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    Modeling non-point source pollution in Lake Victoria: A case of Gaba landing site
    (Makerere University, 2011-02) Bongomin, Joachim
    Lake Victoria is one of the largest fresh water bodies in the world. Currently it is being threatened by various types of pollutants originating from different land uses-both point and nonpoint sources. The objectives of this study were; to identify and characterize different land-use activities, and locate NPS pollution hot spots, quantify pollutant and sediment loads, assess pollutant dispersion following discharges into the Lake, develop a one-dimensional mathematical model for nutrients discharged and recommend ways of managing such flows. Characterization of land use was achieved using GIS and remote sensing techniques. Within the lake, samples were taken both in the vertical and horizontal direction using hand driven pump and hand held GPS. Physico-chemical parameter concentration was determined using digital hand held meters and for nutrients, photometric method was used using Photometer 7100. TSS was analyzed using gravimetric method. The model was developed basing on the fundamental principle of conservation of mass for managing surface water quality. Gaba fish landing site was identified as a NPS pollution hotspot and runoff from this site conveys sediments and nutrients that are contributing significantly to lake Victoria pollution. Comparison between dry and rainy season pollution concentrations revealed that Ammonia-N, Nitrite-N and Ortho-Phosphate had higher pollution concentrations during the rainy season unlike Nitrate-N which had a higher concentration during dry season. The latter was attributed to sustained input of surface runoffs while the former was attributable to the nitrification processes These concentrations of Ammonia-N and Nitrite-N are similar to those that have been found by earlier studies to be toxic for the fish within the lake. Associated increase in physico-chemical parameter concentration was likely to affect fish availability and assemblage in areas close to shore settlements. The respective distances traversed by these nutrients were found to be 38meters for ammonia-N, 45meters for nitrite-N, and 34meters for both nitrate-N and ortho- hosphate. The respective model concentrations of these pollutants compared well with measured concentration at the traversed distances. A number of management measures were suggested to improve on water quality.
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    Landuse and transport planning in the Greater Kampala, Uganda
    (Department of Geomatics and Land Management, School of Built Environment, College of Engineering, Design, Art & Technology, Makerere University, Uganda, 2011-08-03) Kiggundu, Amin T. ; Mukiibi, Stephen
    Urban land use (also known as spatial planning or urban form) has a big influence and impact on the way transport systems are planned and managed in large cities. In Kampala for example, transport systems are largely inefficient because of the failure by the city authorities to adopt an integrated approach towards land use and transport planning. Due to a multifarious and complex land tenure system, the provision of roads and other transport-related infrastructure such as parking facilities and bus terminals has become virtually impossible. This paper examines the impact of land use on transport planning in Kampala in view of the city’s recent experience. It also draws lessons from the experiences of the role model cities in Asia. To address key transportation challenges such as rapid motorization and traffic jam, it is critical that land use-based strategies such as transit malls, land value capture, constructing high density buildings (both commercial and residential) along the transit lines as well as establishing park and ride facilities are adopted by the urban managers and city policy makers.
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    A case for acceleration rather than extension of time on construction projects in Uganda.
    ( 2011-09) Ssemwogerere, Kenneth
    The Construction industry in Uganda is one of the fast growing industries in the Economy due to the increased volumes of investment in the country. However like in many other construction industries world wide, the industry faces the problem of delay in completion of projects. In most cases the clients are the losers as the extension of time awarded to contractors attracts extra preliminaries and as a result increase of the final Contract sum. In this paper the Author using face to face interviews and detailed analysis of data received from project archives presents a case for acceleration of works rather than extending the project contract period. This is supported by the fact that most of the big construction firms in Uganda have the capacity to complete the projects handled in a much shorter time if they see an economic benefit in early completion.
