This article describes the process of Assessment (diagnosis) and implementing a management methodology and project management, to ensure that projects are completed on cost, time and outcome, seeking to increase the ...

It has been previously found that the compacted phyllites did not display an important swelling on soaking at low stresses, as a consequence of its low specific surface and low water-retention ability. This material exhibited ...

This paper presents how an industrial company, Ulma Construcción, in collaboration with Mondragon Unibertsitatea, adapted service design concepts to its business reality. Ulma Construcción offers industrialized solutions ...

The steel industry generates large amounts of solid waste by-products. Electric arc furnace (EAF) black slag is the major by-product in steelmaking using EAF technology (90 % of total slag production). Its sustainable ...

Drought is a natural and worldwide phenomenon that has significant economic, social and environmental impacts. It is characterized by persistent time periods with registered rainfall data below the mean, and is one of the ...

Presents the results of the analysis of energetic and environmental sustainability of a building of tertiary sector in Jaraiz de la Vera, Cáceres, in the framework of the PROMOEENER project. The ultimate goal is not only ...

The capacity to make correct decisions could be the difference between success and failure, especially in business and engineering contexts. This issue becomes even more critical in huge projects, where decision processes ...

One of the municipal engineering essential tasks is the municipal solid waste collection (MSW). The selective collection introduction has made that the number of collection routes has been multiplied due to more collection ...

The Campo de Cartagena consists of a total area of 1600 km2. Within this area 1188.02 km2 of land is dedicated to agriculture, of which 288.58 km2 is cultivated with woody crops. Through Geographic Information Systems ...

Nowadays, GIS is used in different institutions that apply to sectors like regional planning, urbanism, etc., to better understand the spatial relationships between the elements which define the real world. In this work ...