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BUD 342
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At the end of the course, the students should be able to: 1. explain the processes of water treatment, storage and distribution to end users; 2. carry out hot water and cold-water installation in buildings; 3. calculate...
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The course examines the basics of water supply prospecting, treatment, storage and distribution
to communities-Domestic, Industrial and Commercial needs. Hot water equipment and
installation. Calculations for demand, selection of pipes and fittings. Drainage systems, waste
disposal, sanitary systems. Bye law requirements of fire-fighting equipment and installation. Gas
services in buildings. Aspects of internal drainage design, rainwater drainage, subsoil drainage,
external drainage design. Sewage treatment plants.
Acoustics-fundamentals, concepts, hearing and noise acceptability, measurement of acoustic
properties, calculation of noise levels (outdoors and indoors). Principles of noise control, noise
control in practice. Design for noise and hearing. Use of electroacoustic aids.
BUD 142
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At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. explain general principles of economics; 2. state basic problems of resource allocation and modes of building components production; 3. explain methods of product...
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An introduction to economics, its scope methodology and relationship to the building/construction
industry. Supply and demand considerations, elasticity, GDP, the Nigerian financial system, money
and banking regulations. General principles of economics (micro/macroeconomics). The basic
problems of resource allocation and modes of production (building components). Factors of
production and law of diminishing returns, methods of production, market structures (perfect
competition, monopoly, and oligopoly), structure of the Nigerian economy (real sector, service
sector), marketing and sales management, and Pricing methods (demand and supply, tendering
procedures).
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