Browsing Faculty of Engineering by Author "Muhwezi, Lawrence"

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    • An assessment of the impact of construction activities on the environment in Uganda: a case Study of Iganga Municipality 

      Muhwezi, Lawrence; Kiberu, Faisal; Kyakula, Michael; Batambuze, Alex O. (Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management., 2012-11-15)
      Construction while being an economic activity that provides facilities and infrastructure, it is beneficial to man in some aspects and detrimental in others. There have been environmental concerns related to construction ...

    • Investigating equipment productivity in feeder road maintenance in Uganda 

      Obeti, Andrew Moses; Muhwezi, Lawrence; Kakitahi, John Muhumuza (Elsevier, 2023-01)
      Rural roads form the largest part of Uganda’s road network (approximately 50.2%) and is therefore a critical part of economic growth in an agriculturally dependent country like Uganda. With Uganda’s rural population standing ...

    • Investigating the cost of mechanized unpaved road maintenance operations in Uganda 

      Obeti, Andrew Moses; Muhwezi, Lawrence; Kakitahi, John Muhumuza (Elsevier, 2024-05)
      Force Account Mechanism (FAM) is the predominant road maintenance system in Uganda’s local government setup and a similar, though slightly different approach, is used in some large private sector agriculture plantations. With ...

    • Water availability trends across water management zonesin Uganda 

      Onyutha, Charles; Asiimwe, Arnold; Muhwezi, Lawrence; Mubialiwo, Ambrose (Atmospheric Science Letters, 2021-06-21)
      This study assessed trends in gridded (0.25° × 0.25°) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) precipitation, potential evapotranspiration (PET), and precipitation minus PET (PMP) across the four water management zones ...