Later the Arabs built roads that were covered with tar. The roads were constructed by preparing earthworks and lifting road foundation at the center for the water drainage. The road construction techniques gradually improved by the study of road traffic‚ stone thickness‚ road alignment‚ and the slope gradients. The initial road construction materials were stones that were laid in a regular‚ compact design‚ and covered with smaller stones to produce a solid layer. Depending on the main function‚
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Chapter 4 – Construction Contracts 1. Name and briefly describe each of the two basic types of competitively bid construction contracts. Which type would be most likely used for building the piers to support a large suspension bridge. Why? Two basic types of competitively bid construction contracts are lump-sum and the unit-price contract. The lump-sum contract is when the contractor agrees to complete all work for a pre-determined price including profit and the contract. The unit-price contract
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to the downstream side of the dam. All fill dams depend on weight to remain stable. Fill embankments are usually less expensive to construct than concrete dams. Soil or rock are present at the site‚ and construction techniques‚ though complex‚ are also less costly than for concrete construction. For these reasons of available materials‚ low cost‚ and stability with
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In building construction and in fire prevention there are organizations that have created a useful system on how to determine what type of building falls under which category. The ICC (International Code Council) and the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) create these building codes for the safety of firefighters. The two most commonly known standards for building classifications are the NFPA 5000 and also the International Building Code (IBC). The two are very similar‚ however‚ they different
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Falls in Construction: A Persistent Problem Amber Davis OSHT 1405 Ratliff April 2‚ 2013 Davis 1 Falls in Construction: A Persistent Problem It is a known fact that falling is the leading cause of death in the construction industry. According to OSHA’s statistics for the year 2011‚ 251 out of 721 total deaths in construction were due to falls. Over the last decade‚ OSHA has updated and revised many standards for the construction industry that have been effective in reducing the
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FOR-TO-INFINITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS Выполнила: студентка 07-91гр. 4 курса факультета лингвистики Кравчук Евгения Александровна Сургут‚ 2012 The for-to-Infinitive Construction is a construction in which the infinitive is in predicate relation to a noun or pronoun preceded by the preposition for. The for-to-Infinitive Construction is expressed by a noun in the common case or a personal pronoun in the objective case and an infinitive with the particle to. In translating this construction into Russian
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DESIGNING BUILDING There are 2 important aspects in making building: Building performance Building construction ASPECTS OF DESIGNING BUILDING The architect/designer are limited to certain physical limitation: How much land How heavy a building soil can support How long a structural span is feasible Materials performance in a given environment Construction budget Legal restriction on a building Sequence of Building Operation Soil Investigation Building set
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As I sit outside in the warm sun with my mind and body totally relaxed‚ I pick up my book‚ start reading and immerse myself in a world unknown to mine. I experience what the characters in the book experience. I become a part of their world. This is what reading is all about; escaping from reality and letting the imagination take hold. Reading is about challenging the imagination to how far it will take you. Books surround us‚ so why not take a chance‚ pick one up and read it? The places your
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construct. For instance‚ If you believe social constructions aren’t real‚ then please take out all the bills in your wallet and pass them up to me. Money is an example of a social construction that plays an extremely important role in our everyday lives. All those paper bills and coins are "just" paper and metal‚ and all that money in your bank account is "just" some numbers in a computer. Think about that for a moment. You may ruin the economy construction‚ which is assumptions on based on reality‚
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The Theory of Social Construction What is Social Construction? Social Construction Theory is concerned with the ways we think about and use categories to structure our experience and analysis of the world. (Jackson‚ Penrose) Nurture versus Nature The Nurture approach would say that rather than genetics or inborn traits‚ social ideas and categories (including stereotypes) are socially constructed or and then accepted as reality‚ despite the facts. – For instance‚ the earth was once considered
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