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Similar to many historical buildings in Europe and around the world, building facades are of special interest in Historic Jeddah, as the details of windows, balconies, stonework and ornaments give each historic building its individual character (Böhm et al., 2007). Indeed, the historic district of Jedda has a long history that goes back to since 3000 years ago. This historic destorct includes several heritage buildings “around 600”. These heritage monument have been constructed since 350 years…

Case 1: “Southern Builders Inc. vs. Shaw Development LLC, Case No. 19-C-07-011405 (Md. Cir. Ct. 2007)”. Specifically determining roles and duties for each project team member in the project contracts is extremely necessary to successful green-building-project delivery. If there are ambiguities as for varied services or work, problems will instantaneously occur. Facts and Issues. This is one of the first lawsuits related to green construction in the United States. In this case, Shaw…

earthquake activities which harm regular functioning of building is the key problem which happens because of conventional non-engineered structures. They were constructed with traditional methods of construction and particularly use of engineered items like stone, abode, bricks and wood. Experiences in past earthquakes have shown that many buildings lack basic resistance to earthquake forces. 1.1 Statement of problem and sub-problems Traditional buildings lack the safety measures, therefore…

Vitaliy Greben ML581-47099 Wenger, Etienne, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder. 2002. Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. INTRODUCTION In Cultivating Communities of Practice, Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder write about the way of sharing and applying knowledge across the usual boundaries of organizations. They call it communities of practice, which come together around particular interests…

As the phenomena of social media has swept the world in the past decade, it has become an outlet for all ages. Although social media was thought to be aimed for teenagers and young adults, people of all ages have now become a part of the social movement. Social media was previously limited to a few websites such Myspace and Facebook; now, it has expanded to have hundreds of different outlets of communication, now including smartphones applications as well. Because social media has become such a…

On Tuesday, September 9th, the Northeast varsity volleyball team faced the West Liberty Comets. It was a big game to look forward to because West Liberty was a ranked team and extremely virtuous. I still remember the nervous feeling I had before the start of the game until the first ball was served. The score of the first match ended up being 22-25, with West Liberty taking the win. The following two matches weren’t as close as the first one and West Liberty ended up beating us in the three…

landscape. The work at Kasubi Royal Tombs is a good example to try and control the mass exodus of youths from the communities seeking jobs in cities or other countries. The Muzibu –Azaala Mpanga is a traditional Baganda constructed mausoleum a modern building through deriving considerable traditional skills in maintenance vested in construction (Chirikure, Manyanga, Ndoro and Pwiti 2010). As a case for community participation in heritage management Kasubi Tombs World…

Better Together: A Civic Nation at Risk Americans have long prided themselves on being exceptionally civic-minded; however, in recent history Americans have started to withdraw from one another. A nation once rich in social capital, is now a nation struggling to return to a former self. A bigger problem at play here, is the fact that most Americans are unaware of their withdrawal from one another. America needs to put an emphasis on the recreation of social capital. America’s long reign as…

Working in Groups and Teams Effective teams are created by forming and encouraging employees to be team players. Team work skills are learned and enhanced by team participation. The team work skills include group problems solving, mentoring, conflict management, and emotional intelligence. A team (Kinicki, 2015). Common teamwork competencies include team contributions, team member interactions; keeping the team on track, the quality of work, and having the necessary skills. The self-assessment…

Bowling Alone focuses on the decrease in civic engagement of American society and provides detailed examples and data as to why civic engagement such as voter turnout and “secondary association” involvement is decreasing. Putman attributes this decrease to demographic transformations by means of changing from “the corner grocery store” to the supermarket and even to electronic shopping. With a change like this there is less interaction while buying goods at the supermarket to almost no…