The Non-Traditional structure that I chose to design is a log home. When doing research on styles of construction I was a little overwhelmed with the options that are available for construction methods. The first thing I needed to find out is what type of footing and foundation is needed to support the immense weight of the logs. An 8"x16" footing and 8" foundation is sufficient enough to support the weight of a log home. There are three different options available for supporting the floor joist
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Social construction. To start my reflection on the Gergen’s (2009) chapters 1-2 of Invitation on social construction‚ I would like to share my story. Two years ago I made a difficult decision to move to the United Stated from Eastern Europe and to start over my life in a new unknown cultural environment. I was looking forward to the great adventure and prepared myself for the challenges I could potentially anticipate. I had a lot of professional and life experience. I already built a bright career
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Abstract We have to complete an assignment for our Construction Technology about green building. Our lecturer‚ IR Han had also held an visit programme to one of the green building that located at Putrajaya which is Diamond Building to help us in obtaining more information for this assignment. Our assignment had inserted these information that we obtained from the visit to Diamond Building and also some other green buildings around the world. In the introduction part we can see that green
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codes and safety purpose. Building codes act an important role in construction and design phase. In the past‚ most building codes and standards have used prescriptive (or compliance) criteria. In recent years‚ there has been strong interest worldwide in developing codes and standards that are more performance based ( Foliente‚ 2000). The purpose of building codes are to increase safety in the design of the project and its construction. For example‚ according to the 2010 California Building Code‚ the
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The social construction of disasters evolves throughout the years due to political and economic factors as well as education and technological advancement. One thing is that disasters are commonly understood to be limited in both time and effect (Hills‚ p.163). When analyzing and interpreting past‚ present and future political synergies‚ it is necessary to include a human dimension that encapsulates and embraces socio-cultural appreciation and understanding of man and his environment (Trim‚ p. 218)
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exposes them to electrical hazards. Construction workers of all types must also contend with this danger. Their accidents with electricity happen because complacency‚ distraction‚ or a rushed schedule caused them to accidentally make contact with a power line. They also work with electrical power tools that can potentially cause electrocution. Here are three ways that serious injury or death may happen to construction workers: Damaged Electrical Power Tools Construction workers use electrical power tools
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Social Construction of Crime The obvious definition of crime is the legal definition of an act which breaks the law. It is a social construction as it varies across culture‚ time and law. Crime is defined by a society’s own rules‚ norms and beliefs at any given time in history. Hazel Croall emphasizes pathological way and social construction of crime in the book. An analysis of reasons of crime reveals the fact that crime is a functional part of a society‚ constructed by society in political‚
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The purpose of accelerated bridge construction is to ensure the project planning‚ procurement‚ and logistics approach are modified to ensure tasks with long lead times‚ traditionally completed onsite‚ are of highest priority and completed using creative solutions. Multiple scenarios require the need for accelerated bridge construction technologies; where a bridge is being constructed or reconstructed over an existing roadway in use‚ where a bridge is being reconstructed or replaced for an existing
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Everyone’s life is affected by social construction. This is the belief that social standard is determined by society‚ and it is formed by the individuals that belong to the society. Just Like when an individual thinks of a certain professions that are held by males (i.e. doctors or lawyer). Similarly are the professions that are held by women in our society (i.e. housewife or nurse). This is thought to be the role of equity and equality should play in today’s society. These may not be the equal of
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INTRODUCTION Kazakhstan is a young country which declared itself an independent country on 16th of December in 1991. From 2000 to 2006‚ Kazakhstan experienced a high economic boom with an average annual growth rate of 10 percent. The export of hydrocarbon sector played a main role in extremely high economic growth. The exploration of crude oil increased from 26 million in 1991 to 76 million in 2009. In 2009‚ the hydrocarbon sector accounted for 60 percent of the country’s industrial output. In
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