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Supervisor’s Office & Pine Ridge Ranger District Front Desk - Security Plan I. General Operations – This plan is to guide front desk personnel in the handling of emergency situations that could present a safety threat to them or others in the building. All situations are different and require calm, quick thoughts, and pre-planned emergency responses. • All front desk personnel will receive annual refresher training with practice drills to include radio use, phone use, paging system,…

promises was kept. The buildings were either built too fast and not safely, or took too long to be rebuilt. The end result of the effort to rebuild was a town that was just as unstable and unsafe as before. So, when the disaster hit in 2016 the town was not prepared by any means. In 2009 more then 300 people died. When the 2016 earthquake hit the numbers were no better, with more then 1000 people displaced and almost 250 people killed. After 2009 the construction of the buildings should have…

Looking at sculptures and paintings in person or in a museum rather than looking at them on a flat screen can drastically change the way you take in the artwork in many different ways. One good example is the Ladder for Booker T. Washington by Martin Puryear, which, in person, was vastly larger than I expected. When looking at an artwork in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, you get to observe details and witness different focal points that you would most likely miss looking at a computer. In…

In 2014, three temporary workers lost their lives while carrying out engineering project work. These resulted from falls from height, one worker passed away in a traffic accident, and one member of the public died following an illegal break in at a disused Nestle factory. At Nestle, they believe that sustainable success can only be reached by people. Nestle believes that accidents are preventable and therefore “one accident is one too many”. In order to prevent accidents, they establish local…

Casa das Canoas, is a wonderful product of Niemeyer's experience, promotes freedom, modernism, and indulgence in all its aspect. The representation of the building is provided by big concrete slabs, and a hiding away for a little floor. The curved shapes of the hill which match its curvilinear roof slabs and the rich forest that surrounds the house. Its roof is braced on thin steel pillars, this way it will not need the walls to supported it. The feeling of complete freedom is achieved on the…

change, the design principles and approaches change. Other than that the principles of design change. The architecture should answer to the new perception of human and era. (Ching, 2015). Paternoster Square The urban places changed, new kind of buildings occurred with new typologies such as…

but the main intention of the former is not to place it on a window. Wall air conditioners are placed directly within the wall of the building. Well, if you already have an air conditioning unit at your home, no worries! The only difference between the wall air conditioner and the central air conditioner is that the former can be mounted to the wall of the building. It also comes with a remote control for controlling the operation. This air conditioning system makes use of outdoor air to aid…

looks at the tissue or an urban fabric in two major components, namely buildings and spaces. So a complex tissue is analyzed by looking at it in terms of buildings and spaces. These buildings and spaces are further seen as either thematic or non thematic. When spaces or buildings follow certain rules which repeats itself to form a tissue, then those buildings and space are termed as thematic spaces. Those spaces or buildings which are not a part of these rules are then termed as non-thematic…

Romans are very busy working on building a new aqueduct to help transport water to different places through and out of Rome using canals. INTERVIEWER: Why did you decide to build aqueducts? AUGUSTUS: We Romans wanted to build aqueducts to transport…

who was in the shadow of building half way into the night. The moon was high in the sky, creating small shadows in which Mason hid. Mason only nodded in response. "Follow me towards the movie theater," uttered Dr. Stiner. He proceeded to jaunt towards the theater with Mason close behind. The way Mason paced himself only made it seem like he was having a struggle keeping up with the doctor. The walk lasted for roughly five minutes as they passed many miniature buildings. The theater is at the end…