An investigation on social construction. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this work is to describe‚ analyse and understand what an anthropological understanding of social construction is and how it works. In order to do this‚ I’ll start by giving a general explanation of what a social construct is‚ after that I’ll bring three different concepts which I understand as social constructions. Specifically the three concepts will be gender‚ death and language using. To explain gender “Rites of Manhood:
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launched in 1990. BREEAM sets the standard for best practice in sustainable building design‚ construction and operation and has become one of the most comprehensive and widely recognised measures of a building’s environmental performance. A BREEAM assessment uses recognised measures of performance‚ which are set against established benchmarks‚ to evaluate a building’s specification‚ design‚ construction and use. The measures used represent a broad range of categories and criteria from energy to ecology
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Construction hazards • Working at height: XXX describes that working at height includes any workplace has the potential of personal fall of a distance that is sufficient to cause personal injury whether this workplace is at ground level or below it. However‚ most of the resources including XX_____XX mention any work activity which is 2 m and above from the floor surface as working at height. Falling is the major cause of accidental fatalities as it causes about 50% of the total fatalities in
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SUB: Construction Management Total Marks: 80 1. Explain the dealing with owners’ supplies. (5 marks) 2. Write short notes in the following. (20 marks) a. Guarantee Tests b. Demobilization c. Environmental case d. Testing commissioning and Trial Run. 3. Describe the purchase
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socially constructed categories) to be social constructions. What is meant by the phrase ‘social construction’? How is race‚ for example‚ socially constructed? Social constructions of reality means the process of developing jointly constructed understandings‚ thoughts or concepts of the world by a society. Meaning‚ notion or connotations placed on an individual‚ group or event by a society through cultural or social practice‚ they become social constructions when they are adopted by the inhabitants
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1. Sally spends her afternoon at the art gallery‚ paying $5 for her bus fares and $11 for food and drinks rather than spending an equal amount of money to go to a movie and have a similar meal at a similar price. The opportunity cost of going to the art gallery a. b. c. d. e. is less than the opportunity cost of going to the movies. equals $5 because she would have had a meal anyway. is the money she spent. is the movie she didn’t see.* is zero‚ if there is no fee to enter the
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USING E-TENDERING IN SINGAPORE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY First names YAP Last name YEE THARM Abstract: E-tendering is a relatively new and modern technique of tending system. The transaction can be done from business-to-business‚ business-to-consumer or Business-to-government buy and sale of goods‚ works and services through the Internet or other networking systems. This paper examines the pros and cons of using E-tendering in the Singapore Construction Industry and the future trend of E-tendering
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P * Procurement Definition: A basic definition for the procurement is “the way the building is realised” and “involves assembling and organising the skills and services of a team of construction professionals”. (the Construction Round Table‚ 1995). More precisely‚ the construction industry describes procurement as “a system that establishes the roles and relationships which make up a project organisation”; hence the overall organisation and communication structure for the management‚ administration
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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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(4) Building construction is a complex‚ significant‚ and rewarding process. It begins with an idea and culminates in a structure that may serve its occupants for several decades‚ even centuries. Like the manufacturing of products‚ building construction requires an ordered and planned assembly of materials. It is‚ however‚ far more complicated than product manufacturing. Buildings are assembled outdoors on all types of sites and are subject to all kinds of weather. Additionally‚ even a modest-sized
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