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Developing citizen based crowd sourced mobile GIS for Open Power Emergency Reporting and Awareness (OPERA) System
(2018-05)
Today, Power Grid Risks and Hazard reporting along the power lines are purely done by the staff and very little by the citizens through call center toll free lines, SMSs and Web contact-us forms that lack spatial component ...
Assessing the extent to which value engineering is applied in the implementation of building construction projects in Uganda: Techniques and staging
(Makerere University, 2018)
Value Engineering (VE) is an innovative service which involves an organized approach to the identification and elimination of un-necessary costs without loss of function, hence this study describes a Masters research based ...
Options of energy conservation in the brick and tile making industry in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018)
Bricks and tiles are ceramic building materials used in almost all buildings for construction as they are locally available. As a developing country, Uganda’s brick and tile industry is estimated to be growing at a rate ...
Knowledge sharing, entrepreneurial capacity and diffusion of modern energy technologies in rural Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-09)
Despite the rising demand and diversity of sources, technologies and policies aimed at disseminating Modern Energy Technologies (MET) in rural Uganda, diffusion has remained low. The rapid diffusion of Mobile Telephony ...
Development of a Web-GIS for aircraft obstacles: A case of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-05-18)
Airspace protection and obstacle clearance are vital to airport and aircraft operation safety
(Changa & Hwangb, 2013; de Barros, 2013; Litsheim & Xiao, 2009). Global statistics indicate that
approach and landing phases ...
Evaluation of the extent of ICT use in the building industry in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-12)
The construction industry has over the years been criticized for inefficiency and poor quality productivity. This situation has been associated to the industry’s ineffective communication and exchange of information and ...
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 ...
Proposed office development on plot 16, Army Avenue Road Nakasero, Kampala
(2018-09-10)
The Purpose of this Report is to describe the project aspects on the construction of Lotis Towers located at Plot 16, Army Road, Nakasero Kampala which is privately owned by Mr. Samuel Lotigo under Lotigo properties Ltd. ...
Water movement control across organic primers for pavements
(Makerere University, 2018-09)
In order to curtail vertical moisture movement through pavement layers, a layer of primer is applied on the top surface of the base. During precipitation, water flows into a porous layer and then moves laterally on top of ...
Rehabilitation of Kampala Portbell Railway line
(2018-11-15)
This project report covers the construction methodology used and aspects of construction project management practice exercised by the author during the rehabilitation of Kampala-Portbell railway line
This report details ...