Designing Civil Project Worldwide : An Essential Element Of Modern Infrastructure

As the human body ages, it becomes more fragile. America’s infrastructure is nearly the same. With the everyday use of many large structures, such as bridges, buildings, and other large structures made of concrete and/or steel, many are beginning to wither away while the average American is unaware of these changes. In many projects around the world, there is a material that is being commonly used to strengthen structures known as Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP). The types of structures that this material can help to strengthen includes, but is not limited to, reinforced concrete columns, bridge girders, steel structures, and cable

Georgia Lazenby believes a current liability is a debtthat can be expected to be paid in one year. Is Georgiacorrect? Explain.

Provide design information to: the principal designer (if involved), for inclusion in the pre-construction information and the health and safety file

The comparison of measurement and prediction of prestress losses in prestressed members is highly documented in literature. Hale et al. (2006) studied the prestress losses behavior of girders subjected to increased fiber stresses. They concluded that the previous AASHTO LRFD Specifications equations (2004) overestimated the prestress losses by roughly 50%. It was found that the NCHRP Report 496 (Tadros et al., 2003) equations predicted the losses to within an average of 6%. Currently, there have been quite a few investigations on empirical models for prestress losses for HSC. In a study conducted by Kowalsky et al. (2001) on several HPC bridge girders in North Carolina to determine the prestress losses of HPC girders. The researchers found shrinkage losses were a small component of the overall prestress losses and that the elastic shortening and creep losses were the main contributors. These larger than expected losses from elastic shortening and creep were because of a predicted modulus of elasticity that was higher than actual. The total prestress losses ranged from 12.9% to 19.1% of the initial jacking stress. In an investigation conducted by Tadros et al. (2003), seven full-scale bridge girders were instrumented in Washington, Texas, Nebraska and New Hampshire to determine the prestress losses of HPC girders. The total prestress losses measured were found to be lower than the AASHTO LRFD (1998) model. Modified expressions were proposed to AASHTO and later adopted in

The purpose of the response is advise the investor about the companies he is considering to invest in. The investor wishes to learn more about the profitability, liquidity and asset efficiency of the said companies along with a recommendation of which company would be most beneficial to invest in.

Assume the role of a project manager overseeing the construction of a 15-mile road. The work is uniformly spread over 12 weeks. Suppose the client has approached your firm and has requested an additional 3 miles to be added to the road without an adjustment to the project completion date. Among the 7 basic tools of quality, which tools would you recommend to control the quality in the given situation? Justify your choices with examples from your professional experience and list the merits and demerits of using the tools you choose.

The commercial construction industry is a very complex field. Every purchase, every sale, every action is followed by a myriad of legalities. The construction industry itself deals everyday with contract, employee, and zoning laws. However these fields are magnified in importance when it comes to commercial construction. Every skyscraper must adhere to a very specific set of rules during every stage of building. Before building even begins companies must first submit proposals to the respective city of building in order to be approved. Each building must be approved for building height, when they can work, and how to power the buildings. During construction companies must make sure to hire union workers, minorities, and others as is required by law in the said city. Also the companies must be sure to meet all safety standards in order to avoid liability. Finally after building the company must deal with contract law in the selling of the building and making sure all previously made requirements had been met. I will focus specifically on John Moriarty and Associates, a commercial construction management firm with an office in Boston, Massachusetts. For them the specific laws and problems they must navigate are specific to the city of Boston and also vary project to project. Looking at specifically Boston’s zoning laws, they 're employment requirements on large scale projects, the safety guidelines builders in the city must follow, and the contracts JMA is used to

In doing a research project, it is always important for one to have a plan. In this case, the following will outline the Project Plan for the final Project. The types of sources, a timeline, a plan to gather information and a working research question will be outlined for use throughout the project.

