Essays on Road Construction

The rate of plastic garbage in India has always presented a major challenge to its citizens with research showing that it has the highest rate of plastic pollution compared to the United States which is the world's largest chemical user. It is quite unfortunate that the Indian government has not been able to formulate strategies to curb this plastic garbage pollution issue. This problem would persist until Vasudevan, a professor of chemistry saw this as a new light of using these chemical wastes to raise income and at the same time conserve the environment. It is quite interesting and ...

The article highlights the role of early planning in engineering as a move that is aimed at environmental sustainability. Environmental and societal issues are of great concern when it comes to engineering works such as road construction in New Zealand. The country has set out an environmental plan to its strategic environmental and social vision that set specifications and standards for contractors undertaking road construction works. A major point of concern in the plan is that environmental management that relates to early planning, design, and maintenance is effective when considered early prior to the construction of roads (NZ Transport ...

Abstract

A dual carriageway is proposed to be constructed in the town moving in the east-west direction. The dual carriage is intended to be eight-kilometer long looping around the northern part of the town. Cut and fill techniques are used where half of the road is cut to a maximum of six meters. Half of the road is supported by an embankment of six meters high. At the eastern and western ends of the road are of grade where the road joins other roads and at the middle where the cut sections meet the filled sections. The road has a ...

Section A - Charge (Road Toll)

Introduction Road toll entails the fee that is levied on road users on vehicles within certain specific routes. Levying of road users has a long history since antiquity. Fees on roads usage in history were collected from travelers who were on foot, wagons and horse backs. Mostly the toll fee was associated with a bridge constructed over a valley or security provided within insecure or wild places among many other varied reasons. In the modern world, levying of roads and road infrastructure is conducted in a rather civilized and harmonized way and is exclusive to motor vehicles. This is ...

INTRODUCTION

Franklin D. Roosevelt won presidential campaign in 1932 because H. Hoover was unable to lead the country out of the economic crisis of 1929-33. The policy of President Roosevelt in 1933-1941, became known under the name “New Deal”. It was an attempt to overcome the crisis and alleviate social tension in society, through deep reforms. In the presidential race, Roosevelt emphasized the need of the help to the millions of disadvantaged citizens; he promised that the American people would get the “New Deal”! Roosevelt did everything to maintain and develop the existing socioeconomic system in the country and strengthen ...

Sinkholes; Made by nature or humans?

Abstract Sinkholes seem to swallow the earth and everything sitting on the surface. Some sinkholes are small and have relatively no effect on humans or property. Some sinkholes are very large and will leave ga[ing holes in the landscape. Sometimes these large sinkholes will devour a road and cause harm to the humans who live, work, and travel where the sinkhole is located. For example, a series of sinkholes and a landslide occurred simultaneously in Harbor, Oregon. This sinkhole was a combination of nature and human activity. Many sinkholes are caused by human activity that nature decides to ...

1 Introduction

Chapter 2 reviews the statistics from RIDDOR on injuries and fatalities due to moving vehicles on civil engineering construction sites. Government funding is discussed. Opinions of safety on construction sites related to funding. Road work safety, traditional safety methods and contemporary high technology safety technologies are reviewed.

2 Safety Record on UK Construction Sites

The UK construction sector has the highest rate of fatalities compared to the ...

Inappropriate Usage of Natural Resources

Introduction Natural resources include oil, gas minerals and forests. Exploitation of these natural resources influences the economic development through earning of foreign exchange in exportation of these resources (Lodhi and Makki, 2010). According to Busse and Groning (2011), natural resource abundance influences the economic and social development of a country. Hence in certain countries polices developed may overlook the exploitation of the natural resources. However, natural resources are by nature scarce and their overexploitation by humans is increasing (Lodhi and Makki, 2010). Human activities are significant in influencing environmental changes that have resulted to development of global warming. Human ...

“Road threat to Nepal's top tourist area”, an article by Mr. Sanjaya Dhakal published in BBC News Asia discusses about the development of roads in the Annapurna region of Nepal which is one of the most important tourist attractions of Nepal known for its trekking areas. The road construction was welcomed by some villagers as it was thought to enhance transportation and alleviate poverty by facilitating development (Bezruchka and Lyons 189). But the trekkers as well as the people who made a living out of the tourism and trekking business of the area dislike the move. The trekkers believed that ...

The Promotion of Mixed Income Neighborhoods in Hollywood, California

Chapter I: Introduction The facts are impossible to ignore: focusing on places, health and walkability requires increased public transit infrastructure, which creates new jobs, enlivens neighborhoods, creates local business opportunities and connects communities, both vulnerable and thriving, to vital amenities and resources. (Raphael &Espiau, 2010, par. 9) Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a neighborhood development plan focusing on easy access to major transit stops. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) defined TOD during the 1990s when undertaking a project consisting of initiatives to promote livable communities: “Transit-oriented communities are characterized by design and development patterns that are conducive to the ...

