In what ways were the project planning and scope management for this project appropriate and when did they begin taking unknowing or unnecessary risks? Discuss the issue of project constraints and other unique aspects of the bridge in the risk management process. Did the project managers take them sufficiently into consideration? Why or why not?…
Assignment Discovery Online Curriculum Lesson title: Famous Bridges Grade level: 6-8, with adaptation for older students Subject area: Physical Science, Technology Duration: Two class periods Objectives: Students will: 1. Understand the benefits and drawbacks of different types of bridges. 2. Investigate the history and structural challenges of a prominent bridge. 3. Think about the challenges involved in building bridges. Materials: The class will need the following: • Computers with Internet access (optional but very helpful) • Reference materials on bridges Each group of three or four students will need the following: • Research material about a particular bridge (Web sites and books suggested below) • One long piece of butcher block paper • Pencils, colored markers, and crayons Each student will need the following: • One copy of the Classroom Activity Sheet: Bridge Research and • One copy of the Take-Home Sheet: Longest Suspension Bridges in the United States This lesson plan can be enhanced by purchasing a copy of the documentary Bridges: Design and Function at our School Store. The program airs on the Discovery Channel February 12, March 19, April 23, and May 28, 2001. Procedures: 1. Introduce the lesson by showing the class a picture of a popular bridge, such the Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco) or the Brooklyn Bridge (New York City). Ask students to imagine what might happen if all the bridges in New York City or San Francisco were suddenly shut down. Then help the class brainstorm some ways that bridges affect our lives. For example, 1…
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The shipping in China will increase because, when the Three Gorges Dam Project completes, the reservoir would form a deep channel with a distance of 660 kilometers. Experts said this channel could improve the shipping condition of Chongqing. Some dangerous shoals will be submerged, so it will affect the speed of water and the depth of shipping. Of course, the efficiency of transportation will improve and its cost will decrease by 35% to 37%…
Hong Kong is currently under the rule of the PRC as a special administrative region, with the practice of ‘One country, two system’. Hong Kong exercises capitalism under the rule of the British government and thus continues its practice after the handover. Hong Kong is closely located to mainland, showing her essential role in the economic coordination. The number of cross-boundaries cooperation has been increasing steady, and today, Hong Kong and mainland develops an inseparable relationship in terms of political, economical and social aspect.…
Forces you to set priorities, therefore helping you to limit getting involved in distracting things…
Bibliography: 1. China offers $1.95b to build Padma Bridge (2013, 12th March), The Financial Express, PP.1, Vol: 20. Retrieved from http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/index.php?ref=MjBfMDNfMjJfMTNfMV8xXzE2NDA1NA==…
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As proposed by the Government decades ago, there are four ‘pillar’ industries in Hong Kong, namely, financial services, trading and logistics, tourism and producer and professional services. They account for about 60% of GDP and nearly half of the total workforce, in which construction industry is counted in the producer and professional services. In the 21st century, the Government wants to look forward and follow the trend of technological and advanced world, they proposed another six new ‘pillar’ industries, concerning testing and certification, medical services, innovation technology, culture and creative industries, environmental industry and education services, in which construction industry is not counted in any ‘pillar’ industry and no longer treated as important by the Government.…
THE THIRD RUNWAY I N HONG KONG AIRPO RT Chan Sze Nam 5E26 Video clip 史上最貴 造價千四億 三跑上馬 舉債徵費籌資金 團體憂淪大白象 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/201 50318/19080655 Summary On 17th March , the Executive Council passed th e plan of Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) to build the third runway. The whole infrastructure takes 8 years and 1415 billions which is the most expensive infrastructur e since Hong Kong is opened for trade.…
Singapore, the leading global city-state, has been recognized for its strong transportation system. The Emerging economy in Singapore implies the city state to connect its cities and its islands all together. It has also expanded its link to the rest of the world, by which it allied its borders by two bridges to Malaysia as well as to some other regional centers.…
The railroad is a major contributor to the strength of a country’s economy. Railroad provides daily mass-transportation. In order to maintain a growth rate, extensive investments in infrastructure, including large-scale construction of railroad is to occur so as to provide increased access by citizens and visitors.…
To what extent do you agree that the Belt and Road is important for Hong Kong economical development?…
* Discuss the factors which have promoted the growth of Hong Kong as a ‘global city’, and the forces which will determine its future growth development.…