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    Assignment Building Surveying Title: Essay Name: Benjamin Tiong Student Number: 17612379 Unit Name: Building Surveying Email Address: Benjamintiong1995@gmail.com Date Submitted: 23 April 2015 Word Count: 965 Curtin University of Technology By submitting this assignment, I declare that I have retained a suitable copy of this assignment, have not previously submitted this work for assessment and have ensured that it complies with university and school regulations, especially concerning

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    1825. The Highland, as Monroe and his family called it, was a working plantation that consisted of 1,000 acres that eventually expanded over time to 3,500 acres. Monroe began changing his home in the early 1800s as he added several adjacent buildings such as a slave quarters and an

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    government of Juscelino Kubscheck. In 1992 was created the CTRS - Network Technology Center Sarah, where all components have been developed, fittings, joining elements, furniture, in short, all the pieces that make up the constructive system of buildings. Then in 1993 it was built the first hospital in the industrial system, in São Luís, Maranhão. After this, were created eight hospitals under the same system. It is important to point out that the main elements of the system employed in this network

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    wood, and lego brick, then I predict that legos will hold up through an earthquake simulation the most. My rational for my hypothesis was I predicted that legos will hold up through the earthquake because they resemble bricks, which is a recommended building material. My results were that I couldn’t disprove or prove my hypothesis, because the structures didn’t break. So there was

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    Forces Of Earthquake

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    Earthquakes have long posed an engineering concern that requires special attention to minimize their powerful range of destruction. Engineers and other disciplines have strived to alleviate our concern of earthquakes through different means. While earthquakes pose the capability of causing great harm, we can use the knowledge we have gained from their appearance to formulate better structures that are well equipped to handle the powerful forces of nature. To understand earthquakes and how to combat

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    to be flowing and buildings rising left and right. It is a flourishing campus, and a time of great growth for the state’s flagship campus. One thing constant throughout it all is one of the campus’s most visible structures, which is located at the entrance to campus. This is the Fine Arts Center, begun in 1972 and completed in 1974 under supervision and design of architect Kevin Roche. Kevin Roche is an architect well known for his various creations, such as the Ford Foundation Headquarters

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    Street, Fredericksburg Va, was built between 1897 and 1898 (Land Tax Books). The structure is a two story, two bay, wood framed, Italianate style in the Victorian era dwelling with a compound plan, hipped standing seam metal roof and a porch. The foundation is made of concrete block. The pillars of the porch are brick along with the two chimneys’, one located in the front right and one on the back left of the home. The walls are finished with clapboard board siding. The four-pane two-story bay window

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    and Services TWU Construction Company, LLC is a general building contractor that provides an all-inclusive service with the aim to provide our customers with superior construction services as our mission statement states. We start this with an in-house architect who is there to ensure the process starts smoothly so that customers can achieve their dream and get what the envisioned for their home or business. If our client is not building and just needs repair or small jobs like plumbing, painting

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    Helping Historic Buildings to Weather Modernity For several decades, USPS Fort Worth was subjected to an elevated portion of Interstate Highway I-30 constructed parallel to the building’s Lancaster Street frontage. This portion of the highway was eventually demolished and relocated to an area one block south of the site. By then, the damage to the post office was already done—and extensive. Carbon staining, usually dark brown, gray or black, is a typical result of repeated exposure to automobile

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    such as Mechanics of Structure (ARA22) and Materials and Construction (ARA25) like Architectural Technologies (BDES2013) from UOS and Structures and Constructions (ARCH1162) from UNSW to have a knowledge of the building elements and proper material selection for small and complex building designs. These subjects too carry forward till the Fourth Year. The Second and Third Year is an extension of the first two years of Study and electives related to design specific interests are introduced. The level

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