Planning & scheduling has made some amazing progress in the past 20 years, a period when numerous site engineers felt that utilizing formal planning was unnecessary to everyday operations and a period expending diversion. ...

Cracking represents a major threat for the integrity and performance of structures. There are many factors that initiate cracking that are related to environment, properties of concrete itself and several other variables ...

Variations or change orders are inevitable in any construction project. They are defined as any change that happens in the scope of the project whether this change is an additional scope of work, omission, or even alteration. ...

The standard Methods of Measurement is an important topic when it comes to the process of the preparation of the Bill of Quantities of a construction project. This is because the Method of Measurement provides a set of ...

For proper implementation of sustainability, two dimensions need to be taken into consideration, resource conservation and pollution prevention. Compromising on any of the two would mean that future generations are deprived ...

This thesis presents a framework for developing a local decision support model that helps decision makers in Egypt to select the best and optimal scenario to retrofit existing buildings factoring in a predefined budget. ...

While a lot of research has been conducted under on sustainable building materials towards exploring the mechanical and physical properties of fly ash as a recycled material that replaces ordinary portland cement in concrete, ...

Near surface mounted (NSM) is growing exponentially into the strengthening and repair of concrete structures over the past decades worldwide. CFRP NSM offers a superior strength over conventional steel reinforcement as ...

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects have been growing over the last decade in Egypt, with an increasing popularity and interest in the participation of different entities in similar projects. Since the government is ...

Every year Egypt produces enormous amounts of solid waste that reached 89 million tons/year in 2012 and still in continuous increase. As most experts agree, waste can be a hidden treasure for the nation, if it is fully ...