Annals of Civil Engineering and Management(ACEM)

University of Hertfordshire, UK

Publications

• Review Article   
  Community-Integrated Infrastructure Delivery: A Resilience Model for Civil Works and Site Preparation in Socio-Economically Sensitive Oil and Gas Regions
  Author(s): Eberechi Ijeoma Ebeze* and Adeel Patrick
  
  Civil works and site preparation in socio-economically sensitive oil and gas regions are perpetually vulnerable to community-related work stoppages, cost escalation, and schedule failure, as traditional models treat technical and social domains separately. Despite decades of corporate social responsibility initiatives and stakeholder engagement protocols, the fundamental disconnect between civil engineering execution and community dynamics remains unresolved. Engineering teams routinely design site layouts, logistics corridors, and construction sequencing without integrating real-time community intelligence, while community relations departments operate in parallel, responding reactively to grievances after technical decisions have been locked. This structural separation creates predictable failure modes: unanticipated land access disputes, contractor-community friction over local emp.. Read More»
  

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