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MAMA FUNDI -THE WOMAN CONSTRUCTION EXPERT
I have often seen murram and rubble being poured onto good top soil or swamps, in preparation for future construction. But the good top soil for plants is lost! Is there any regulation against this practice?
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Good properties of BAMBOO IN CONSTRUCTION
In the last issue, I wrote about sugarcane bagasse, sisal, cactus, cotton and bamboo as very useful species in building construction. In the next issues, I will be discussing the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of each plant that
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WHAT USE WERE ‘MIJINDA’ HOUSES? WHY HAVE THEY BEEN DISCARDED?
Omujinda in Luganda and Runyakitara was understood as a house for temporary shelter for someone in authority who had a government duty to perform around the area. Built by colonialists before the independence of Uganda in 1962, they look too
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Cable concrete is the perfect solution against erosion & poor drainage
Babcon Uganda Limited (BUL) is one of the leading Companies in Infrastructure Development in Uganda. BUL has partnered with a Canadian firm, M/s International Erosion Control Systems Ltd. (IECS), Canada, to provide Erosion Control System Solutions that are innovative, durable
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The first steel railway bridge across the Nile –Very high VfM
The steel railway bridge greatly reduced costs because of innovatively reducing the span (river width) The first bridge across the River Nile in Uganda was built by British colonial engineers as part of the railway from Mombasa to Kasese in
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THE UNTOLD STORY OF DAMS & BRIDGES ON THE RIVER NILE
By Eng Hans JWB Mwesigwa This article is dedicated to His Excellency President Yoweri K Museveni. The writer explains how the dams and bridges being built on the Nile lack effectiveness, efficiency, economy and the equity for the nation’s