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An evaluation of risk factors impacting construction projects in Ghana
Tập 10 Số 3 - Trang 306-329
– The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the likelihood of occurrence and degree of impact of the risk factors on construction projects within the Ghanaian construction industry., – A survey of randomly selected samples yielded responses from 34 contractors, 46 consultants, and 23 clients or owners (private and public) within the Ghanaian construction industry. Literature review is us......
Investigation into the effects of solid lubricant on the surface characteristics of some metals during orthogonal machining
Tập 9 Số 2 - Trang 130-142
– The main purpose of this paper is to explore the use of solid lubricant during orthogonal machining of carbon steels. This is a pioneer work in Nigeria. Most works have been on oblique cutting using conventional oil as lubricants., – Different steels (low, medium and high carbon) were machined at different cutting conditions and tool geometries to determine the effects on surface characteristics......
Stochastic logic computation based RBFNN with adaptive hidden layer structure
Tập 8 Số 2 - Trang 206-220
– The purpose of this paper is to implement the hardware structure for radial basis function (RBF) neural network based on stochastic logic computation., – The hardware implementation of artificial neural networks (ANNs) has a complicated structure and is normally space consuming due to huge size of digital multiplication, addition/subtraction, non‐linear activation function, etc. Also the unavail......
Impact of the South African Construction Regulations on construction health and safety: Architects' perceptions
Tập 5 Số 1 - Trang 23-34
– The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact on architects of recently introduced Construction Regulations in South Africa., – Given the passing of the first anniversary of the promulgation of the Construction Regulations, a survey was conducted to determine the perceptions of member practices of the South African Institute of Architects., – Findings include: the traditional project param......