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    Land use and transport planning in the Greater Kampala, Uganda
    (Indonesian Journal of Geography, 2012-06) Kiggundu, Amin T. ; Mukiibi, Stephen
    Urban land use (also known as spatial planning or urban form) has a big influence and impact on the way transport systems are planned and managed in large cities. In Kampala for example, transport systems are largely inefficient because of the failure by the city authorities to adopt an integrated approach towards land use and transport planning. Due to a multifarious and complex land tenure system, the provision of roads and other transport related infrastructure such as parking facilities and bus terminals has become virtually impossible. This paper examines the impact of land use on transport planning in Kampala in view of the city’s recent experience. It also draws lessons from the experiences of the role model cities in Asia. To address key transportation challenges such as rapid motorization and traffic jam, it is critical that land use-based strategies such as transit malls, land value capture, constructing high density buildings (both commercial and residential) along the transit lines as well as establishing park and ride facilities are adopted by the urban managers and city policy makers.
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    Application of risk management to improve performance: The case of infrastructure projects in Mbale District
    (Makerere University, 2014) Wabuna, Richard Kaamu
    The construction industry is one of the crucial sectors in the development process of all communities in the World. In Uganda, the central government and other development partners, through the district local governments, have continuously provided funding towards the development of various civil infrastructure projects in the districts. However, due to the occurrence of several project risk events, the majority of the civil infrastructure projects undertaken by the districts have continuously exhibited poor performance, in terms of; delays, cost overruns, incomplete products, inadequate operational capacity, non compliance to the specifications, to mention but a few. The absence of a systematic approach towards the management of civil infrastructure project risks in Uganda, particularly at the district level, has escalated this problem. Furthermore, there was no evidence of any research studies having been carried out focusing on risk management in civil infrastructure projects in Uganda, especially at the district local government level. This report sets out the details of a study into the application of risk management in the civil infrastructure projects under taken by the district local governments in Uganda. The study was limited to the greater Mbale districts as the case study area. The objectives of the study were to; assess the performance of the district civil infrastructure projects, identify and analyse the risks involved in such projects and propose mitigation measures aimed at increasing the understanding of the project risks as well as the ability to optimise investments in such projects by all those involved. This study was based on the review of the available literature/documents, an initial field study involving interviews/discussions with a few selected key technical personnel and then later, the administration of a combined project performance/risk assessment xii questionnaire to a stratified and purposively selected sample of respondents. Both qualitative and quantitative risk analysis techniques were utilised to analyse the information collected and inferences made. The results of the study confirmed that the performance of the district civil infrastructure projects in the case study area was inadequate – not good. The study findings also revealed that the significance of the risks involved in district civil infrastructure projects were at the level requiring urgent action in terms of putting in place and implementing a systematic approach that led to the proposal of a Risk Management Strategy (RMS). The study recommends urgent implementation of the proposed RMS, aimed at fostering performance improvements in the district civil infrastructure projects in the case study area and the rest of Uganda in general. The results of this study was expected to be of great benefit to the district local governments, contactors and consulting agencies as well as the engineers/managers who are currently involved in such projects and in the future, in Mbale in particular and Uganda in general
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    Characterization of grey water in Kyebando, Kisalosalo and determination of the design criteria for greywater systems treating water for irrigation
    (Makerere University, 2014-06) Mason, Andrew
    In many urban and peri-urban communities of low and medium income countries, grey water discharge is of increasing concern as population in these areas continues growing, consequently bringing about an increase in quantities of grey water generated. The main objective of this study was to characterize the grey water in Kyebando, Kisalosalo Zone (Kampala) and design a method of treatment so that it can be upgraded to a safe resource for irrigation Literature review, questionnaires and observations among other methods were used for data collection. Based on our measurements, the amount of grey water generated in Kyebando is on average 65L/household/day. Analysis was carried out on grey water samples from the area of study to establish the current grey water characteristics. The characteristics of grey water in Kyebando are (on average) 483mg/L, 888mg/L, 11mg/L, 35.9mg/L, 7.9mg/L,5845 cfu/100mL 346mg/L, 6.6 and 459μS/cm for BOD5, COD, NH4-N, TP, Ortho P, faecal coliforms, TSS, pH and EC respectively. These parameters suggest that grey water should be treated before using it at household level. To develop a design criterion, a laboratory scale model treatment unit was set up and its performance was evaluated. A hydraulic loading rate (HLR) of 60 L m-2d-1 and an organic loading rate (OLR) of 70 g BOD m-2d-1 were implemented on a multi-media filter of gravel, charcoal, geotextile and mulch (charcoal being the predominant layer) operated as a batched type system, with a 24 hour retention time. The system was operated for four weeks, during which it showed remarkable removal efficiencies of 76% and 73% after 24hours for COD and BOD, respectively and 73.1% for feacal coliforms (FC). The removal efficiencies at 24 hours, of feacal Coliforms (FC), Total Phosphorous (Tot-P), and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) were 73.3%, 59.5% and 73.7% respectively. A filter system with a surface area of 0.76m2 was recommended for the adequate treatment of household grey water. It treated water to meet the required standards for Irrigation.
