fire department cannot chose which buildings that they will respond to in an emergency. Responders may be called to buildings that are under construction‚ under demolition‚ or under renovation. These buildings bring with them their own safety concerns that may not be as common as a building that is under normal use. Buildings that are under construction are usually more hazardous than a completed structure (Brannigan & Corbett‚ 2015). These buildings fire protection features have not yet been
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The Causes and Effects of Deforestation Deforestation is becoming more and more popular in many countries all over the world. “Based on environment statistics‚ more than half of the trees in this world are gone due to human activity” (Nayak‚2008)‚ this action has been direct influences on mankind lives. Therefore‚ the causes and effects of deforestation is one of the most interested problems at the present time. There are some main reasons why deforestation is happening increasingly. I have
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APPLICATIONS OF AUGMENTED REALITY IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PHASES Akshay MN1‚ Harikrishnan Ranjith2‚ Hrushikesh MG3‚ Mayank Agrwal4‚ Sayali Kolte5 ABSTRACT Construction is a game of uncertainties. Unforeseen circumstances pop up almost on a daily basis in a construction project. Being able to foresee them and to rectify the issues without a fatal effect defines the success of a project. Augmented reality helps in visualizing many of these unwanted errors which are hidden in the real world. This
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EFFECT OF PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Rosli Abdul Rashid‚ Ismail Mat Taib ‚ Wan Basiron Wan Ahmad‚ Md. Asrul Nasid‚ Wan Nordiana Wan Ali & Zainab Mohd Zainordin Department of Quantity Surveying Faculty of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Abstract: Project procurement has been described as an organized methods or process and procedure for clients to obtain or acquire construction products. Apart from the traditional approach‚ there are now other
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Deforestation is the demolition of the world’s forests on a massive scale‚ usually resulting in harm to the quality of the surrounding area. There are many types of deforestation‚ counting forest fires‚ clear-cutting for farming and oil extraction‚ development‚ logging‚ and degradation as temperatures rise due to the changing climate. Woodlands cover around 30% of the land coverage on Earth; however‚ we are losing enormous pieces of it daily. Not all of the deforestation is deliberate‚ yet there
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Hannah Pilon Due Date: Friday February 8‚ 2013 Winter Term Library Assignment: Deforestation Marcus‚ B. A. (2009). Tropical forests. (pp. 125-135). Sudbury‚ MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. This chapter was very informative and gave a lot of information about the reasons of deforestation. I knew that logging and agriculture were major causes of deforestation‚ but this chapter taught me that mining too is also a big factor. The author was very knowledgeable about this subject and wrote
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Valley of the Kings The Valley of the Kings is a web of tombs made for pharaohs of the New Kingdom. The Valley of the Kings is located in the west banks of Thebes. Thebes was the political and religious capital of the New Kingdom. Its exact location is (25°N‚ 32°E). The Valley of the Kings was built during the New Kingdom period of Egypt around 1550 to 1100 B.C. The Valley of the Kings was made because New Kingdom pharaohs wanted to be closer to the source of their dynastic roots and lay undisturbed
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Rainforests The rainforest is under threat from destruction but why is it being destroyed? An area the size of a football pitch is being destroyed every second. Structure of the Rainforest The rainforest is made up of 4 layers: Emergent Layer- The tallest trees are in this layer they can be 200 feet above the forest floor. These trees can also have trunks that are 16 feet round. Animals found here include eagles‚ bats‚ monkeys and butterflies. Canopy Layer- This layer forms a type of roof above
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This ancient land‚ 97 percent desert with the world’s longest river running through it‚ encompasses more than 6‚000 years of history and culture. The Nile Valley is first inhabited in the Lower Paleolithic Period 300‚000 BC–90‚000. Neolithic people continue to create stone tools‚ and exploit domesticated plants and animals 7000–4500. In the ensuing millennia many forms of art flourish‚ including jewelry and faience beads‚ ceramic vessels‚ geometric figures‚ and pottery‚ much of which is found in
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Deforestation Deforestation is clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale‚ often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area‚ but large areas the size of Panama are lost each year. The world’s rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation. Reasons for Deforestation Forests are cut down for many reasons‚ but most of them are related to money or people’s need to provide for their families
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