Category: Materials

  • Building With Wood vs Metal

    Building With Wood vs Metal

    Building With Wood vs Metal Are you questioning whether to build a steel structure or timber building? Prior to you decide on this concern, you need to weigh the advantages as well as negative aspects of each product in vital elements you want to be consisted of in your building. Below we compare how the…

  • How Samson and Delilah built their

    Walling for the ground floor starts Now that the foundation, complete with a ground floor slab was in place, it was time to put up walls. Samson and Delilah agreed that it was not yet time to borrow. So they

  • Good properties of BAMBOO IN CONSTRUCTION

    Good properties of BAMBOO IN CONSTRUCTION

    In the last issue, I wrote about sugarcane bagasse, sisal, cactus, cotton and bamboo as very useful species in building construction. In the next issues, I will be discussing the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of each plant that

  • Cable concrete is the perfect solution against erosion & poor drainage

    Cable concrete is the perfect solution against erosion & poor drainage

    Babcon Uganda Limited (BUL) is one of the leading Companies in Infrastructure Development in Uganda. BUL has partnered with a Canadian firm, M/s International Erosion Control Systems Ltd. (IECS), Canada, to provide Erosion Control System Solutions that are innovative, durable