Jim was driving back to home. There was road construction going on. The rocks were blasted by mines for the construction of a road. When Jim was crossing the road at that time a rock due to blast came down and hit his car. Suddenly Jim’s car dropped in the trench. Jim heard a loud voice. Initially, he did not understand what happened to him as he was half unconscious. When he came into proper senses, he found himself in a hospital. Although he did not meet any serious injuries but there some wounds on his forehead and his hands. But the ...

Fig 1: NDRC Techniques

Introduction

Non-Disruptive Road Crossings are manuals which outline unifying and standardizing measures of Road Engineering Practices. The significant objective of the project is to enhance the management, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of all roads and related infrastructures to ensure a safe and uniform operational and structural capacity throughout the road network in Dubai. The complexity in road construction and to some point other engineering projects leaves very little to be argued about on their significance with respect to the influence they have on the environment. It is a fact that projects like roads, bridges, and dams ...

Fig 1: NDRC Techniques

Introduction

Non-Disruptive Road Crossings are manuals which outline unifying and standardizing measures of Road Engineering Practices. The significant objective of the project is to enhance the management, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of all roads and related infrastructures to ensure a safe and uniform operational and structural capacity throughout the road network in Dubai. The complexity in road construction and to some point other engineering projects leaves very little to be argued about on their significance with respect to the influence they have on the environment. It is a fact that projects like roads, bridges, and dams ...

Introduction

International Monetary Fund and World Bank are two well-reputed financial institutions that try to ensure that the global economy is in healthy state and the economic disparity among people and nations are reduced as much as possible. The basic goals of these institutions are focused around developing nations. Developing nations across the world have many basic problems impeding their progress. Many people in those countries are ridden with problems like the lack of access to clean water, lack of sanitation facilities, no access to primary and secondary education, disparity among girl and boy child, lack of health facilities and ...

In the past 50 years, civil engineering has been used to significantly change the lives of citizens living in America. This was after engineers sought to solve many issues related to dam construction, structural failures and poor sanitation and drainage in urban areas. This was at a time when urbanization was a key issue in America. The urban areas were being improved with a goal of having strong structures that could withstand threats of natural disasters and terrorist attacks. Furthermore, urban areas sought to become major cities within impeccable planning and maximum use of space. A major area of concern was traffic congestion ...

Business infrastructure

The business infrastructure in Spain is fairly developed. There are direct services by air to most cities in the United States from Barcelona and Madrid. The travel network between both Barcelona and Madrid is well developed as there are bus services that operate between the airport and Madrid and Barcelona. There is availability of taxis in most cities of Spain. The transport network is also reliable as there is good network of highway in the country that makes transport easy. To the North-West part of the country, in Asturias and Galicia, secondary road network is poor. There is an ...

Motor Ways Company is a road construction company which is based in Kenya. The company was given the responsibility to construct roads in the rural parts of Kenya in order to open them up so as to encourage trade in the area. The main reason for opening up these rural areas was to encourage trade and also to promote rural industrialization which is in line with the Kenyan vision 2030. The industry laid down their objectives which were also in line with the objectives for opening up those areas. However, most of the fundamental objectives both from the side of ...

Introduction

Urban planning is a dynamic profession that deals with improving the welfare of people and their communities by creating more equitable, convenient, efficient, healthful, sustainable, and attractive places for present and future generation. Planning enables businesses, citizens, and civic leaders play a significant role in creating communities that enhance people’s lives. Effective planning has the potential of creating communities that offer better choices for how and where people live. Good planning helps communities find the right balance of essential services and new development, innovative change, and environment protection. However, planners usually come across various issues when it comes to planning. ...

Problems of implementing total quality management in the construction industry

For total quality management to be implemented in an organization there is a need to have a culture change in that organization. The process of changing culture in an organization is a difficult one to undertake. There is a lot of resistance while undertaking this one. The problem that is faced while undertaking the implementation of total quality management is that, it is neither a slogan nor a tool that will be used, but rather it is a paradigm in any organization. It is wide enough to be the framework that can be used by an organization in their culture. It is therefore in order to ...

Chapter one

Introduction 1.1 Background of the study In Nigeria, traveling by road has always been a nightmare because roads are in a terrible condition. There is no reason for having the poor roads because a lot of money is set aside to maintain and reconstruct them. The condition of Nigerian roads especially those getting into the city require immediate attention and thanks to Ratcon construction company which intends to enforce a total quality management on the same. For almost 20 years, total quality management abbreviated as TQM has been a major term for improved productivity. Total quality management is much older than 20 ...

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