On April 19, 1995, a mom took her son, Tevin, to the day-care center at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building before heading to work. As she was leaving, her son cried for her, but she had to go anyway. One of Tevin’s friends Elijah was there to keep him company instead (Cole 26). “An hour later, the bomb exploded, and both children were killed” (Cole 26). Not only were the lives of those two innocent little boys taken, but one hundred and sixty-six more were lost on that tragic day as well (Wertheimer).…
As the property continues to degrade, representing potential safety concerns as well as surrounding property value depreciation, this lone property stands in a limbo between life and death being owned and cared for and being completely ruined (Weiss 492). These foreclosed on homes need to have a better upkeep. Many improvements can be made to give the homes the “curb-appeal” that they need to…
• Bond costs are not included. • This proposal is based on T.P Electric Inc.’s interpretation of the plans and specifications as stated above and subject to correction for errors in such plans or specifications. • T.P Electric Inc. shall not implement any changes in this scope of work unless Owner/ General Contractor and T.P Electric agree in writing to the details of the change and any resulting price, schedule or other contractual modifications. • TP Electric is Bidding the buildings only (No Site Work Allowed…
Nodaway County has a rich history reflected in numerous historical buildings. From downtown Maryville to the Administration Building at Northwest Missouri State University the history is clearly visible. Associate Provost of Undergraduate Studies Michael Steiner said a large portion of the Northwest campus is historical but said the oldest building and most significant building on campus is the Administration Building “The Administration Building is the first and most historical so obviously the oldest building on campus,” Steiner said. “It did have some major rebuilding after a fire in 1979 burned up a lot of the west half of the building” Steiner said there are pieces of the old building that have been incorporated into the current building. “There was…
The New London School explosion was one of the worst school disasters in U.S history, and the worst disaster in Texas history. In the beginning, Rusk County, New London was like any other town during the 1930’s, big on agriculture and farming. That being until the discovery of oil all throughout Texas. New London had struck gold with a deal on oil and had not only had an increase in population but in money as well. With the money the town had been earning and the people, the town experienced construction of new buildings, houses and businesses.…
According to http://www.workplacesafetyadvice.co.uk/common-injuriescauses-accidents-work.html, there are 34 million workdays that have been lost due to a workplace accident or illness. Some common causes of workplace accidents are unsafe conditions, unsafe acts, personal beliefs, traps, and those that simply make the decision to work unsafe in the first place. Unsafe conditions can be caused by a person who was injured or made by an employee or a third party. An example of an unsafe act would be someone disregarding the company rules or an employee who is not paying attention.…
Name: Preya Vyas Student ID: 215964364 Question 1 1. You have just met with Gary Gendron, the fiancé of Lucie Aylwin, who was killed in the Elliot Lake parking mall collapse. He is furious about the collapse, and death of his fiancée. He has asked you to help him take action against the Mayor of Elliot Lake who he holds to be ethically responsible for the collapse. Please help him write a letter to the Mayor using ethical arguments to explain why you believe this to be the case.…
It is more common for the public to hear of disasters rather disasters that were narrowly missed. In “The Fifty-Nine-Story Crisis”, Joe Morgenstern tells the tale of structural engineer William LeMessurier navigating complicated ethical decisions in order to salvage a flawed building. By doing this LeMessurier risked his entire career and could have harmed thousands of people had he not made the right decisions. When LeMessurier had a student question a building he helped design, the Citicorp Center, he decided to test whether quartering winds would increase the strain on the building.…
Embedded Field Based Experience Tort Tour of Briggsdale School What was done? On March 14th and 16th I toured Briggsdale School District’s High School and Elementary wing along with the exterior campus to ascertain locations where potential tort liability may reside. On both dates, I enlisted help from different teacher in the district and based upon these tours, I created a list identifying some of the potential liabilities along with possible remediation strategies.…
The field of engineering impacts our society in many, many ways. There are the most obvious impacts, technological and technical improvements (means of transportation, electronics, resource distributions services, et cetera), but there are impacts that may be somewhat vague, such as global and societal impacts. Both impacts must be weighted equally by the modern, citizen engineer. As an engineering student in southeast Ohio, one of the more recent and relevant examples of engineering impacting a society is the construction of the Nelsonville Bypass project. U.S. Route 33 ran through this small town, of approximately 5,400 people, and this section typically averaged about 19,000 vehicles per day with 15 percent being semi trucks.…
October 17, 1989 was a calm day in the San Francisco Bay Area. Two neighboring cities, San Francisco and Oakland were buzzing with excitement because each city’s major league baseball team, the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics was competing in the World Series. It was a Bay Area rivalry for the biggest prize in baseball and the crowds were headed to San Francisco to prepare for a 5:30pm first pitch at Candlestick Park. Then, at around 5:03pm not long before the scheduled first pitch, an earthquake hit the stadium as well as the surrounding area. According to the History Channel, the stadium withstood the quake but the surrounding area didn’t fair quite as well.…
Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina The tragedy formed a great baseline for the development of better communication and evacuation policies to help during disaster management such as Hurricane Katrina. Such lessons led to the institution of the Army Corps of Engineers who helped in the reconstructions of the destroyed sleeves and making the barriers much higher than the initial ones (Galea & Brewin, 2007). The current barriers were supported by steel beams extending to about 19.8 meters below the sea levels thereby making them much stronger (McKay, 2006).…
Building Codes Past & Present Building codes date back to 1758 B.C. when King Hammurabi of Babylon actually used chisel and stone to record a law that made it punishable by death to build an unsafe home. It states “If a builder has built a house for a man and his work is not strong, and if the house he has built falls in and kills the householder, that builder shall be slain” Andrea, Alfred and Overfield, James (1990) page 16. This paper will explore the evolution of building codes past and present, why they were determined to be necessary and the events that shaped their existence.…
In this regard, the project related to the development in the highway in front of Big John’s supermarket (project 1), would require significant amount of money due to its complex geographic situation. Moreover, Big John is also not ready to contribute in the project. In addition to the project of repair of Elk Mountain road (Project 2) would have high social cost as this one of the major route of transportation for the city. However, there is an alternate available for the city for transportation, but for heavy transportation, this road in bad conditions. Along with this, another project considered is repair of bridge over Crockett Creek (project 3) can be considered quite crucial for the city as this bridge connects state correctional facility (prison) with rest of the city.…
When someone dials 911, they expect someone to be there to help them. Whether they just had a slight fall, or are suffering from Cardiac Arrest, first responders need to be there for the citizens they serve. If a first responder is injured and cannot do their job properly, then they are putting the safety of the citizens at risk. The job of a first responder is to be there for the citizens, which is why workplace safety is always important to keep in mind. In the Fire and Emergency Services occupations, there are three common injuries; Sprains and strains, Smoke inhalation and broken bones.…