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CAN UGANDA AVOID THE OIL CURSE?

October 18, 2018
oil

The so-called oil curse can only be avoided if Ugandans understand as much as possible about the Oil and Gas industry from various points of view, but mainly the technical and technological one. This series is brought to you by Read more

Materials, Methods, Mindset, Uncategorized

“CAN UGANDA AVOID THE OIL CURSE?” FOR DEVELOPMENT

October 12, 2018
Can Uganda avoid the Oil Curse

FROM THE CHAIRMAN Our search for engineering and construction-related information rages like a bush fire in a dry season. And so in a spell of two months we moved the entire 8M Information Forum members to the Roofings factory at Read more

Methods, Money

Good properties of BAMBOO IN CONSTRUCTION

April 19, 2018September 28, 2018
dr-alice

  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 Read more

Materials, Methods

WHAT USE WERE ‘MIJINDA’ HOUSES? WHY HAVE THEY BEEN DISCARDED?

April 19, 2018September 28, 2018
mama-fundi

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 Read more

Management, Methods, Mindset, Money

Cable concrete is the perfect solution against erosion & poor drainage

April 17, 2018September 28, 2018
babcon

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 Read more

Materials, Methods

The first steel railway bridge across the Nile –Very high VfM

April 16, 2018September 28, 2018
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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 Read more

Management, Methods, Mindset, Money

THE UNTOLD STORY OF DAMS & BRIDGES ON THE RIVER NILE

April 16, 2018September 28, 2018
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  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 Read more

Management, Methods, Mindset, Money

AIL BLAZER ON MAKERERE: ACADEMICS OR BUSINESS OR BOTH?

March 9, 2018September 28, 2018
trail-blazing

This article is dedicated to Makerere University and other heads of tertiary institutions which need money but must think outside the box.   For comments, contact the Editor on digest@8mconstruction.com or 0772431465) 8M Information Forum members’ fervent topic of discussion Read more

Methods, Mindset

SUPPORT OUR TECHNICAL JOURNALISM AND THE SYMPOSIA ON CONSTRUCTION

January 29, 2018September 28, 2018
Can Uganda avoid the Oil Curse

By Eng Hans JWB Mwesigwa  MSc Eng MUPE, Reg Eng Technical Journalism is the word: Ugandans need technical information for development, but innovatively and journalistically woven. And our struggle continues to deliver on this. The upcoming stories on ‘How it Read more

Machinery, Management, Manpower, Markets, Materials, Methods, Mindset, Money

TRAILBLAZING ON HUMPS, BUMPS AND ‘VINUNDUNUNDU’

January 2, 2018September 28, 2018
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The Trailblazer brings you discussions and views that are exchanged between members of the 8M Information Forum. This time around, one of the topics touched was humps, bumps,  locally referred to as ‘vinundunundu’. What the forum may not have touched Read more

Materials, Methods, Mindset

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