May 2025

Hogging In Basement Slabs – Case of X Towers in Nairobi and the Need to Incorporate Groundwater Management in the National Building Code

Nairobi City is founded on volcanic rocks, whose structure can be massive (e.g., trachyte), vesicular (e.g., basaltic lava), or porous (e.g., tuff). These rocks occur in flow layers, usually tens of meters thick. This mode of occurrence alternates massive and porous rock layers, leading to a seasonal perched water table at many localities. Piezometric uplift […]

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MANAGING BLAST VIBRATION VELOCITY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN CONSTRUCTION

Context As more land comes under settlement, physical infrastructure is being developed in closer proximity to residential areas. Environmental management of the impacts of these projects during construction is getting prominence due to higher number of complaints from quarrying, cutting, filling and compacting. These activities raise vibrations, noise and dust. Construction of the Kenyan Standard

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