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    determined 75 projects as case studies in conjunction with various detailed information, such as names of general contractors, LIB’s characteristics, the project duration, the completion year, the project size (gross area), budgets and actual costs, building types, delivery methods, green features, number of RFIs, change orders, number of project participants, and other components. For instance, 30 case studies with full-implemented LIB are represented in Table 2. Table 2: 30 Case Studies Utilized LIB

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    Building Construction Related to the Fire Service Chapter 1: Building Construction & Fire Service The building variables that FF must consider: • Age of building – age in itself is not a hazard but an indication of potential hazards • Fire protection systems – first line of defense in a building • Occupancy of the building – often affects fire behavior…each occupancy has different hazards & fuels, and the structural components are subjected to different temperatures, heat release

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    The Start Of Architecture Architecture is the art or practice of designing and the construction of complex building structures. Architecture traces back in time to a number of traditions and religions as well as over searching stylistic trends and dates. A variety of styles have been used in the idea of architecture. The science of architecture begins with gravity. Gravity added with the creative manipulation and coordination of material, technology, light and shadow. Architecture comes with

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    all rate of population. This is an ever-increasing issue, which threatens us to cause housing problems in the near future. That is why there are a numerous number of firms in the construction industry engaging themselves in erecting and repairing building, roads, houses, bridges, dams and much more. This capital good industry is a source of heavy units, which are immobile and quite expensive. The government of a country is the main customer of this creative industry, in respect to their different

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    Before we could do anything we had to remove the old shingles on the sides of the building as well as the roof and then remove the tar paper underneath. We then took apart the boards until there was only the framing of the building, After taking down the framing we were left with nothing except the foundation which we had to break and crush apart with a steel hoe and then we had to load the large concrete chunks into a trailer and take it to the dump. We had to pull out what ever was remaining and

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    Louis Sullivan and the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building “The Art Nouveau Jewel of Chicago” Written by Joss Ryan P10528830 History and Theory ‘ARCH 2031’ 2012 Louis Sullivan and the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building Page 1 Art Nouveau is a very renowned style of art, applied art, and architecture. It is an influential design movement and an international philosophy. The name “Art Nouveau” itself means “new art” in the French language, and is also known as “Jugendstil”

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    The €6.7m Carty Meats project involved a 3,720m2 extension to the existing factory. This was my first exposure to CFA piled foundations. I led a successful value engineering exercise to change the basement and exterior retaining walls specifications from RC concrete to precast concrete, saving valuable time on the construction programme and reducing H&S risks during construction. I co-ordinated the logistical planning for the 324m3 basement concrete pours and 643m3 ground floor slab. The external

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    David Allan Coe once said, “ It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time”. (Coe, David Allan) Coe is saying by this that you have to take pride in what the people have built instead of the beauty and look at the foundation that took all the time and effort. Construction can be a tough career to get into, but on top being a construction manager you have some bigger shoes to fill with the amount of things that you have

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    serve as a buffer against noises both inside and outside of a building. One question that many people ask is whether their homes might be “over-insulated.” There are two primary schools of thought on this topic. At Reitzel Insulation, our goal is to find the best solution for every property we service. In the same way that the best insulation strategies differ according to the circumstances, the question about over-insulation

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