effort" (Berger and Luckmann 1966). It refers to the idea that reality or a collective agreed upon group perception is based on the basic premise on what the majority of the people or society believe. It should have sufficient conformity for social order. People should share intentional states such as belief‚ desires‚ culture‚ and intentions. For the reality to be effective‚ it should be imposed on the group by a more powerful or higher status
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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
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Nanotechnology in Construction Engineering Ashwani K. Rana1‚ Shashi B Rana2‚ Anjna Kumari3 and Vaishnav Kiran4 National Institute of Technology‚ Hamirpur (H.P)‚ India Email: 1ashwani_paper@yahoo.com 2 Regional Campus G.N.D.U. Gurdaspur‚ Punjab‚ India Emails: 2shashi_rana12@yahoo.co.in‚ 3anjna.paper@gmail.com‚4vaishnav.rana@gmail.com‚ 1‚ 3‚ 4 Abstract— Nanotechnology is one of the most active research areas that encompass a number of disciplines including civil engineering and construction materials
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Alex Visaggio BCN 3281: Construction Methods September 28‚ 2017 Legal Case Surveying is the process of finding unknown distances by using elevation‚ direction and linear/angular measurements to then translate a design onto a physical area to serve as the basis for construction. The person who conducts the surveying is the surveyor. Surveyors attend school for 4 years or can train as an apprentice for 8 years before getting certified as a professional surveyor. Surveyors work with personnel from
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innovation has led to the discovery of new approaches to best practice by different players in the construction industry in the United Kingdom. These efforts have been initiated with the view to increase understanding of the needs of key business areas as well as increase client‚ users and stakeholders ’ value. In this regard experts in the field of construction have proposed "rethinking of construction" (Egan 1998) by strategically rethinking operational stages in order to decrease cost and improve
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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
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What caught my attention in the reading and discussion‚ is the term ‘’ Social Constructionism of realty’’ which is seen as the theory of knowledge in sociology and also communication of theory that looks into the development of a jointly constructed world. Therefore‚ it also proves that the understanding‚ importance and concept are developed and not separated within individuals‚ instead they are coordinated with other human beings as well. In order words‚ the elements to this theory are as follows;
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Fire 73: Construction Types & Occupancy Classifications Fire 73: Fire Prevention Technology Learning Outcomes Following instruction the student shall: Understand fire resistive construction‚ noncombustible construction‚ combustible construction‚ and what constitutes fire-resistance. Identify and describe each of the five construction types and the construction features and fire dangers that are common to each construction type. Chapter 4: Construction Types & Occupancy Classifications
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ROLE OF CONSTRUCTION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Provides for economic development and expansion of economic activities Major consumer of physical and natural resources Produces waste Pollutes environment BUILDING MATERIALS “You employ stone‚ wood and concrete and with these materials‚ you build homes and places: that is construction” – Le Corbusier Attitudes Towards Building Materials Possibilities and appropriateness Attitudes Efficiency of use (engineering point of view) Adequacy
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investments (Balfour Beatty‚ 2012). Economic * The recent financial crisis slowed the market growth in major markets USA and UK. The infrastructure industry is capital-intensive and it suffered significantly from the crisis: both volume of construction works and investments decreased (Nistorescu and Ploscaru‚ 2010). The possible default of Greece is also dangerous for the UK since its total exposure to Greek debt is
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