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Measuring construction materials price fluctuation risk
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Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Construction projects costs are believed to be highly susceptible to a combination of internal and external factors. One of these factors is the prices of construction materials and the risk of their fluctuation. This paper ...
Developing a framework for calculating LCA normalization factors for the State of Qatar
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Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) has recently emerged as a powerful tool for assessing the environmental impact of materials, systems and processes used in building construction. With its ability to clarify the ambiguities of the ...
Enabling ICT development with low cost high capacity wireless networks in remote and underdeveloped locations an application to public finance management in Comoros Islands
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
The 'Union of the Comoros' is a volcanic archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean, consisting of three islands. About half the population lives below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day. The interiors of the ...
Mobile wireless sensor networks applied to the survey of water infrastructures
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IEEE
, 2010 , Conference Paper)
The paper reports our last advances in the realization of mobile wireless sensor networks (WSNs), able to reveal unknown tracks and leakages within underground pipelines used to distribute water. This WSN technology is ...