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    Fusion of TerraSAR-x and Landsat ETM+ data for protected areamapping in Uganda.
    (Elsevier, 2015) Otukei, John Richard ; Blaschke, Thomas ; Collins, Michael
    TerraSAR-X satellite acquires very high spatial resolution data with potential for detailed land cover mapping. A known problem with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data is the lack of spectral information.Fusion of SAR and multispectral data provides opportunities for better image interpretation and information extraction. The aim of this study was to investigate the fusion between TerraSAR-X and Landsat ETM+ for protected area mapping using high pass filtering (HPF), principal component analysis with band substitution (PCA) and principal component with wavelet transform (WPCA). A total of thirteen land cover classes were identified for classification using a non-parametric C 4.5 decision tree classifier.Overall classification accuracies of 74.99%, 83.12% and 85.38% and kappa indices of 0.7220, 0.8100 and0.8369 were obtained for HPF, PCA and WPCA fusion approaches respectively. These results indicate a high potential for a combined use of TerraSAR-X and Landsat ETM+ data for protected area mapping in Uganda.
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    An investigation into adoption of geographical information technologies in the road sector of Uganda’s local government
    (Makerere University, 2016) Jemba, Seezi Nicholas
    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 and assessment of the condition of roads and structures. GITs have increasingly been used to manage the inventory and condition assessment function of road maintenance. Since 2004, several donor agencies such as JICA, DANIDA, World Bank have financed the introduction and use of GITs in maintenance of roads in Uganda. In spite of the investments in excess of USD 5.2 million, there was no information on the extent to which the use of GITs had been adopted in the maintenance of district roads in Uganda. This study therefore sought to assess the extent to which GITs have been adopted in the inventory and condition assessment of district roads and their structures. To do this, questionnaires were distributed to 71 district engineers and road works supervisors from 54 districts in Northern and Central Uganda. The results from these were triangulated with interviews with key informants. The questionnaires investigated their competences with use of GITs i.e. GPS, GIS, web-based applications and data sharing of roads inventory and condition assessment. The competences sought from the questionnaires included their ability to use GPS technology to collect data of roads and structures inventory and condition, use of GIS to process data into maps and use of web based applications to share this information. Having identified these competences, the Principal Factor Analysis (PFA) was used to identify the major factors that affect the use of GITs in managing maintenance of district roads in Uganda. The output from the PFA was then used to design a conceptual framework to accentuate the use of GITs in managing district roads in Uganda. From the results, 28% of the District Engineers and Road Works Supervisors had adopted use of GITs to prepare and share using web based tools the inventory maps of District roads. 37% of the respondents were able to share condition maps of roads and their structures. 15% were able to produce thematic GIS layers for viewing in Google Earth and 18% were able to geo-tag and export photos to KML format for Goggle Earth. 38% of the respondents were able to prepare and print hard copy maps of thematic layers. From the results, it is evident that in spite of the heavy financial investment, there is low adoption of GITs in managing district roads in Uganda. This can be improved through a more detailed assessment of the competences of the managers, stratifying their competences and having more targeted capacity training, preferably by a centralized support unit. One of the challenges of these previous projects was that there was no continuity between the different training programs, hence each program necessitated new training, instead of building on previous competences. There is also need for increased technical support in terms of provision of hardware such as GPS sets, computers, printers