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Multifamily When it comes to roofing construction and replacement, there is a great deal of information on the internet about commercial and single-family residential roofing options. However, this is not a lot of information for landlords to consider when evaluating options for their multifamily apartment and condo buildings. If your multifamily building is located in a residential or suburban environment, you may lean towards a roofing style that is traditionally found on those sorts of…

choose Architecture: Brunelleschi's design of the dome for Florence's cathedral. I remember watching this on NOVA back in 2014, and was intrigued by it then too. This is a feat of modern engineering technology at a time when it shouldn’t have been possible to construct. The Florence cathedral had been constructed as an icon to the world of the power and majesty that Florence was trying to project. Unfortunately, the cathedral had been constructed but the dome to cover it had not, and was…

While skimming through several articles concerning project management failure, I ran across the article, “Failed Projects: Who is Responsible?” by George Pitagorsky, linked below: https://www.projecttimes.com/george-pitagorsky/failed-projects-who-is-responsible.html Failed Projects: Who is Responsible? Written by George Pitagorsky Although it was the title that initially peaked my curiosity, after reading through the article, I thought it was interesting enough to share with the group,…

HPC Ashworth of the Railways Department who excelled over 17 other competition entries with their French Renaissance-styled design. Demolition of the original station and other buildings on the site commenced in 1900 and Peter Rodger commenced construction…

hat people do can affect the world for centuries to come. Most importantly, ancient civilizations heavily affected today. Ancient Rome’s architecture was an important aspect of their society and it greatly influenced modern architecture. Different aspects of their architecture were their architects, what materials they use, important structures, and their sewer systems. Architects Apollodorus of Damascus was an important architect in Ancient Rome. Damascus was also a courtier for an emperor…

structure in residential buildings has grown in the recent years due to the appreciation of the performance benefits, such as speed of construction, lightness of the material, safety, fire resistance, environmental benefits, such as reusability. The residential steel frame buildings, e.g. student accommodations, have benefits prior to other materials in terms of construction. Steel can be highly prefabricated, has spans of 5-7m (urban residential projects), with shallow floor system steel…

I already knew that I wanted to be a pipefitter before going into this project. So I didn’t have to search or look for a job that interest me. But after going to the website and seeing stuff that I didn’t know about the job made me more interest. Finding out that the 401k is good and also the benefits increased my interest in the job. Being able to learned more about the process of being a pipefitter helped me a lot with planning with my future. I’ve wanted to get into pipefitting at a young age…

Land surveying is the technique of determining position of points on the earth and using them to define boundaries and draw maps. It divides the land into parcels by providing correct descriptions, which is then assigned for ownership and other purposes. The original charter group from England brought the “Metes and Bounds” system of describing land or real estate to U.S. where it had been used for many centuries. It was used in the original thirteen colonies that became the United States…

myriad other construction workers who put their heads together to create something prodigious that would last for decades to come. Out of all the occupations in the various fields of construction I have chosen to pursue the field of electrical project management because of its more recent…

various hazards. The construction materials, style and type of the buildings depends on the usage such as residential, commercial, light industrial and special buildings. The building construction types for the residential buildings are separate houses, semi-detached and apartment buildings. Commercial construction types consist predominately of, load bearing masonry, concrete frame with or without shear wall and steel frame with or without concrete shear core. These construction types also…