Background and Justification of the project Provide sufficient background information related to this innovation/invention indicating the most recent information from relevant literature and justifying the need to undertake the project Concrete mixing can be done, either manually, with the use of such simple tools as ashovel and board or wheel-barrow, or by use of a power-driven concrete mixer.
The Department of Civil & Construction Engineering, University of Nairobi, continues to expand its global academic partnerships following a courtesy visit by Prof. Thomas Mbuya Ochuku and Eng. Muthomi Munyua to leading French institutions, including Chimie ParisTech and CentraleSupélec.
The visit provided a platform for in-depth discussions on potential areas of collaboration in research, training, and academic exchange, particularly in the field of materials engineering and infrastructure durability.
On 25 March 2026, the Association of Civil Engineering Students – University of Nairobi (ACES-UON), in collaboration with the Department of Civil & Construction Engineering, successfully hosted a Special Mentorship Talk featuring Cecilio Fernando “CJ” Mills, an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley and founder of Creative Adaptive Thinking.
