MPs) Heads of key Departments of the Assembly and Revenue Collectors in the various area co...
ABSTRACT Organisations are concerned with what should be done to achieve sustained high level of performance through people and the construction industry is no exception. This calls for management to find ways by which workers will be motivated for high productivity. The purpose for this study was to assess the role of management in motivating construction labour for high productivity in the Kasena Nankana West District. Four vibrant construction sites being operated by four different ...
ABSTRACT Dampness is one of the most common defects found on buildings. It mostly occurs at the lower parts of walls. This study was conducted to assess the effect of dampness at the lower parts of buildings in the Dzowulu locality. The methodology adopted was through literature review, visual survey, laboratory tests and interview with construction professional. The findings show that dampness at the lower parts of buildings is very prevalent in the Dzowulu locality. It also reveals t...
ABSTRACT Maintenance culture plays very important role in Ghanaian domestic buildings. However, many domestic/residential buildings are often inadequately maintained and windows and doors, electrical wires and fittings, leaking roofs, cracks, peeled off paint and other building elements and facilities frequently show evidence of lack of maintenance. The study examined the maintenance issues in Sogakope, Tefle, Agbakope and Dabala communities at South Tongu in Volta Region. Three different t...
ABSTRACT Ghana Health Service (GHS) is the main parastatal institution responsible for health service delivery in Ghana. The institution relies on a well-functioning physical infrastructure to effectively implement the Ghana Health Service and Teaching Hospitals Act 526. Many new projects undertaken by the GHS supervised by Metropolitan/Municipal/District assemblies continue to experience delays. The aim of this study was to examine delays in Ghana Health Service building projects su...
ABSTRACT This research investigates the effect of replacing earth with 5% (P5/0), 9% (P9/0) and 12% (P12/0) Pozzomix cement and 3% pozzomix + 2% OPC (P3/2), 6% pozzomix + 3% OPC (P6/3), 8% pozzomix + 4% OPC (P8/4) on the compressive strength, water absorption and abrasion resistance of earth blocks and to deduce the variable that contributes most to these parameters. The engineering characteristics of the soil from Bernatech campus, Navrongo carried out in accordance with BS1377:1990 rev...
ABSTRACT The study examined the procurement of works within Ghana Health Service in selected regions in Ghana. Poor procurement practices have led to accumulated interest on late payments and the frequent price changes due to extensive renegotiations which further exacerbate the funding act problem and have increased government expenditure and reduced savings (World Bank, 2003).The target population of the study were professionals involved in procurement of works within the Ghana H...
ABSTRACT One of the ways to increase the strength properties of concrete is adding fibre material into the concrete. While to reduce a noise in construction project, a self compacting concrete was a good choice in the project. This thesis presents a study into the strength properties of self compacting beam concrete using plantain bunch fibre. Mix proportion of 1:1.82:1.27with different fractions of fibre namely: 0.00%, 0.25%, 0.50% and 0.75% by weight of cement with water cement ratio ...