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    This tool uses various angel theorems and postulates to find location of property boundaries‚ property corners‚ utilities and building layouts on the property. The surveyor uses the data collected to draw the property layout on a 36"x 24"sheet of paper. After completion of this step the architects use the surveying drawing to develop a working drawing for the building. In these drawing you will see triangles‚ rectangles‚ squares‚ arches and other geometry shapes and forms to create their design

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    Singh‚ Hanumant; Adams‚ Jonathan; Mindell‚ David; and Foley‚ Brendan 2000 Imaging Underwater for Archaeology. Journal of Field Archaeology volume 27 number 3: 319-328. The article by the various authors listed above concentrated on the various techniques that are used to locate and then to excavate these sites. They list and discuss the various techniques that they use. These vary from side-scanning to locate the sites to high resolution video to see how the site appears and the various locations

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    A comparison of building rating systems: Leed‚ Green Star‚ BREEAM. A proposal to integrate Biomimicry into Green Star Rating 1.Introduction In the last two decades the western society has gained a greater commitment towards sustainable infrastructure due to the acknowledgment that the sector should not continue to operate “business as usual” in a fashion of neoclassical economics that promotes profit making and the intensive use of natural reserves without internalizing ecological damage.

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    FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKURE DEPARTMENT OF QUANTITY SURVEYING QSV 102 ASSIGNMENT BY ADEWUMI OLUMIDE DAVID QSV/13/44O7 A. DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF A QUANTITY SURVEYOR AND IN YOUR OWN WORDS‚ B. WRITE THE HISTORY OF QUANTITY SURVEYING IN ANY COUNTRY OF YOUR CHOICE. SUBMITTED ON 20TH OF AUGUST‚ 2014 To Miss Ajobiewe D.T Question A 1. A quantity surveyor is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with construction costs and contracts-www.wikipedia.com 2. A

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    A quantity surveyor (QS) is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with building costs. The profession is one that provides a qualification gained following formal education‚ specific training and experience that provides a general set of skills that are then applied to a diverse variety of problems.[1] Predominantly these relate to costs and contracts on construction projects. There are around 75‚000 professional QSs working in the UK. Contents [hide] 1 History

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    make up my mind. Then I read about civil engineering‚ an occupation involving the construction of buildings‚ roads‚ and bridges. As I looked further into civil engineering‚ I began to like many aspects of this career. Civil Engineers play a crucial role in the design‚ construction‚ and maintenance of structures. Before beginning construction civil engineers plan layout and every other aspect of a building. As in the article‚ “Architecture must satisfy its intended uses‚ must be technically sound‚ and

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    will cover an explanatory report on how to overcome the obstructions to horizontal distance measurement using tape‚ permanent tests and adjustments for accuracy in theodolite‚ digital terrain modelling and verticality check / control for multi-story building works during construction. The report will discuss three examples of obstructions to horizontal distance measurement while using tape and how it is dealt to overcome this or solutions for these obstructions. For the permanent tests and adjustments

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    Control Systems. 5. Cost Analysis and Cost planning 6. Costs in Use 7. Introduction to Value Engineering Recommended Texts • A. Ashworth Cost Studies of Buildings • Ivor Seeley Building Economics 3rd edition upwards • Douglas J. Ferry & Peter Brandon - Cost Planning of Buildings • Any good book on Cost Planning/ Cost Control • Any Books by any of these authors COST PLANNING This can be defined as controlling the cost of a project within

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    A quantity surveyor (QS) is a professional working within the construction industry concerned with building costs.The profession is one that provides a qualification gained following formal education‚ specific training and experience that provides a general set of skills that are then applied to a diverse variety of problems.[1] Predominantly these relate to costs and contracts on construction projects. Other areas in which QS find employment include property surveys for hidden defects on behalf

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    The Role of the Quantity Surveying Profession The origins of the Quantity Surveyor (QS) profession can dated back during the 19th century where from the earlier "measurer"‚ a specialist tradesman‚ who readied schedules for a building project in which all of the construction materials and labour activities and were quantified. Based on this information‚ competing builders could submit priced tenders. Because all tenders were based on the same schedule of information‚ they could be easily compared

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