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    Log Home Construction

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    The Non-Traditional structure that I chose to design is a log home. When doing research on styles of construction I was a little overwhelmed with the options that are available for construction methods. The first thing I needed to find out is what type of footing and foundation is needed to support the immense weight of the logs. An 8"x16" footing and 8" foundation is sufficient enough to support the weight of a log home. There are three different options available for supporting the floor joist

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    intro to crime

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    Crime as a complex and contested concept Introduction Crime is a complex and contested concept which will be examined through different definitions to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of collected information about crime and how it affects the way society receives information on crime. This essay will discuss crime to determine why it is contested and received in such a broad category and how interpretations and misrepresentations of crime can make and change society’s views on crime. Crime

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    Abstract We have to complete an assignment for our Construction Technology about green building. Our lecturer‚ IR Han had also held an visit programme to one of the green building that located at Putrajaya which is Diamond Building to help us in obtaining more information for this assignment. Our assignment had inserted these information that we obtained from the visit to Diamond Building and also some other green buildings around the world. In the introduction part we can see that green

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    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 Code‚ the

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    Disneyland Crime

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    Write a critical account of national or international efforts to prevent one type of crime Disneyland has been created into a private security place which monitors their customers‚ on the other hand a place where dreams come true for children and an experience to remember. But‚ Shearing and Stenning ’s (1984) describes Disney as a ‘description of the social control system built into the design of Disney World]…Techniques of camouflage‚ such as computer encryption‚ may also be built into computer

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    exposes them to electrical hazards. Construction workers of all types must also contend with this danger. Their accidents with electricity happen because complacency‚ distraction‚ or a rushed schedule caused them to accidentally make contact with a power line. They also work with electrical power tools that can potentially cause electrocution. Here are three ways that serious injury or death may happen to construction workers: Damaged Electrical Power Tools Construction workers use electrical power tools

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    what is crime

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    Chapter 1 What is Criminology? “Criminology” Frank Schmalleger What is Crime? Four definitional perspectives • Legalistic • Political • Sociological • Psychological What is Crime? • Perspective is important because it determines the assumptions we make and the questions we ask • This book uses the legalistic perspective Legalistic Perspective • Crime is defined as: Human conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state‚ the federal government‚ or a local jurisdiction

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    changed to grievous hurt. In the present case of Barendra Kumar Ghosh‚ the accused argued that he was the man who stood outside the courtyard and was in nowhere in the room. To this contention the court asked why was he present at the scene of the crime at all and why did he not take himself off ? These questions were not answered by the

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    Department of Architecture ENAR 335 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 3 PRECAST SKELETON CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM Done By: Dina Khouri 1090999 Islam Hijazi 1080984 Marian Shomali 1090213 Instructed by: Dr. Mohammad Abd-al-hadi Date: Precast Concrete Every construction material and system has its own characteristics which to a greater or lesser extend influence the layout‚ span length‚ construction depth‚ stability system‚ etc. This is also

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    SAFER CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a systematic approach to identifying‚ assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio-economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them: Heddre it has been strongly influenced by the mass of research on vulnerability that has appeared in print since the mid-1970s.[1] It is the responsibility of development and relief agencies alike. It should be an integral

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