The Roman engineers were the first in history to discover that proper management of men and resources could greatly decrease the time it takes to complete a construction project. The management structure the Romans employed on their many public construction projects was very simple, but very effective in communicating information through the appropriate channels. Coupling this management structure with previous experience, the Romans were able to increase the efficiency of their endless labour force. Given that no scriptures on the topic of project management have been discovered, it is hard to know whether the Romans knew exactly what they had achieved. However, even though they are more complex, the processes used today can be quite

in this document, my team and I will be outlying the different steps and criteria’s that one will take when creating the desired project, likewise, our qualifications in ensuring our clients’ requirements are met and the project is most desirable to them.

When you hear of the word engineering, what comes to mind? Do you think of a train engine rolling over the plains of South Dakota? Maybe you think of a bridge or a road? If you thought of either of those things, you are correct. Furthermore, Civil Engineering is all of these things and a little more. “Civil engineering is arguably the oldest engineering discipline. It deals with the built environment and can be dated to the first time someone placed a roof over his or her head or laid a tree trunk across a river to make it easier to get across (Civil Engineering).” Some of the first ever examples of the civil engineering was the roof and the bridge. Eventually, our knowledge and tools advanced to enhance the durability and aestheticism of roads, bridges, and buildings. In addition to roads and bridges, civil engineering also deals with planes, cars, and boats as well.

The first thing I think of when I hear “Interconnected World” I think of a man with an idea. This man is an architect, who wants to build an enormous building. To start the “building process” (no pun intended) he would need to draw out a plan of what this building is going to look like. Using his art skills he would draw out a diagram of what the building would look like inside and out to make sure it is pleasing to the eye. Then he and an engineer would have to use math to scale out the drawing into real life to make sure the building is structurally sound. He would also need to hire a project manager to watch over the project, and he has the responsibility of making sure the project is running smoothly. To begin the actual assembling of the building he would need to get it approved by the city or county the building would be built in. He would also need a lawyer to sort out the legal and political issues. The engineer has to approve the structure and make sure it’s safe for people to be in. Their would also need to be an accountant to use his math skills for budgeting. Once the county approves all of the legal, structural, and money details, it can start being built. Now we can start the building process. In the building process there will need to be a contractor who specializes in construction management, as well as an engineer to plan and make sure it is perfect before assembled. Once the major structural parts of the building are set, they can begin with

This part of the introduction is simply a summary of your interpretation of the assignment brief and is commonly referred to as ‘explaining the terms of reference’. Also define any terms that may be new to the reader.

Briefing is the preliminary and most critical phase in construction projects which contributes to the success or failure of the project. One of the common characteristics of mega construction projects is that they include multiple stakeholders: Organizations, Clients, Governments sometimes, Consultants and the Recipients. Therefore, variable conflicts might occur between these stakeholders as a result of variations in interests, requirements, perspectives, expectations or methods of communication. Many studies have addressed this partials with the aim to improve and develop the briefing process, where lots of conceptual frameworks were initiated to manage and control multiple stakeholders but it still a major problem in the briefing process. Among the identified areas this is to identify and manage multiple stakeholders, assessing and accommodating their conflicting needs, expectations and requirements, in order to achieve value for money. This study aims to highlight the weakness in traditional stakeholder analysis techniques and evaluate the impact of multiple stakeholders ' conflicts in mega construction projects through a literature review and case studies to identify and manage them in the briefing process, estimate their requirements, needs and conflicting expectations and their impact on the project influence. The paper concludes with a number of recommendations for stakeholders ' management.

The maintenance, restoration and development of structural components, is maybe one of the most typical problems in construction field applications. In addition, a huge number of structures developed in the past utilizing the ancient established design codes in various parts of the world are basically structurally hazardous as indicated to the recent time design codes on the other hand the retrofitting has become necessary due to the environmental degradation, heavier loading conditions and their life spans. Therefore, various strengthening techniques are being introduced, historically the structural components were repaired by post-tensioning or jacketing with new concrete in conjunction with a surface adhesive, since mid-1960’s steel