The Ecuadorian island Santay, located on river Guayas 800 meters far from Guayaquil city, is a protected area because of its biodiversity, natural resources, beauty and historical and cultural value. It is also an important ...

Until recently, the design of new models of semitrailer has been performed based on the experience of the manufacturers of such vehicles. In the last five years the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University ...

Proper management of stormwater is a particularly important aspect which largely determines the urban development and its sustainability. Unlike traditional interventions -purely quantitative and focusing on the evacuation ...

There are many industrial activities that requiere a cost, schedule and quality mesurement and control, but there are not usually managed in a project way. This communication describes a methodology for the industrial ...

The number of accidents and work related diseases is a global concern. At Spanish level, the "Spanish Strategy for Health and Safety at Work 2015-2020" is the framework of public policies on health and safety. In this ...

The naval sector of new buildings is characterized by high cost programs and by a low definition grade in the tender stages. With these requirements, an initial highly-competitive and acceptable risk budget should be ...

In the following years thousands of electric cars are expected to be sold. Knowing that these batteries are not useful anymore for traction services after they have lost a 20% of its capacity, there will be thousands of ...

Incorporating renewable energy is a way to obtain sustainability in economic activities. It is possible to generate electricity from renewable resources at the same point of consumption, although it requires specific sizing ...

This paper focuses exclusively on the site project execution manager, as defined in the Spanish Building Act (Law 38/1999 of 5 November). A methodology consisting in the identification and evaluation of ten aspects was ...

In response to the paradigm changes in the energetic models a significant improvement in nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) design have been achieved, partially because, as stated by the European directives, it will be ...