Task 1 One of the significant contributor to climate change and other environmental threats is the construction sector. The construction industry has a major impact on our environment and our country cannot meet its environmental goals & objectives with substantially reducing the environmental impact of buildings and infrastructure. Thus‚ this sector needs to make an extensive and stringent shift in its practices in order to alleviate the impact of these threats. Hence‚ we have to change the way
Premium Global warming Climate change Carbon dioxide
1. The assertions relevant to Paragon’s construction projects are listed as follows: a. Valuation: The valuation assertion ensures the transaction amount recorded is correct. Paragon changed from cost-to-cost method used to recognize revenue to “earned value” percentage-of-completion accounting method. Changing methods misstated revenues‚ and Paragon’s management overstated the contractual revenue amounts for most of the construction projects. Michael Sullivan should have sent out confirmations for
Premium Project management Construction Legal terms
THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY JANUARY 2009 INTRODUCTION The current crisis in the world’s financial system has left the construction industry facing its toughest challenges for a generation. Salaries are falling; job cuts are predicted to reach 400‚000 in England alone; and the impacts look set to get much worse before they get better. No country is immune from the impact of this and the UK‚ and much of the rest of the world‚ is already in‚ or about
Premium Construction Building Deconstruction
indigenous Construction Company‚ dates back to the early eighties with the establishment of its operational base in the Delta State Capital Asaba. The company was founded in response to the increasing road construction‚ rehabilitation and maintenance potential in the country following the oil boom and the attendant growth in all sectors of the economy. INTER-BAU is undoubtedly best known through the high quality road... construction and other related projects executed by the company. We have
Premium Infrastructure Construction Nigeria
1.0 The issue Defined 1.1 General Background Back in the day before there were computers the whole construction process was done by pen and paper from the bidding process to the actual drawings themselves. Since the innovation of the computer and interactive software these processes have gotten much more efficient. There have been many programs that ease the construction process. Such programs include‚ drawing software (AutoCad)‚ spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel)‚ programs to assist with
Premium Construction
ONEWAY Construction is facing possible action from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency after violating the terms of their beneficial use determination or BUD. “If somebody has a waste product that they’re essentially recycling‚ they can come in and get a beneficial use determination if they demonstrate that they’ve got a legitimate recycling process going on‚” Kyle Rominger‚ acting manager for the division of land and pollution control at the IEPA‚ said. “There’s conditions in the BUD
Premium Management Business ethics Ethics
On The Globalization of the Construction Industry “How has globalization impacted on the construction industry in terms of issues such as: structure‚ characteristics of the industry and individual firms‚ building cycles and forecasting the future direction of the overall economy and the construction industry in particular”. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 Executive Summary 2.0 Introduction 3.0 Globalization 4.0 Structure 4.1 The Global Construction Industry 4.2 Issues Relating
Premium Construction Building Architect
Everyone has Facebook these days‚ and almost every business does as well‚ it’s very rare that you see a business advertisement that doesn’t say “a3dd us on Facebook!” on the bottom. Our world is surrounded by Facebook‚ it’s everywhere‚ and unfortunately many modern lives revolve around it. It’s addictive‚ and if you have a Faceb0ook page‚ and a reliable source to internet‚ you’re typically checking0 your Facebook on a daily basis. You don’t even need a computer any longer‚ every new phone comes with
Premium Facebook Social network service Post
First-aid in the workplace includes the provision of first-aid facilities‚ services and personnel required for the initial treatment of persons suffering from injury or illness at a workplace. It is the immediate treatment or care given to a victim of an accident or sudden illness before qualified health personnel attend to provide treatment. The aims of first aid are to: Preserve life; Prevent illness or injury from becoming worse; Reduce pain; Promote recovery; and Care of unconscious.
Free Employment Health care Responsibility
is currently working as a project manager at a construction company. After I graduate I plan on attending a two-year college then transferring to a four-year college to get a Bachelor’s degree in construction and using that to become a construction manager. A construction manager oversees the entire construction process from start to finish and I will be looking into that more when I am doing my research paper. I am interested in being a construction manager because my father has always been involved
Premium High school Education College