Roads are the backbone of a country’s infrastructure and the frame of economic development. They serve as key infrastructural units which provide linkages to other modes of transportation like railways, shipping, and airways. Roads also support the growth of agriculture and other industries, and furnish easy access to social infrastructure such as schools and health centres.
p>Roads are the backbone of a country’s infrastructure and the frame of economic development. They serve as key infrastructural units which provide linkages to other modes of transportation like railways, shipping, and airways. Roads also support the growth of agriculture and other industries, and furnish easy access to social infrastructure such as schools and health centres.Construction
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The movie ‘The Towering Inferno’ tells the harrowing tale of an iconic building design gone wrong. In the world of Facilities Management (FM) one cannot help but wonder where the FM team was in the design of this fictional building?
p>The movie ‘The Towering Inferno’ tells the harrowing tale of an iconic building design gone wrong. In the world of Facilities Management (FM) one cannot help but wonder where the FM team was in the design of this fictional building?Progress made on Uganda’s roads
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