and continuously providing appropriate and up-to-date software. There is also need for increased provision of access to internet services, steady power supply, provision of improved remuneration to District roads managers, harmonizing policies on use of GITs in Uganda, increased funding for integration of GITs in Uganda’s local government and availing manuals to all Districts. The study recommends that in spite of the low adoption, these efforts should be sustained by improving the administrative policies such as commitment to use of GITs and harmonizing the GIT policies between MoWT, Road Fund and MoLG. Furthermore, at the operational level, there is need for integration of GITs in the planning and reporting systems, which will only be possible after the different manuals have been integrated. It is also recommended that this collected roads information is made accessible through a web-portal established by MoWT. Key to the implementation of these recommendations will be the quality of staff; hence this study recommends a centralized coordination of the CPD training of the Engineers and Works Supervisors. For further studies, the research recommends the investigation into the quality of the collected Geographical Information (GI) and how it can be standardised to be used in NSDI. v
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    Feasibility study, detailed design & construction supervision of an alternative water intake for Rukungiri water supply
    ( 2016) Ssemmanda, Godfrey
    The Government of Uganda is committed to a policy for the increased provision of safe water supply and adequate sanitation to the whole population. The Rural Water and Sanitation Investment Plan and Strategy aims at provision of safe and adequate water and sanitation facilities for all by the year 2015. Through the Ministry of Water and Environment and the Directorate of Water Development, the Government of Uganda has developed a long term strategy, directed towards rehabilitation / expansion and construction of new water supply and sanitation facilities in small towns and rural growth centres, through the Rural Towns Water and Sanitation Programme (RTWSP). Support to Small Towns Water and Sanitation Project (SSTWSP) is an important component of the RTWSP. Financed by the Government of Uganda (GoU), the project is desirous to Prepare Feasibility Studies and Detailed Engineering Designs for improved water and sanitation systems in Rukungiri Municipality, Busia Municipality, Budaka Town, Katwe-Kabatoro Town; and Lyantonde Town.
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    The induction of Arabic calligraphy and arabesque in contemporary art
    ( 2016-05) Bachour, Diana
    Despite the vast amount of documentation and descriptive studies already carried out by scholars, Islamic art had remained, until now, a singularly neglected field and has continued to be a closed book as far as its symbolic meaning is concerned,. However, a recent flurry of attention has been directed towards contemporised Islamic art. While Arabic calligraphy and arabesque took centre stage in Islamic art, the contemporary movement denigrated them, and the modern artists who inducted elements of Arabic calligraphy and ornaments into their paintings and designs strayed far from the essence of Islamic religion and traditions. This study seeks to present the ways which developed Arabic calligraphy and arabesque in the historical and aesthetical contexts, then analyzed three main impulses which contemporised the Arabic calligraphy and arabesque and enhanced their development in contemporary art, hence used these impulses as a source of inspiration for posters derived from the contemporary experiences in Islamic art, the impulses which. Furthermore, it relies on the artists’ contemporary experiences in the context of Uganda which affirm a cultural integration that spawned a secular and contemporary Islamic art. Several methods of data collection, such as literature review and observation, were used and the collected data was critically analysed. These were based on the interpretation of selected cultures and artists in relation to the contemporisation of Islamic art themes, to inspire the studio work. The outcome was depicted in posters and a composition-of-art book to project the manifested features of Arabic calligraphy and arabesque in contemporary designs.
