Month: March 2014
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Southern Sunshine Hotel structural engineering drawings
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House design to construction procedure. 3 steps.
The procedure from house design to construction is as below 3 steps. 1. Architectural design Outline proposal. https://www.a4architect.com/about-us/fees-breakdown/ At this stage, the size of the rooms are discussed on the costs, merits and demerits. The shape and style of the house is also looked into. There are various styles such as Islamic, African traditional, European,…
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Concrete roofing tiles in Kenya
In Kenya, concrete roofing tiles are mainly manufactured by Mareba at Industrial Area and Manson Hart in Nairobi. Makiga engineering, also in industrial area, sells machines that can be used to produce concrete tiles at a small scale. There has not been new technological advancement in Kenyan concrete roof tile. Advancements such as a wider…
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Kenya Land Policy Guide from an Architectural point of view.
Kenya Government should use the below guidelines to steer the development of a land policy that enables growth of the Republic. Problems facing the Country that Land laws can resolve. 1. Unemployment. 2. High food prices. 3. High rental costs. 4. High house sale ,land prices and rapid land price escalation. 5. High cost of…
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Preventing urban sprawl in Nairobi. JKIA , KEVEVAPI and other Govt. lands.
Urban sprawl is defined as below. Urban sprawl is the spreading of a city or its suburbs. It often involves the construction of residential and commercial buildings in rural areas or otherwise undeveloped land at the outskirts of a city. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl Over 80% of Kenya’s economy relies on agriculture. This employs over 70% of Kenyans.…
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Why Nairobi National Park should be enhanced with forest cover.
Nairobi National park covers an area of 4,200 acres. It boarders Langata road, Magadi road and Mombasa road very close to the city. Environment. The park is 4,200 acres of grassland. Forest land is 10 times as effective in cleaning the air of carbon dioxide as grassland. The huge tree trunks serve as carbon sinks…
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Analysis of sustainability of Nairobi CBD Land Prices appreciation.
Current market rate for Nairobi CBD land is kes 300,000,000 an acre. Assuming this land price is doubkled, to kes 600,000,000 an acre, would the land still be profitable? Will it significanlty affect rental prices? We can answer these questions by calculating Return on Investment on an assumed land cost of kes 600,000,000 per acre…
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Reasons that one needs the services of an architect when constructing his house
A) What are the 5 reasons that one needs the services of an architect when constructing his/house? 1. Achieving aesthetic appeal. The architect helps the house owner to achieve their personal aesthetic appeal that brings out the house owner’s taste and style. Just like the clothes we wear, no 2 people can exactly like…