CE 473 — Development Engineering
BSc BSc Civil Engineering · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Performance indicators of economy (GDP, GNP, GFCF), Unemployment trends in Sub-Saharan Africa; Infrastructure development issues in developing countries; spectrum of construction technology; labour-based methods. Local resources utilization. Elements cash flow analysis; depreciation, discounting. Equipment costing, equipment availability, utilization and productivity in developing countries. Hand tools; types and management. Labour issues; types of labour contract, proctivity, labour management, Work programming and resource scheduling, labour-based road construction sequencing. Contract conditions for labour-based road works. Road maintenance: Selection of roads for improvement by labour-based technology, methods of measuring road network condition, labour-based methods in road maintenance.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Year Four
Other courses on this programme
- CE 452 — Structural Dynamics
- CE 457 — Drainage Systems
- CE 458 — Water Resources Engineering
- CE 461 — Engineering Economy & Entrepreneurship Development
- CE 462 — Construction Management
- CE 463 — Water & Waste Water Treatment
- CE 464 — Environmental Quality Engineering
- CE 467 — Highway Engineering
- CE 468 — Transportation Engineering
- CE 471 — Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
- CE 475 — Systems Engineering
- CE 476 — Systems Engineering
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