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    Spatial Analysis of Cervical Cancer and the Correlated factors in Uganda.
    ( 2017) Bingi, Daniel
    This study aimed at exploring Geographical information systems to analyze the spatial distribution of cervical cancer and the correlated factors to target the high risk areas in Uganda. This involved determining the distribution of cervical cancer, developing a factor hotspot map and determining its correlation to the distribution and also exploring the spatial relationship of the correlated factors to cervical cancer distribution. An ecological descriptive method of investigation was employed on the secondary data from the various data sources in Uganda. The study applied dot density map to determine the distribution cervical cancer and areal interpolation to predict the hotspot areas in Uganda. The study also applied overlay analysis which combined the different correlated factors maps basing on weights from expert opinion and a factor hotspot map was created to communicate the risk of cervical cancer that is expected. The spatial relationships between the distribution of cervical cancer and correlated factors was analyzed using regression analysis where, exploratory regression was applied to determine the best variable combination, which was used in the Ordinary least regression to determine the best variable that were applied in Geographically weighted regression to determine the spatial relationships that existed. This study concluded that majority of districts in Uganda are at high risk of cervical cancer infection and there is a lot of under screening of the disease thus, wide scale screening is recommended in order to target the high risk areas and high missed cases before a wide scale infection is realized where a large majority of women are likely to develop cervical cancer infection Cervical cancer is a screen preventable disease, despite this fact majority of women in Uganda report to major health centers at advanced stage of the disease leading to high mortality of the disease. The analysis to determine areas to screen in Uganda lack the spatial component where high risk areas can be determined and target intervention to close the gap in screening that exist, that has led to late presentation and high mortality of the disease.
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    A case study of the effect and significance of project management on the construction of Vehicle Inspection Station in Mbale Municipality
    (Makerere University, 2018) Nyaruhuma, Samuel
    This project report entails the construction methodology used and aspects of construction project management practice exercised by the author while part of the construction team during construction of vehicle inspection station in Mbale Municipality through SGS Uganda under the Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT). It further details contract administration during execution stage and the application of project management knowledge areas during project implementation. The knowledge areas discussed at length include cost, quality, and time and communication management. The construction methodology adopted by the contractor at every stage of the works has also been discussed at length in this report. The project involved construction of facilities that range from inspection house, perimeter wall, rigid pavement, to offices and gate house and the office facility had provisions for shower rooms and toilets for the occupants. Construction projects involve a diversity of skills that comes from the diversity of professions, specialists and suppliers that are involved in the process from inception to end. Successful implementation of a project can only be achieved with good project management practices in place. Failure to have proper project management monitoring and control systems can easily result in poor relationships, disputes and cost overruns on a project.
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    Assessing the extent to which value engineering is applied in the implementation of building construction projects in Uganda: Techniques and staging
    (Makerere University, 2018) Ssekamate, Ronald
    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 on the application of VE in the implementation of building construction projects. In Uganda today, many building projects continue to stall and others even fail to take off due to the high unnecessary costs associated with design and execution thereby imposing very heavy financial burdens to clients and a development of a negative attitude towards building construction professional team’s services. This study, therefore, aimed at assessing the extent to which VE is applied in the implementation of Building Construction Projects in Uganda, in particular, assessing the extent to which VE is applied in the implementation of building construction projects in Uganda, establishing VE techniques that are in use within Uganda’s construction organizations, establishing factors affecting VE implementation in Uganda as well as establishing proposals for effective VE implementation within building construction organizations in Uganda. The methodology used involved a thorough literature study and the use of structured questionnaires to seek for opinions from a sample of 39 professionals who were purposively drawn from practicing professionals in their respective bodies. The findings of this study indicated that these practitioners’ level of adoption of VE is still low in comparison with the practice elsewhere despite them (respondents) being fairly familiar with the aspect of VE. It was also established that the common VE techniques practiced by respondents included: SWOT Analysis, Issues generation as well as Design and Methodology Analyses. Other VE techniques established in literature included: Functional Analysis (FAST), Brainstorming, Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) Life Cycle-costing, Creative-thinking and Stakeholder Analysis. Regarding the extent of VE application in Uganda, this study established that VE is fairly known to practicing professionals and actually mostly observed at construction stage and merely incorporated in the cost control and reduction approaches by some professionals in the industry. It is therefore concluded that the Ugandan Construction industry is fairly aware of what Value Engineering is and its associated benefits. However, the level of application of VE in the general building construction sector in Uganda is still low despite the revealed potential benefits VE provides such as improved project value for clients, and improved effectiveness in project execution among others.
