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    Osh B Gosh Case Study

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    The company that I have conducted this project on is Osh Kosh b’Gosh. The store is located at Tanger Outlet in Gonzales at 2400 Tanger boulevard #151, Gonzales, LA 70737. The construction of the building consists of sheetrock and steel. The ceiling of the building is open, meaning that there are no tiles to separate the air duct and the insulation. This can seem dangerous because insulation is flammable, but the ceiling is higher than most other stores around it that have the tiles separating…

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    It is vital to understand the difference between cohesive and non-cohesive subsoils as described in the assignment scenario. Non-Cohesive Non-cohesive subsoils are sandy in nature and they present less of a problem for building on. They are composed mainly of sand and gravel, and they are closely compacted together which means that they are not affected by water. Therefore, their load bearing capacity does not change with the various seasons, summer or winter, drought or flood, it makes no…

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    environment features over the time which the building itself and the occupants should be overcome those to provide sustainability in building and comfortless to the occupants. Natural environment constraints  warm and humid climate  High winds  Different high levels of sounds (mount lavinia hotel located near the coast and near a railway. Therefore it should mitigate the sounds from sea waves and trains from entering inside) Building environment constraints Mount lavania hotel…

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    Buildings have the potential to add worth to a community in a monetary manner and to increase the sense of community. Unfortunately, the overlying issue with a majority of buildings built before 1991 is their lack of accessibility for up to 20% of the population (United States Census Bureau 2012). Even worse is that despite laws to ensure building accessibility such as the Americans Disabilities Act (ADA), Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS), and the Fair Housing Accessibility Laws (FHA),…

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    An analytical study of Albert Speer’s work and how he created memory through works of ar¬¬chitecture. The scale of a building is usually driven by the client’s notion to create and establish an understanding that is derived from its appearance and structural might: an experience by the people that experience the spaces within the building. It’s also through the scale of the building that memory of the owner will transcend into the future to create a lasting memory. Grandeur in architecture is…

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    Fire Evacuation Methods

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    behaviors that would delay evacuation and safety. For example, people often delay evacuation to fight the fire, gather valuables, or attempt to rescue others in the building (Kuligowski, 2008). Case studies of tragedy fires demonstrate that these standardized calculations have underestimated the necessary evacuation times resulting in buildings that have erroneous safety designs which are due to faulty assumptions and the lack of acknowledgment of fire-related human…

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    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…

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    Talking about Lecture Derek king. Lecture Derek worked At LJMU since 2008. The professional experience that graduate member of charted institution of building service engineering (CIBSE). The Lectures would be in building service engineering and curriculum manger of construction. Also some research has interests by lecture Derek which would be building service training in Britain. France and Germany Thermal Comfort and Physiology. LJMU took the student to visit the university to learn more about…

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    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…

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    Cladogram Characteristics

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    as huts, cabins, houses, buildings and skyscrapers. The out-group is the tipi within the cladogram shown at the beginning of the cladogram to represent a trait shared by all. The cladogram represents the traits in order as living space, furniture, electricity, and height of more than one floor within the structure. These traits categorize the taxa within the cladogram. The traits were chosen for the cladogram present in the taxa of the tipi, hut, cabin, house, building and skyscraper were…

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