Browsing by Subject "Road construction"
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Examining benefits of force account modality in district urban and community access roads maintenance: A case of Luweero District
(Makerere University, 2016-10)Road sector accounts for 80-90% of cargo freight and passenger traffic in sub-Saharan Africa and 90% in Uganda. Out of 78,000KM of road network in Uganda, 57,000 Km are District, Urban and Community Access Roads (DUCAR) ... -
Examining the effectiveness of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in road construction sector in Uganda : a case of Uganda National Roads Authority
(Makerere University, 2022)This study examined the effectiveness of public private partnerships in the road construction sector Uganda National Roads Authority. Three objectives guided the study, which is, examining the effect of pooling financial ... -
Improvement of engineering properties of black cotton soil for road construction using PROBASE soil stabilizer
(Makerere University, 2018-04-23)Black cotton soils, also referred to as expansive soils expand when wet and shrinks when dry causing cracks which on re-wetting, bulks out and causes damage to structures built on them. Research conducted on black cotton ... -
Influence of viscosity modifiers on processing temperatures of recycled asphalt mixtures
(Makerere University, 2019-05)The production process of asphalt mixtures is high energy intensive and the cost of road construction material continues to increase annually. The cost of asphalt mixture production per m³ in Uganda is increasing at a rate ... -
An investigation into adoption of geographical information technologies in the road sector of Uganda’s local government
(Makerere University, 2016)Roads play a very crucial role in the economic development of a nation. The sustenance of a road network is dependent on how well the maintenance is conducted. Maintenance of roads is organized from inventory of the network ... -
Investigation of the frequency and severity of claims on road construction projects in Uganda: a case of Uganda National Roads Authority
(Makerere University, 2022-04)This study centered on the frequency and severity of claims which are normally inevitable on road construction projects. Claims are known to cause completion delays and therefore affect the total cost of projects. While ... -
Plasticity and stiffness of aged road gravel stabilized with Acrylic polymers
(Makerere University, 2018-10-11)World over, the increasing need to reduce costs, conserve materials and use of marginal soils have resulted in the use of soil stabilizers in increasing quantities in the construction of roads. As such, this research study ... -
Procurement management for road construction in Luwero District local government
(Makerere University, 2013-11)The study examined the procurement management process for road construction in Luwero District Local Government. The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of the procurement system for road construction in ... -
Rehabilitation of Lemerijoa road and the junction in Arua Municipality
(Makerere University, 2018-11-26)The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MoLHUD) using funding from the World Bank, formulated a program, Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID), to ... -
Road construction management system
(2006-07)This project was aimed at automating manual computation of costs during road construction so as to ease computation of costs for a particular road. The study was concerned with design and implementation of Road construction ... -
Time overruns for road infrastructure projects in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014-08)This research investigated the time overruns in road construction projects in Uganda. It studied the severity and frequency of occurrence of the causes, effects of delays and also sought for ways of mitigating the problem. ... -
Upgrading Balunywa Road (700m) in Iganga Municipal Council to Bitumen Standard using low cost sealing method
(Makerere University, 2019-07)The Project chosen for this report was the design and construction supervision of Balunywa road by upgrading it to Bitumen standard using low cost sealing method in Iganga District Uganda. It is situated in eastern Uganda. ...