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    ional building code [pic] National Building Code of India 2005 (NBC 2005) | | |The National Building Code of India (NBC)‚ a comprehensive building Code‚ is a national instrument providing | |guidelines for regulating the building construction activities across the country. It serves as a Model Code | |for adoption by all agencies involved in building construction works be they Public

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    Sustainable Construction and the Built Environment Building Management Systems BMS system requirements and evaluation of proprietary product offerings Introduction A building management system is a computerised system which can help the user control and monitor the surrounding conditions within their property. The main benefits of having a building management system installed are that they operate at maximum levels of efficiency and economy‚ but new modern systems have the dual benefit of acting

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    THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF TALL AND SPECIAL BUILDINGS Struct. Design Tall Spec. Build. (2007) Published online in Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/tal.368 PROS AND CONS OF MULTISTORY RC TUNNEL-FORM (BOX-TYPE) BUILDINGS EROL KALKAN1* AND S. BAHADIR YÜKSEL2 2 1 California Geological Survey‚ Sacramento‚ CA‚ USA Department of Civil Engineering‚ Selcuk University‚ Konya‚ Turkey SUMMARY Tunnel-form structural systems (i.e.‚ box systems)‚ having a load-carrying mechanism

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    Building 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

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    Nusserwanjee Building is a century old Kharadar landmark‚ named after Karachi philanthropist‚ Jamshed Nusserwanjee. Today‚ it has been relocated‚ stone by stone‚ to become a part of the INDUS Valley School Campus Relocation The building relocated and transported to the new location near the sea with complete area of 25000 sq.ft. The building was made up of 26000 stones and the new building at the seaside in Karachi was made with the same stones to preserve cultural heritage. How the Building relocated

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    In chapter 12 we explore the artistic development in Architecture. When conceptualizing a building architects incorporate three things: function‚ form‚ and structure. Function is how the building will be used‚ form is how the building looks‚ and structures is how the building remains standing. Architects need to design structures that hold up under any combination of three physical forces; compression‚ tension‚ and bending. To days architects have a plethora of materials at their disposal‚ they benefit

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    Building an Ethical Organization Part II HSM/230 Dr. Lind Organizational ethics is the ethics of an organization‚ which is a very important factor for an organization‚ the principles‚ and standards. They will be expressed and shown through fairness- be sure everyone is treated fair no matter race‚ ethnicity‚ status. Compassion- show that you care about what is going on in an individual’s life. Integrity-be honest and show good character. Honor‚ and take responsibility of every employee as well

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    area of the world leaving a lot of spectacular and interesting heritage and history. For example‚ we have Lebanon. It is a country where many heritage is left in it due to its iconic geographic location. Over the years‚ the Lebanese old historic buildings have been a point of interest to the whole world‚ leaving the tourists in a surprise. The capital of Lebanon is thought to be in excess of 5‚000 years of age‚ making it one of the oldest cities on the planet. Romans‚ Arabs‚ Byzantines‚ Crusaders

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    One of the most famous oceanic disappearance is that of the Mary Celeste. Now at this point you may think that this does not seem like anything special‚ however it is not the actual boat that disappeared but in fact just its’ crew. On December 5th‚ 1872‚ The Mary Celeste was found adrift at sea(The events leading up to the mystery. (n.d.). The 100 ft long 282 ton Canadian ship began its’ voyage on November 7‚ 1872 from New York’s harbor(The events leading up to the mystery. (n.d.). With a total

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    The Building Blocks of Language Any discussion of human thought processes must include a discussion of language. Language is a foundation or building block of thinking. Language also has three building blocks. These building blocks provide structure and produce language. To produce language‚ one must build words using phonemes and morphemes‚ and then string those words into sentences using the rules of grammar; syntax and semantics. The first building block is a phoneme. They are the most basic

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