The fast-tracking delivery method has received considerable attention over the last decade because of its time saving feature depending on overlapping of phases of a project. However, to implement the fast-tracking construction, not only the overlapping relationship between design and construction phases, but also the estimating the reduction of the construction duration is difficult to determi...

109301-4747 IJCEE-IJENS © February 2010 IJENS I J E N S  Abstract— The Nigerian construction industry produces nearly 70% of the nation’s fixed capital formation yet its performance within the economy has been, and continues to be, very poor. For example, the Nigerian construction industry’s contribution to employment has remained consistently at 1.0% over the last decade against the World Ban...

Construction grammar theories argue that the selection and realization of a verb's arguments is largely taken care of by constructions, as opposed to lexicalist theories which constrain the argument structure of a verb in the lexicon. So far, however, no operational definition has been given which shows how this ‘fusion’ of a verb’s arguments with the roles of a construction can be achieved. Th...

The present study investigates the peristaltic transport of non-Newtonian fluid, modeled as power law and Bingham fluid, in a diverging tube with different wall wave forms: sinusoidal, multi-sinusoidal, triangular, trapezoidal and square waves. Fourier series is employed to get the expressions for temporal and spatial dependent wall shapes. Solutions for time average pressure rise — flow rate r...

verb system and its construction are two of the most important issues in the grammar of middle iranian languages. comparing the construction of verbs in middle iranian languages and dialects reveals their relation with old iranian languages. the aim of this research therefore is first to review the construction of verbs in bactrian as one of the eastern middle iranian languages and second to fi...

We simulate the effect of climate change on water requirements of cold seasonwheat in various climatic zones of Iran. The research considers both observedclimate (temperature and precipitation) changes during recent decades (1960-2009)based on instrumental records and projected future changes to 2100 based on theMAGICC/SCENGEN 5.3 compound model. 20 General Circulation models are usedbased on a...

The strategy of the combination molecular catalysts and inorganic quantum dots for solar fuel production has shown great success construction artificial photosynthetic systems in last decade.

Although humans measure time using a continuous scale, certain numerical ages inspire greater self-reflection than others. Six studies show that adults undertake a search for existential meaning when they approach a new decade in age (e.g., at ages 29, 39, 49, etc.) or imagine entering a new epoch, which leads them to behave in ways that suggest an ongoing or failed search for meaning (e.g., by...

The guidelines for White Papers for Berkeley-Stanford CE&M workshop suggest deriving research needs from the practical needs of the industry. Generally, this is a sound approach. However, I would like to propose that at this particular moment, thinking in the opposite direction is as, or even more important. My vision is that during the next decade, the formation of a theory of construction wil...