The Norma Granada is a method to value ornamental trees widely used in Spain. The 2006 edition meant a profound transformation of the methodology of the previous edition (1999). In previous editions very high values were ...

In Peru, most of the projects are carried out using public funds, being the Government the main developer. A high percentage of these projects go through a public procurement process in order to be built. During this ...

Nowadays, there is a trend toward to preservation of architectural heritage. This initiative has been jointed to others factors such as social awareness, interest from the institutions promoted by the National Plan of ...

Every day, reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are retired from seawater desalination plants when the effluent produced does not meet the water quality demands required and then become membrane waste. Attending to the forecast, ...

Environmental awareness of consumers along with the concern about the environmental impact of their purchasing behaviour, are nowadays remarkable in the society. Ecodesign is one of the most common methodologies to reduce ...

The aim of this paper is to show a tool of planning activities for the execution of building projects based on the occupation of physical space and resource availability. The tool was developed to prove a new view of the ...

Start-up protocols in process engineering applications using high-pressure steam impose the gradual preheating of components of the facility. This is oriented to prevent sudden expansion of the materials, that might induce ...

The gasification process as a concept has to do with the conversion of a carbonaceous substrate in a gaseous fuel under the influence of a gasifying medium. The product gas resulting from this process, essentially composed ...

Although project management standards have become an important building block in project-based organizations, there is still the need to expand our knowledge in how to use them. The purpose of this paper is to develop an ...

Modelling of concrete is a very important advance for optimizing structural elements, since it allows to simulate the expected behaviour for elements which will be manufactured and determine the weakest points on the design ...