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Investigating the Suitability of Clay Waste Products' Use in Concrete
INVESTIGATING THE SUITABILITY OF CLAY WASTE CHIPS FROM CLAY PRODUCTS AS COARSE AGGREGATES IN CONCRETE

BY JUMA M. JACOB CSE/0002/07

A PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

© 2011

DECLARATION

DECLARATION BY THE STUDENT

This project proposal is my own original work and has not been presented for an examination in any university.

Juma M. Jacob, (CSE/0002/07)

Signature……………………………. Date……………………………………..

DECLARATION BY THE SUPERVISORS
This proposal has been submitted for examination with our approval as the supervisors.

Dr. R.O. Onchiri

Signature ………………………………….. Date………………………….

Dr. B. Kandie

Signature ……………………………………Date………………………….

DEDICATION

I would like to dedicate this work to my guardians, Mr. Sylifano N. Tindi and Mrs. Nelly N. Nambuchi, who have encouraged me throughout my education life. Without them I would not be where I am and also I would not be who I am.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, I wish to offer my greatest gratitude to the Lord God Almighty for having kept me alive and healthy throughout the college life. He has been the solemn protector and provider whenever I have needed him.

I wish to start by thanking the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology and particularly Civil and Structural Engineering department for taking me through the civil and structural engineering program up to the level I have reached. I wish to appreciate for what all the lecturers in and
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