Building engineering

construction industry. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the journal titled ‘Risk Management in Construction Industry’ authored by Dr. Nadeem Ehsan, Mehmood Alam, Ebtisam Mirza and Azam Ishaque from Engineering Management department, Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan. Introduction: Risk management…

Architecture is a thing and an intellectual activity by which we can judge and acknowledge architecture by the presence of these both. Ranging from all types of material culture, architecture is the most expressive and experiencing medium. As a medium, architecture has a language also through which we can identify the culture and society of a particular era. Architecture also discloses the desires, power struggles and material culture of a society along with the aesthetic and formal presence of…

when critiquing a building our thoughts are based on the buildings form as a whole, one defined object or boundary made up of different components which creates the overall look, structure and how it fits into the contextual surroundings. In the text “Why Architecture Matters” Paul Goldberger, shows that not only the outer boundary or façade is important but that there is another dimension which is often open to wider interpretation and often disregarded when thinking about a building. This…

Washington DC: 11th Street [The Need] Bridges are no different than any other form of infrastructure, eventually they break down and need to be either repaired or replaced. Inspection occurs at least every two years, yet bridges are often pushed to their absolute limits of usability. In Washington DC, the 11th Street Bridge Project aims to replace two bridges built in the 1960s with three new bridges. With these bridges having been in place for nearly 50 years, there were numerous issues. For…

make this haunted house the creepiest ever. Instead of ignoring the event, I decided to gather some people from both classes and start to plan about the haunted house. First of all, we needed to find a place for it. Because we had moved to the new buildings, there were limited places for us to use for the haunted house. At first, we thought about the place that the last year seniors had used, but Amanda, one of the representatives from the other class, said that we got more students this year,…

concert was at the Oriental Theater in Denver, Colorado. While the theater is old, it still attracts families, friends and couples. The theater reopened after a facelift from new ownership 6 years ago, but the history still shines throughout the building. The new owners revitalized the architecture and exterior decorations to display the facelift perfectly, however they kept…

the structure of the roofing that was usually covered with tile. In domestic architecture, dwellings, shops, and other buildings, construction was much simpler. The use of the different elements of architecture in these ancient civilizations has improved greatly over time. Some tactics were more difficult than others. Architecture is the art of designing and creating buildings. Greek architecture is a very specific and influential type of design, which was based off of the post-and-lintel…

Rickley, Architect, Engineer, Building inspector, IHC, Contractors, Vendors and PM. February 2018 Develop architectural design. Deliver final set of plans by January 2019. Building materials George R. Rickley and Vendors, JBI and PM. April 2018 Select building materials and method of delivery in September 2019 Contractor Selection George R. Rickley, Contractors, delivery company and IHC and PM…

• A Dwelling heat load of 1.5KW. • The building requires a structural air tightness of less than 0.6h-1. This case study only took into account the construction of the house, solely taking into account the materials and requirement that differ from a standard conventional build. This meant that land cost, planning permission, and furnishing the home were not taking into account. Table 3.1: This table taken show the breakdown of costs associated with building this specific Passive house.…

Space is arguably one of the most important and powerful elements of architecture. Before architecture was the building and making of buildings, now in more recent times architecture is also considered the study and interpretation of space. In terms of architecture space is not empty. It has the potential to become a place where people interact and go about their daily lives. Space utilizes many modifying elements for an architectural reason to enhance the experience of occupying a certain space…