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    How often do we look at a building and think how wonderful it looks‚ without considering the practicalities of its maintenance? Similar consideration should also be given at the time of procuring refurbishments and adaptations‚ etc. Where the original design may have had some shortcomings‚ this point in time can provide the opportunity of correcting some of the original deficiencies in the design where maintainability is concerned. All too often the maintenance of a building only comes to the fore

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    different types of materials and designs in various archetecture projects to get a unique and astonishing outlook as well as to build an environemental friendly structures and many of them have not dissopinted the audience. Whether it is a highrise building or a limited sized‚ it has got its aown notable styles and features and are built with some special and different types of materials. One of these amazing construction is the newly built "Library of Birmingham" which has costed the state about £189

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    Environmental

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    Therefore‚ it is necessary for companies to analyze those factors and put forward appropriate strategies for further development. There are many practical analytical models for corporate to apply to. This passage mainly explains how CRH‚ an international building materials company‚ deals with environmental factors relating to the industry and achieves its goals with corporate level strategies. After studying the cases given‚ two main models have been referred to in the passage and some suggestions will be

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    The Diagrid System

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    | Introduction The term Diagrid is a portmanteau of ‘diagonal grid’ and is a technique typically used for constructing large steel buildings by creating external triangular structures with horizontal support rings. The diagonal members intersect each other and the horizontal rings at a single node. The members combine to create an element similar to a moment frame. In a Diagrid structure‚ gravity and lateral loads are resisted by all of the members‚ creating efficiency and large amounts of structural

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    Nt1330 Unit 5

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    property‚ 1.8m to another building that isn’t a class 10 building‚ or 3m from a brush fence? 2. If so‚ these walls must have a non-combustible roof lining and eve lining. 3.Windows in these walls must be non-operable fire windows (exceptions for bathroom toilet or laundry windows with an area smaller than 1.2m2 4.Doors must be self closing and solid core not less than 35mm 5. Are there any encroachments between the structure and 900mm of the site boundary or 1.8m of other buildings in the same allotment

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    A phenomena that has developers swarming to build the tallest‚ the largest‚ and the one with cranes and concrete pumps redesigning our skyline overnight; or so it seems. With the quantity of buildings being constructed in such short periods of time it leaves us to ask‚ is the integrity of these buildings being compromised? [Continued on P2] 4 DIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Committed to providing you with the most current information about construction in your city. Look to us for the latest news

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    that would result in a perfect building‚ or [3] a location in Abbotsford that has potential to expand business into many major cities. The company was recommended to spend the extra time and money on building their own facility in order to get exactly what the company needs to reach their goal revenue of six million annually. Introduction Fifteen years ago‚ Geoffrey Chutter‚ President of Whitewater West Industries Limited‚ tried his luck building a water park with no real success

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    Causes of Damages

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    DETERIORATION IN BUILDINGS By Dr.Abdul-Mohsen Al-Hammad OUTLINE INTRODUCTION THE SYSTEMATIC APPROACH FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF A BUILDING DEFECT CAUSES OF DETERIORATION IN BUILDINGS IN GENERAL DETAILED CAUSES OF DETERIORATIN IN BUILDINGS WITH EXAMPLES COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN INTRODUCTION Proper building maintenance should be considered during: COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN * Planning * Design * Construction‚ and * Maintenance stages During maintenance stage‚ effective building maintenance

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    infrastructure has skyrocketed‚ because of rise in world population and people having started living in areas that are prone to natural hazards. We can live safely in such areas provided due precautions are taken. We should construct disaster resistant buildings to curb the loss to life and property. This approach should be incorporated at the earliest possible time while doing design

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    Engineering reports Adapted from: Braham M‚ Jaspart JP. Is it safe to design a building structure with simple joints‚ when they are known to exhibit a semi-rigid behaviour? Journal of Constructional Steel Research‚ 60‚ 2004‚ 713-723. Annotated model Executive Summary This report evaluates the assumption that joints which display semiPurpose rigid behaviour can be modelled as frictionless pinned joints in building design calculations. The idealisation is evaluated by Method comparing computer

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