Regional Frequency Analysis (RFA) is often used in hydrology to obtain rainfall estimates in places short data series. In this work RFA has been applied to extreme rainfall data series (with durations from 1 to 24 hours), ...

Semi-arid areas are characterized by a climate with scarce and torrential rain events, with the Region of Murcia being a clear example. This situation has conditioned the design of stormwater detention tanks from the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The aim of this paper is to show a methodology to control construction projects with high level of outsourcing proving a multidimensional perspective that enable a view for the cost in a traditional budget structure, and ...

To conceive heritage as a testimony of a period and as a historic document allows us to understand the importance of the industrial heritage. The evolution of the concept of cultural heritage is observed in this work and ...

One of the main problems in many cities is the need to rehabilitate or expand their drainage systems. Increasing rainfall intensities , growth and waterproofing of cities causes that original drainage networks became ...

Human resource management plays a key role in organizations, as it helps to have a motivated, trained and committed workforce. This management considers job enrichment and empowerment as strategies with influence on employee ...