ASSORTED REVIEW NOTES IN BUILDING MATERIALS Cripple stud 1. In a building frame‚ a structural element that is shorter than usual‚ as a Cogged joint stud above a door opening or below a window sill is called 2. A carpentry joint by two uneven timbers‚ each of which is notched at Bull-nosed step the place where they cross 3. A step usually lowest in a flight‚ having one or both ends rounded to a Gravity wall Quoin semi-circle and projecting beyond the face of the stair string/s
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BUILDING INSPECTION CHECKLIST Location: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Is the building address or identification clearly visible? Are exterior lights in working order? Are periodic inspections conducted and documented? Is an unobstructed access road to the building provided? Are the exits onto public streets free from visibility obstructions? Are trees and shrubs pruned and documented? Are roots pruned and documented? Are all building sides accessible to emergency equipment? Are fire hydrants accessible
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Effects of Dam Building Grade 10 Geography Units 12‚ 13‚ 14 Essay - Effects of Dam Building By:Brenden Kilmartin Many people have already dammed a small stream using sticks and mud by the time they become adults. Humans have used dams since early civilization‚ because four-thousand years ago they became aware that floods and droughts affected their well-being and so they began to build
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offers the potential access to a loyal and established fan base spanning multiple generations‚ whilst translating many of the key Bond brand values to their own. As a result‚ following their ‘Zero Zero Seven’ campaign in conjunction with the 2008 release of the previous Bond film‚ Quantum of Solace‚ Coke Zero has continued its commercial partnership with the Bond franchise‚ launching a campaign under the tag line ‘Unlock The 007 In You’‚ to tie in with the release of Skyfall. The campaign provokes
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BSE1D03 Intelligent Building and Associated Fire Safety Fire Safety in Buildings Professor Walter W. Yuen Chair Professor in Thermal Sciences and Engineering Professor W. K. Chow Department Head and Director‚ Research Centre for Fire Engineering Department of Building Service Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong‚ China BSE1D03 1 Topics covered in this talk: 1. Introduction. 2. The Risk of a Building Fire (Why do we care ?) 3. The “making” of a Building Fire 4. The Physics
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TASK 1 There are 7 different forms of structural design used to form multi-storey buildings within the building industry today‚ They are:- • Shear wall structures • Hull core structures • Propped structures • Suspended structures • Traditional framed/caged structures • Cantilevered structures • Braced structures The two that are popular and most widely used are shear wall structuresand braced structures. SHEAR WALL STRUCTURES These are made up from Concrete continuous vertical walls
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ethnic Alaskans for years. These questions arise in outsiders’ minds when they watch stereotype medias or read stories. The medias have been their culture for years and consequently affected them mentally‚ especially stereotype movies like On Deadly Ground. The movie is‚ directed and starred by Steven Seagal‚ about Alaskans concerning towards a big oil company that manufacture in Alaska when the big amount of oil spilled in
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Empire State Building The Empire State Building Outline THESIS STATEMENT: The Empire State Building did not cause much trouble for New York; instead‚ its construction had many positive effects. Reasons for the Building I. Raskob wanted to make money by renting offices to tenants. A. He wanted to construct a building that offered him the largest number of offices at the lowest price. B. He didn’t care for innovation and style ‚ but he wanted a building that sticks with his budget
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Introduction Building service is one of the important parts for a building because it will make a building to function well. Building service is responsible for the design‚ installation‚ and operation and monitoring of the mechanical‚ electrical and public health systems required for the safe‚ comfortable and environmentally friendly operation of modern buildings. Modern technology of building service can make a building to become more safety or more comfortable. While building developers are increasingly
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What Is Team Building? A team is a group of people working towards a common goal. ’Team Building’ is the process of enabling that group of people to reach their goal. It is therefore a management issue‚ and the most effective form of team building is that undertaken as a form of management consultancy‚ rather than as pure training (though there is a role for training within a programme of team building). In its simplest terms‚ the stages involved in team building are: ▪ To clarify the team goals
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