Deforestation : a real threatening danger Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land for use such as arable land‚ pasture‚ urban use‚ logged area‚ or wasteland. Generally‚ the removal or destruction of significant areas of forest cover has resulted in a degraded environment with reduced biodiversity. Deforestation results from removal of trees without sufficient reforestation‚ and results in declines in habitat and biodiversity‚ wood for fuel and industrial use‚ and
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Indus: The Unvoiced Civilization The Indus Valley Civilization was an intriguing and sophisticated ancient culture‚ with many highly advanced inventions in civil engineering. The urban planning in cities like Dholavira was quite superb and had to be because it held up to 20‚000 people. The people kept this urban district up with large limestone pillars that increased the aesthetic and functional integrity of their buildings. Dholavira had an intelligent water system with water flowing both above
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CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT Chapter 4 Construction contracts. Author: Paweł Kotas‚ Polska Construction as a service activity having many dimensions. Starting from ideas‚ thru find funds‚ investor‚ design construction‚ find contractor‚ phase of construction‚ meet the requirements which investment needs to be in use and complete facility. All these aspects are associated with large amounts of documents‚ permits. In this essay will be described various types of contracts between the investor and
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Due Diligence checklist: A. Technical Due Diligence: Project location Schedule for start and C.O.D Size Current state of equipment Equipment available and needed Current and target capacity Please describe the work that has been done to date‚ and the remaining work required Site big enough to expand? How you intend to execute the project (e.g. by an EPC contractor‚ or directly by your Technical Partner)? Where is the delivery point for evacuation of power? Type of technology used? Capacity‚
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Indus Valley Art and Architecture Architecture: City planning: The overall layout of the Indus is based on a grid of right angles. Large streets run in straight lines in north-south directions and are crossed by smaller streets in an east-west direction. The large streets were 33 feet wide and smaller streets ranged from 9 to 12 feet in length. The division of space into separate blocks is seen not only in the layout of the streets but also in house plans‚ the designs on
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The Road to Valley Forge The book that I choose to review was The Road to Valley Forge‚ How Washington Built the Army that Won the Revolutionary War‚ written by John Buchanan. This is a book that covers the beginning of the revolutionary war in America from the time that George Washington is selected as commander-in-chief of the army‚ until his army enters winter quarters at Valley Forge. It encompasses the weather conditions that Washington and his army had to endure as well as the scrutiny
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Preventing Falls in Construction WHAT IS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OSH) IN CONSTRUCTION? “Occupational safety and health (OSH) is generally defined as the science of the anticipation‚ recognition‚ evaluation and control of hazards arising in or from the workplace that could impair the health and well-being of workers‚ taking into account the possible impact on the surrounding communities and the general environment. This domain is necessarily vast‚ encompassing a large number of disciplines
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River Pollution River pollution is form of water pollution that refers to the contamination of rivers. River pollution occurs when waste and different other pollutants are discharged into river without being properly treated. River pollution has negative effect on aquatic ecosystems. The negative impact on plants and animals often leads to decline in species‚ and sometimes even to extinction of entire species (Yangtze River dolphin). River pollution also leads to decrease in freshwater resources
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Graduate School of Management [pic] PM 595: Project Risk Management - Catastrophic Failure - Construction of Empire State Building – Project Part 2 Instructor: James Erickson Prepared by: Venkata Kumaran (Kumaran.venkata@gmail.com) Date: 10-Jun-2011 [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Executive Summary 3 3.0 Sources of construction Project Risk 4 3.1 Timeline 4 3.2 Costs 4 3.3 Design
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The Nile River The Nile Is considered one of the longest rivers in the world. It flows north into northeastern Africa and Eleven Countries share it as a water source. Those would be namely: Tanzania‚ Uganda‚ Rwanda‚ Burundi‚ Democratic republic of the Congo‚ Kenya‚ Ethiopia‚ Eritrea‚ South Sudan‚ and Egypt. Interesting fact in the ancient Egyptian language‚ the Nile is called Iteru‚ meaning “great river.” People say the source of the Nile is Lake Victoria. The Nile has been the lifeline of
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