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Humphrey McQueen -At Battle over Builders’ Labourers OHS Good evening, everyone! The intellectual I chose is Humphrey McQueen. Tonight, I would like talk about his battle over the builders’ labourers OHS. Recently, there has been reignited interest in the ABCC (Australian Building and Construction Commission) and the Building and Construction OH&S (Occupational Health and safety); since these are the central issues which triggered the double dissolution. And now we are on the process of early election

A innovative construction material -- CO2 Eco-Structure Summary： This report attempts to introduce a innovative material called CO2 Eco-Structure. Compared concrete, it has advantages such as short hardening time, multiple mechanical properties and no water needed in construction. However, it still has disadvantages in producing, one is its uncertain sustainability and another is the possibility of causing exposure to silica. The further improvement of this material can be made to solve the problems

In the United States, construction has always been one of the most dangerous industries to work in. The number of fatalities that occur in this industry year after year demonstrate this. In 2012, 19.6% of worker fatalities, in private industry, were in construction (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013) despite the industry comprising only 6.8% of the total work force. This epidemic is not unique to the United States. Essentially every country faces similar problems regarding construction safety. For

Responsible sourcing is a universal method to the sustainable evaluation of materials. This is an environmental, economical and social way of obtaining construction supplies such as concrete. Responsible sourcing is a progressively imperative factor for specifiers and clients in the construction commerce. The idea first industrialized in fair trade of food products and fair employment conditions for production of consumer goods. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was founded in 1919 to

The building industry has long been overpowered by the use of a select number of construction materials, largely concrete, masonry and steel. In more recent times however, an increased emphasis has been placed on environmental sustainability within the architectural realm and as a result, cross laminated timber (CLT) is becoming a more prominent building material due to its design flexibility, cost-competiveness, structural integrity and most importantly, its sustainable attributes. CLT was firstly

1. Cost: when we are looking at the cost of the construction project we have to look through and have to consider all the stages of the design and the construction project this is part of the specification. It is very important to have the cost estimator involved right from the start of the project to ensure that the project budget reflects the decisions made by the project construction team throughout the integrated the design process. 2. Quality standard and legislation: quality is the part

Planning permission applications: planning permission is the legal process a formal documented proposed development submitted to the council. Most major changes building required permission by the law planning permission is very important part of all projects that must be submitted to the local authority. Starting any construction development without planning permission is risky because the authority can order enforcement notice order to undo all the change has been carrying out on the site. The

Caseroom Relocation Project – Next Steps Project Approach: (Clear 1899 Building 9th & 10th Floors) Project Scope: The DLS Team has been identified as the core assessment team for all caserooms located within the Washington DC WilmerHale office (1899, 1875 and 1801). Objectives: Our objectives are to conduct the initial full assessment of caseroom contents, create and update inventory log (Doc. # 148850580v1), identify closed matters and contact responsible person(s) to request authorization to relocate

John Tyler Whitley FIP 132-01SW-116 Building Construction Module Three Writing Assignment Worchester Cold Storage Fire In this writing assignment, I will be discussing The Worchester Cold Storage Fire and the aftermath of the building itself after the fire was brought under control. The Cold Storage Fire also was known for the incident that claimed the lives of 6 Worchester Firefighters also. The are multiple topics I will be discussing and they are the incident, response, losses and the effects

A summary of ‘The Lamp of Memory’, John Ruskin Introduction The Seven Lamps of Architecture is a book written by John Ruskin in May 1849 structured in eight chapters.The Seven Lamps are seven principles which represent the demands that good architecture must meet. In this book I shall relate to the ‘’Lamp of Memory’’ which is the sixth of the principles. The essay is divided into different parts.At the first glance Ruskin’s writing may seem very far from today’s general thinking but as one starts