Buying or hiring an excavator is an excellent choice for anyone involved in undertaking a land-moving project. However, this machine can be dangerous if not used and cared for correctly, so it’s vital that you have appropriate training and are aware of government safety standards before you attempt to operate one. However, even those who have been in the building and construction trade for many…
It is imperative nowadays that we should consider Green Building Trends for 2018 and so our beloved planet Earth while doing any construction project. Because of this, we observe these days that construction companies of the world are made to follow strict environment…
In this post I am going to discuss radon mitigation techniques in a building because it is a relatively new concern and the one in which techniques to deal with it are just emerging.
What is radon?
Radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas found in soils and…
The construction industry, if given name as deadliest industry would not be wrong. It is inherently a hazardous industry with special thanks to the heavy equipments and giant mechanized robots contributing significantly in the occurrence of fatal accidents at construction sites.
Construction Accidents : Risks and Types
The fatalities caused by road accidents, agriculture is parallel…
Water-Related Disasters and Disaster Risk Management in Metropolitan Areas (Tokyo)
April 12, 2017
This article is an abstract of Dr. Koji IKEUCHI’s presentation who is a professor at the University of Tokyo since October 2016.
Before that, he worked at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) till June 2016. As a civil engineer of the MLIT, He…
For various reasons, including but not limited to climate change, water shortages caused by droughts are becoming an issue – particularly in large cities in places like California. There are a number of ways to cope with this problem, but they boil down to two main…
Industrial activities play an important role in the economic well-being of a country contributing to sustainable growth. However, industrial activities also have a significant impact on the environment.
Industrial Sector Combustion Emissions, How to reduce and control?
The largest industrial installations account for a considerable share of total emissions of key atmospheric pollutants…
Environmental Engineers Required in Sindh Solid Waste Mangement Board
November 28, 2015
Government of Sindh has established Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) for managing municipal solid waste, medical hazardous waste and industrial hazardous waste in a modern and environment friendly manners. Realizing the need for related expertise. SSWMB is looking…
Bosco Vertical, Milan a new research explains pros and cons on Vertical Greenery
July 1, 2015
Bosco Verticale in Italian means Vertical Forest. It is a pair of residential towers having covered area of more than 40,000 SM situated in the Porta Nuova district of Milan, Italy. Stefano Boeri is a world renowned architect who has designed the towers. The towers are 110…
It is a simple presentation that explains briefly about the purification of water by chlorination.There are many advantages as well as some disadvantages of the process of chlorination and the same is discussed in this presentation.
Some of the advantages includes;
1.Chlorine is cheap leads to purification process economical.2. Reliable source, kills almost all gastrointestinal bacteria.
and…
Tallest tower of Paris, located on Champ de Mars in Paris, erected in 1889 as the entrance arch for World’s fair, Eiffel Tower (La tour Eiffel) goes green as Universal Green Energy (UGE) – a Canadian based company has installed two VisionAIR5 vertical axis wind turbines…
Download Environmental Engineering by Ruth F. Weiner and Robin Matthews PDF
March 1, 2015
Environmental engineering is a relatively new profession with a long and honorable history. The descriptive title of “environmental engineer” was not used until the 1960s, when academic programs in engineering and public health schools broadened their scope and required…
Population prediction is a very important aspect in environmental engineering that helps in determination of certain factors that helps in future planning and for accurate determination of the certain requirement in future.
The current population of any society can be estimated with census where as future predictions can be obtained with trends and knowledge of the city and its environment…
Download Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering by Robert A. Corbitt [PDF]
November 20, 2014
Environmental engineering is essential for development of facilities for protection of the environment and for the proper management of natural resources. The environmental engineer places special attention on the biological, chemical, and physical reactions in the air…
Download Basic Civil and Environmental Engineering Book by C.P. Kaushik, S.S. Bhavikatti, Anubha Kaushik [pdf]
September 9, 2014
Civil Engineering is the oldest branch of engineering which is growing right from the stone-age civilization. American Society of Civil Engineering defines civil engineering as;
\”the profession in which knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences gained…
Solid Waste is basically defined as a material which has no value for the people, the people themselves are responsible for this trash and is not carried through sewerage pipes and as the name suggests is in solid form. There are a number of sources from which solid waste is generated, distribution of solid waste varies from area to area, and few of them are; Domestic, Commercial, Industrial…
