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Malfunctional is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of North Sioux City Downtown. The functions of a downtown are to be sociable, comfortable, and useful. North Sioux City has none of those aspects relating to their downtown. There are very few purposes to go downtown in North Sioux City, because the diversity of residents and businesses is low. The businesses there are either casinos, restaurants, or liquor store there are no shops, cafes, or other businesses besides one bank. All…

wood, especially wooden interior fittings in a house, as moldings, doors, staircases, or windowsills" ("Carpentry Tools"). Also, there are an innumerable amount of tools for carpentry and are needed to perform carpentry at its best whether in the construction of furniture, building, decorative or other objects. Although, specific crafts and wood work can be made easy if carried out with woodworking or carpentry tools. Carpentry tools can be divided into carious groups for the various amount of…

Architecture Despite many modern inventions, and the mastery of materials such as steel, concrete, power glue etc., the achievements of Ancient Egypt remain unsurpassed. In many ancient civilisations such as the Egyptians' and Mesopotamians' architecture and urbanism reflected the constant engagement with the divine and the supernatural (Wikipedia). Somehow highly sophisticated craftsmanship developed over not much more than a hundred years, starting in the 3rd dynasty. Several design elements…

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…