The Empire State Building The empire state building is an iconic American building and landmark based in Manhattan‚ New York City. It is 102 stories high and has a total height of 443.2 m. The building is 80 years old‚ with construction starting in 1929 and completing in 1931. The history of the building is extremely interesting and actually stemmed from a competition between two rival motor companies; General Motors and the Chrysler Corporation in a race to build the world’s tallest sky scraper
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The Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan‚ New York City‚ at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Wikipedia Construction started: 1929 Height: 443 m Floors: 102 Architect: William F. Lamb The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan‚ New York City‚ at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1‚250 feet (381 meters)‚ and with its antenna
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Management Phase: 16 Advantages of BIM: 16 Disadvantages of BIM: 17 Some potential pitfalls: 17 BIM Potential Future Applications: 18 Conclusion: 21 Bibliography: 23 References – Journals: 23 References – Web Site: 23 Abstract: Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a new evolution in process coordination. The access‚ management and coordination of information is integrated into a database system‚ lending its self to process automation and ensuring that all parties are privileged
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Can You Find Me Now? How is a Nintendo Wii game console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation‚ a process that determines the location of any object by measuring the angles from two or more fixed points. Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and elevation‚ surveyors measure a length to create a base line and then use a theodolite to measure an angle to an unknown pint from each
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GPS vs. GIS Global Positioning System (GPS) is a system that accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth. GPS is a constellation of twenty four satellites‚ each of which orbits Earth once every twelve hours. The U. S. Department of Defense operates and maintains these Global Positioning System satellites. Each satellite contains a high precision atomic clock and several transmitters that constantly send radio signals back to Earth. These signals communicate the satellite’s
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Josh Petty G Harris ENG 101 BD September 17‚ 2013 Can You Find Me Now How is a Nintendo Wii game console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation‚ a process that determines the location of an object by measuring the angles from two or more fixed points. Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and elevation‚ surveyors measure a length to create a base line and then use a theodolite
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FIELD WORK NO. 5 DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING I. OBJECTIVES: To determine the elevation of points relative to a reference point by differential leveling II. INSTRUMENTS: Engineer’s level‚ Leveling Rods‚ Marking Pins III. DISCUSSION: Direct leveling is the commonly employed method of determining the elevation of points some distance apart by a series of set ups of a leveling instrument along a selected route. This method of leveling is also referred to‚ as spirit leveling since the device
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On February 2013‚ a survey was given out to the Social Work 411 class. The purpose of the survey was to determine how the lack of sleep affects a student’s academic performance. A series of questions were asked to determine the average amounts of sleep students get on a weekly bases‚ and if they encountered any difficulties sleeping. A total of 26 surveys were handed 25 were completed during this study. Of the individuals surveyed‚ 96 percent of participants are female‚ and (4) percent were male
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Rizal as an Engineer Rizal was a licensed land surveyor before he took up medicine. This training enabled him to engage in civil engineering works. Among his achievements were the dam and waterworks he constructed in Dapitan in 1894 through the help of his pupils. The waterworks were built using stones‚ cast-off tiles‚ bamboo pipes‚ and mortar from burnt coral. He also invented a brick making machine‚ and a preparation of bakhaw paste‚ useful for roof construction because of its water resistance
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Target Customer The target customers for the 100 GB Dropbox Student Offering accounts are college students‚ both undergraduate and graduate students alike. These students should have a need for a larger amount of storage than the 2 GB offered as a free service. In addition to requiring additional storage these students should have the
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