Building engineering

Portada is the tallest fully completed building in the city. Soaring well above its surroundings, the building possesses breathtaking views of the nearby Andes Mountains as well as the city that it dwarves. Not only is the shear height a feat that proclaims this building the greatest high rise structure of the last 50 years, but many other aspects of the building must be taken into account. To adequately measure the greatness, one must begin by looking into the building itself, and then to why it differs

credits into BIM software to design educational buildings with enhanced quality of indoor environment Introduction & Background According to the studies of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the level of pollutants inside the building can be two to five times higher than the outdoor levels and these pollutants are major cause of worry as majority of people invest their 90 percent of time in indoor activities (10). The educational buildings are heavily occupied most of the time as they provide

construction of buildings can be a complicated business involving different professions, contractors, sub-contractors and operatives. This type of work is varied and employs many construction personnel with different roles and responsibilities, working together to complete a project in as successful way- on time, on budget and to the right specification. A large project would involve a great number of different activities: • Building • Architecture • Planning • Surveying • Civil engineering • Structural

Picture being inside of a lovely building. The walls glisten as the light reflects off bouncing and giving indebtedness to the still air that holds stiff. People can be heard talking down the hall in a distance. Soon, the mind wonders to pessimistic scenarios where safety is the number one priority. A fire, a flood, the walls collapsing in on a single soul. Medical teams have to respond and silence falls down all around. Then out of the dust a voice is heard talking to the outside world. Communication

Have you ever built a house or saw one be built? I ask this because in today's society construction is needed everyday from roads, houses,commercial building and helping people rebuild their homes from disasters. Today’s society is full of new and creative ways to help around the community. Construction is something that most people in the community are not very fond of, due to the fact that it can inconvenience our lives. Although, sometimes it is taken for granted just because it is actually so

Integration of LEED Indoor Environmental Quality Credits into BIM Software to Design Educational Buildings with Enhanced Quality Indoor Environment A Proposal by Kanishk Sharma Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER

similarities and differences between The Forbidden City and 19th century merchants’ house in Liverpool, in terms of the material used, the scale of the buildings, the structural & engineering designs and the decorations, despite being in two completely different energy conditions. The Forbidden City, one of the most famous and important buildings in China, was the imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty (1420 – 1912). It is located in the centre of Beijing, China, now

2.0 Introduction Factory buildings make significant impact to their surrounding environment. Green building concept is a fine solution for this situation, but occupation satisfaction must be considered for organization and occupants’ wellbeing. This chapter describes about the applicability of green building concept in Factory buildings and Sri Lankan context. Furthermore it explains about occupants’ satisfaction on factory buildings and importance of it. Key criteria which influence for occupants

Sustainable construction When it comes to building assessment methods, this theme led to many and different forms of studies on the relationship between the project team integration and the sustainable construction. Comparing dominant construction strategies with sustainable construction, Lutzkendorf & Lorenz (2011) argue that, on one hand, sustainable construction requires greater disciplinary specialization and greater functional dependence between components. On the other hand, traditional construction

awe dropping, highlighted by the various high-rises and skyscrapers that outline the city. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) defines a high-rise building as “a building whose height of over 75 feet creates different conditions in the design, construction, and use than those that exist in common buildings of a certain region and period” (CTBUH). High-rise buildings exist in our civilization, mostly in our large cities, to save space and money. “In large urban areas, cost of construction