A Septic tank is basically an underground structure made of concrete, fibreglass, or plastic thought which is domestic sewage water stored for primary treatment. A proper septic tank design is essential to the proper working of this underground system. A septic tank also known as a sewage collection system is also treats sewage on a small scale which is common in areas with no connection to main...
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a critical examination of the effects of a project on the environment. An EIA identifies both negative and positive impacts of any development activity or project, how it affects people, their property and the environment. EIA also identifies measures to mitigate the negative impacts, while maximizing on the positive ones. EIA is basically a preventive process. It...
Building foundations is the crucial starting point when it comes to building a house. Your foundations will safely distribute the weight of your new home and prevent the subsoil from spreading, avoiding an unequal settlement of the structure, which could lead to structural issues down the line. Mistakes at this stage could prove costly so it’s vital to double check all measurements, mark them on the...
Shanghai residents passing through the city’s eastern Huangpu district earlier this month might have stumbled upon an unusual sight: a “walking” building. An 85-year-old primary school has been lifted off the ground — in its entirety — and relocated using new technology dubbed the “walking machine.” In the city’s latest effort to preserve historic structures, engineers attached nearly 200...
Despite all the talk on affordable housing, at no one time has attention been actually paid to the question as it is being done today. In most cases, the unasked question has been: Affordable to who? For a time we had, and still have, houses selling for upwards of Sh7 million touted as affordable homes. Never mind the number of Kenyans who can afford that price is very small. It is not until talks of...
They are essentially an entire wall transformed into a collage of windows. Of course, there are a lot of advantages to having a window wall including vastly improved natural light and a closer connection to nature. Yet seemingly placing so much glass in your home is going to hijack the cost of the home. Of course, there is also the maintenance of keeping the glass clean and reaching higher places in...
By loveKenyan businesses have received a boost in storage and warehousing after Africa Logistics Properties (ALP) launched a $6million (S653.1 million) warehousing facility in Limuru. The ALP West facility sits on an expansive 49 acres that comprise of seven phases. There has been a huge local warehousing demand in recent months, especially in the wake of Covid-19, as businesses adapt to e-commerce...
A tree that has graced a neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya, for nearly a century is slated to be taken down to make way for a highway through the city intended to reduce traffic jams. The fig tree, four stories high and almost a century old, its arched branches forming a giant canopy, has served as a landmark for generations of Kenyans in the bustling commercial neighborhood of Westlands in the capital,...
The 'Proposed Nairobi River Pollution Control Action Plan' is set to act on or demolish several factories, estates and malls that have encroached on riparian land or have been discharging effluents into the river. NEMA currently is recruiting 100 environmental inspectors, 50 police officers and crime scene officers to implement its laws. Two tanneries in Industrial Area have been ordered...
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