BASE ISOLATED BUILDINGS What is base isolation? When a building is built away (isolated) from the ground‚ resting on flexible bearings or pads known as base isolators. It is of the most popular means of protecting a structure against earthquake forces. HISTORY The first evidence of architects using the principle of base isolation for earthquake protection was discovered in Pasargadae. One of the world’s first base-isolated structures – the William Clayton building Base Isolation
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important? Research over the years has found a correlation between positive parental interaction and student achievement as well as improved behavior and social interactions. These improvements encompass all ethnic and economic groups. (Morrison‚ Storey and Zhang 21) Since the inception of Swap in 1993 programs have continued
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‘Designing a building that goes higher with smaller footprint is less sustainable than one that has lesser storeys with a larger footprint.’ GEOFFREY BAWA JUSTIFY - REGIONAL ADAPTATION ON MODERNISM OFTEN DISPLAY AWERNESS OF LESS COSTLY‚ USE OF PASSIVE STRATEGIES. GEOFFERY BAWA - Geoffery Bawa is the most renowned architect in Sri lanka and was among the most influential architects in southeast Asia in last decade of 20th century. - Bawa’s style is called “Tropical Modernism”
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metres (2‚716.5 feet). Not just the king of buildings‚ the Burj’s height surpassed anything ever built by man from the ground up. Burj Khalifa holds the world record for Highest number of storeys in the world with 163 storeys. Burj Khalifa holds the world record for the highest habitable floor at 160 storeys. Burj Level 153 of Burj Khalifa is the highest occupied floor in the world. Construction of Burj Khalifa began in 2004‚ with the exterior completed in 2009. The primary structure is reinforced
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Human Resources JDT Task 1 A. Constructive Discharge At the beginning of the year the toy Company instituted a work schedule change to keep up with the growth of production of the company. The schedule change consisted of 12 hour shifts with 4 days of work and 4 days off. This change means that some of the work days would fall on a religious holy day. All of the production employees will immediately begin working this new schedule. Due to this new work schedule‚ a claim has been filed against
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DISCUSS HARD AND SOFT MODELS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review of Soft and Hard HRM Models 6 3. Discussion on Soft and Hard HRM Models 10 4. Conclusion 12 5. References 13 DISCUSS HARD AND SOFT MODELS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Introduction Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization ’s most valued assets - the people working there who individually and
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The HRM Models ← There are a good number of models that have been postulated by various scholars to describe the HRM concept. ← However‚ as shall be seen these various models either fall under the soft or the hard approach of HRM. The Harvard Model ← The Harvard Model was postulated by Beer et al (1984) at Harvard University. ← The authors of the model also coined it the map of HRM territory. ← The Harvard model acknowledges the existence
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management‚ so then the subsidiary should have strong local identity (Suutari and Brewster 1999). Therefore‚ local units can operate independently with high level of autonomy and very little‚ mainly financial control form headquarter (Mabey‚ Salam & Storey 1998). So‚ headquarter
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north of my house in Brampton‚ is a cottage in a town called Muskoka. It’s not the greatest place to live as I’m city raised and used to the hustle‚ but to get away from the city‚ it’s just what the doctor ordered. The cottage itself is small two storey building about 3600 square feet. The outside is blue and the trimmings along the roof‚ windows‚ and doors are painted white. The cool country air smells nice and clean‚ and along with the beautiful lush scenery‚ makes you feel as though you’ve entered
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inauguration ceremony on 31 October 2010. Facilities[edit] The Bitexco Financial Tower is a mixed use project which includes Office space and Retail space. The tower has more than 39‚000 square metres of office space‚ from 7th to 64 floors‚ and the six-storey retail podium Icon68 with around 10‚000 square metres. Around 464 square metres of space is available for a casual dining restaurant on level 50 and around 568 square metres of space is used for a fine dining restaurant on level 51‚ as well as 300
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