Essays for “Engineering and Construction”

Review on Thermal Barrier Coatings Introduction Escalating energy demands require design and development of novel materials and technologies. Generation and transportation of energy is predominantly done using gas turbines. For efficiency purposes,…

ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY WHEN USING CENTRAL HVAC AND VAV SYSTEMS FOR A BUILDING The fundamental importance of central HVAC andVAV in a building cannot be overemphasized. The assumption is that heat, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) are…

First Sur Process of Manufacturing of Acrylic Signage Acrylic signage refers to a group of artificial plastic signsthat contain derivatives of acrylic acid molded into various commercial and public signs. Acrylic signage is manufactured by reacting a…

Food processing canning improvements Food processing can most fundamentally be defined as “a variety of operations by which raw foodstuffs are madesuitable for consumption, cooking, or storage” (Eufic, 2010). Owing to the multifarious benefits of…

Construction Industry Book Construction Industry Book Purpose Gary Santorella intended to examine thoroughly the usage of Lean programs in the construction sector (Santorella, 2010). This examination entailed tackling employee challenges in terms of…

Introduction Cases of concrete structures collapsing while under construction have been taking place ever since concrete started being put in formwork. Causes and cases of such kind of structural failures have been recorded as well as documented in…