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    Alwi dry corridor water supply project in Nyarwodo, Nebbi District
    (Makerere University, 2018) Nabbuma, Mariam
    This report is about the ALWI DRY CORRIDOR WATER SUPPLY PROJECT, in NYARWODO which was an initiative by The Ministry of Water and Environment to supply water to the people of Nebbi and ensure sanitation in the area. Chapter one mainly talks about the project itself thus, the contractors, who were Vambeco Ent Ltd, the consultants, Alliance Consultants Limited, the contract commencement, finish date, and the overall cost of the project. Chapter two follows with the project works, thus, construction of water treatment plant and all the activities involved like, concrete works, pipe work and the procedures and methodologies adapted at each stage to ensure quality. Chapter three gives a brief description of the project management issues, thus, cost, time and quality and how each was achieved on this project. Lastly the lessons learnt, recommendations and the conclusions come in the fourth chapter. In a nut shell the project had an efficient project management team, proper information flow, and communication, compliance to the contractual obligations by all the parties and thus there were limited cost overruns, good quality works and a few delays, therefore, for any project to be successful, it should have a good project manager.
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    GIS Based Utility Pole Maintenance System.
    ( 2018-05-15) Shibuta, Mark
    GIS has come a long way in many parts of the world where information and data access on various utilities and components has been made readily available for purposes of management and decision making. With further advancements in technology GIS has witnessed tremendous leaps and bounds in associated technologies encompassing the field, Desktop, Online and Server environments that have been well inter-linked to provide ecosystems of functional management tools in various sectors. In the Electricity sector, electric utility poles are a major component of the assets as they play a role of hoisting overhead power lines and assets including transformers, switchgears. This cements the sensitiveness of having to possess intelligence of their condition and state at any one given time to a high degree of detail. The current utility pole management procedures based simple paper notes done in the field and typed to summary excel documents which as observed all manual less reliable and susceptible to errors and omissions. This exposes the weakness of lack of proper intelligence of the various attributes of each pole which cannot be only limited to the location of the said utility pole. This project set out to come up with a solution that makes use a model GIS system involving the key GIS system components of Desktop, Mobile and Online resources to adequately provide a mechanism of up-to-date real-time information access and sharing across UEDCL or any other electric Utility company in an interactive environment catered for high level managers as well as Desk and Field workers to satisfy the urgent need to adopt and further leverage different functionalities of GIS and geodatabases to allow proper management of utility poles on the network and boost intelligence and decision making when performing maintenance tasks. The system is built on the Esri ArcGIS system with ArcGIS for Desktop, Server and ArcPad applications used comprising of an enterprise capable SDE Geodatabases using various Geodatabase functionalities enforce data quality and control as well as a Web Mapping Application to allow non-GIS staff to access the Geodata and interactively extract and post limited data updates. This all round system further proves the applicability of GIS in the energy utility sector with capability of incorporating other components of a electric network.
