Improvement of the quality of the route is necessary because of its importance in connecting countries of the Western Balkans to central and western Europe. This is the worst section of the road from Albania via Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the corridor Vc, which passes through the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The route of th...

By Neđo Đurić, Andja Djujic

The paper present a review of the geotechnical characteristics of the terrain at the location of the bridge No. 3 of motorway Zenica – Sarajevo – Mostar - Bijaća, section Počitelj - Zvirovići.Also, given the suggestion of foundation structures for each column, as well as the calculated bearing capacity....

By Zlatan Talić, Đenari Ćerimagić

Today's building of facilities does not follow the study of the characteristics of the terrain on which the facility is constructed. The period of rapid construction, which can be called the "modern construction" does not follow the quality of constructed facilities. Usually it is the uncontrolled building, where is only important to build a facili...

By Neđo Đurić

In the modern mining, best efficient organization by obtaining solid minerals, is getting with explosives utilization for blasting, with the growth of significance in the exploitation of mineral resources in the open pit mines with large capacities. In this paper technological stages of drilling and blasting, that are demanding from the technologic...

By Vladimir Malbašić, Žarko Kovačević, Miodrag Čelebić, Jovana Crnogorac

During construction, especially of tunnels, very often there is a need to change the tender technical documents, i.e. the documents upon which the construction permit is obtained and the tender is announced. The main reason for the change of documentation is, above all, unsuficient geotechnical investigations due to which technical solutions and ca...

By Dragan Lukić, Stanko Brčić, Elefterija Zlatanović

Spices and herbs have been used for centuries by many cultures to enhance the flavor and aroma of foods. Early cultures also recognized the value of using spices and herbs in preserving foods and for their medicinal value. In the present study the essential oil of wild growing Thymus praecox Opiz ssp. polytrichus was isolated by hydrodistillationpr...

By V. Nada Petrović, S. Slobodan Petrović, Dubravka Jovičić, Marina Francišković

Getting coal using mechanized longwall on the principle of horizontal concentration in a single procedure, it can be successfully applied in mining coal seams very small thickness. For high calorific coal thickness of coal seam that can be successfully excavate this method is approximately 1.0m other coals to 5.0 m.Result of extensive laboratory re...

By Jovo Miljanović, Neđo Đurić, Lazar Stojanović, Slobodan Majstorović, Žarko Kovačević

Cemented boreholes annulus its stability achieved tightness must be maintained in the continuation phase of drilling, is that in the process of drilling, cementing, production. Preserving stability in the working life of the wells threatened and technological stage of the production process due to the natural development of conditioned stress-laden...

By Zvonimir Bošković, Vladimir Čebašek

As it is known, the extraction of rock salt from deposit “Tetima”, Majevica, performed is by controlled leaching in the underground chambers positioned diply in the salt deposit. The connection between the underground chamber, that represents the basic production unit in the primary salt production and technological installations on the surface, is...

By Almir Šabović, Sanel Nuhanović, Adnan Hodžić, Adnan Nalić

Speleological tourism in the world has a long tradition. Тhe environment of the karst underground has long attracted nature lovers, various researchers and tourists. Orlovača cave is one of the largest and most beautiful cave systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Srpska. Accordingly, in order to evaluate the tourist values of this local...

By Milovan Pecelj, Marina Ilinčić, Jelena Belij, Dušica Pecelj, Jelena Pecelj