There is a global construction boom as nations urbanize and develop via the expansion of infrastructure. Ethiopia’s construction sector has also grown in an exemplary manner for the past few decades. In line with that, ...

Growing transportation demands and infrastructure development necessitated the construction of better pavements with longer service life. Since conventional materials are scarce to do so, we need to recycle waste ...

Driven by the search towards new materials with reduced ecological impact, several investigations on plant based natural fibers for composite reinforcement have been undertaken by researchers in the past decades. However, ...

In recent years, natural fibre cementitious composites (NFCC) have gained popularity worldwide because of their potential application as low-cost construction materials. Despite the wide range of applications for NFCC, ...

Brick, renowned for its versatility, is a key building material, especially in Ethiopia, where the escalating costs of construction materials due to inflation and population growth necessitate alternative, cost-effective ...

Building Maintenance refers to hold, keep, sustain or preserve the building or structure to an acceptable standard. Acceptable standard is defined as one which sustains the Utility or facility up to the building ...

Precipitation is the most significant atmospheric input to land surface hydrological models. But the rainfall stations are scarce and distributed unevenly, making it difficult to collect precipitation data, which leads ...

Water is essential for daily activities and maintaining human well-being. However, in many less-developed countries, including Ethiopia, the lack of a well-developed wastewater treatment system leads to contaminated surface ...

Disinfection, water quality and water supply distribution system are an important parameters that could affect water companies and their consumers in worldwide. The effect of Water quality and unbalanced addition of ...

It is usually common that buildings were founded on levelled grounds. However, there are a number of circumstances when this might be impossible or not preferred due to various factors in construction activities where ...