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    A GIS based tool for monitoring water contamination source in Masaka
    (Makerere University, 2018-06-30) Kanshemererwe, Phiona
    In Masaka city there is high population growth and industrialization, therefore a great amount of domestic and industrial effluents are discharged that lead to the pollution of Surface Water. The quality of this surface water was determined by taking samples from 8 spots of the wells within a study area. The locations of the wells were obtained using a CHC RTK GNSS receiver. The purposes of this investigation were to provide an overview of current surface-water quality, determine spatial distribution of surface-water quality parameters in the study area and hence use GIS tools identify anthropogenic hotspots for management of water. The Geostatistical analyst extension module of ArcGIS was used for exploratory data analysis, semivariogram model selection, cross-validation, and development of a distribution pattern of groundwater quality parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity, Turbidity, Total suspended solids, hardness, Dissolved Oxygen and alkalinity. The IDW method was used to produce the spatial patterns of surface water quality over the study area. From analysis of the results it was noted that higher contaminant concentrations are clearly situated in the wetland situated between Katwe and Senyange Parishes. This is attributed to the presence of some small scale processing factories and high population density disposing off wastes into the neighboring wetlands.
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    Examination of the quantity surveyor’s involvement in project execution with respect to cost control. A case study of Sama Plaza on Plot 4 Kyadondo Road
    (Makerere University, 2018-07) Nalule, Racheal Pamelah
    This is a three chaptered report prepared for Makerere University based on work undertaken on Sama Plaza project located on plot 4 Kyadondo Road. It’s comprised of the roles of project Quantity Surveyor (QS) during pre and post contract project stages. The report is made up of three chapters, references and appendices showing the various documents. Chapter one gives an introduction to the project research, objectives, the significance and the methodology used. Chapter two highlights the research case study and how the QS carried out the different roles. Finally chapter Three is about the recommendations and conclusions basing on the experience and exposure in the QS profession.
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    Atc warehouse mazinnine floor
    (Makerere University, 2018-07) Muyanja Davis, Michael
    This report details the execution and project management tools and practices that the author took part as the project coordinator representing the client (ATC) and ensuring all the interests of the client are met during the design and implementation of the mezzanine floor project. The details about ATC and project backgrounds, the significance of the project and how it was initiated, its feasibility study to determine the payback period. How the stakeholder involved were determined, the involvement and contribution of each stakeholder to the success of the project and the author’s involvement and roles. It gives details of how the planning for the project was carried out and the implementation including the methodologies used to achieve the goal and objectives of the project. The way quality was monitored, materials used, the implementation of the substructure, fabrication and erection of steel, the procedures used, the connection details, the construction of the office and testing room as part of the project. The report also presents how critical actives were managed and gives a comprehensive picture of whether the project was sustainable and whether the project team considered environmental protection. The management practices used to carry out the project included planning for the project scope, time, cost, quality, communication, risk and others, as key guide on how the execution of the project was to be carried out. The controls that were put in place to monitor quality, budget and scope such that the project goal and objectives could be met. When and how inspections could be carried out, ways in which risks were mitigated and controlled. How important communication plan helped in delivering information to different stakeholders. The project was first of this kind to be carried out by the ATC and the challenges were many and they included the variations, yet it was a fixed sum contract, confirmation of the grade of steel, transportation of the fabricated steels members to site, meeting all the requirements of all the stakeholders, health and safety (H&S) on site and the project documentation and information flow. A lot was learnt from these challenges and managing them properly lead to the success of the project. The report finally presents the recommendations and conclusion.
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    Construction of Infinity Courts, Plot 7, Roscoe Road, Kololo, Kampala City.
    ( 2018-09-10) Mugabi, Raymond
    Infinity courts is a luxurious five storey residential apartment complex located at plot 7, Roscoe road. Kololo, Kampala city. It comprises of two basement parking levels and a roof entertainment area. Each independent apartment consists of 3 en-suite bedrooms including a master bedroom suit, a large living and dinning room, an eat in kitchen, separate day servant's quarters with an independent access from the lift lobby, a pantry, utility room and guest cloakroom.