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Introduction It is generally believed that most buildings are constructed with typical materials such as concrete, wood, and steel. It is true because those materials provide structural safety according to the building’s height, size, or usage. In Ontario area, tremendous buildings are located and have been getting high-rise and ecologic. While usual people think in terms of common envelope system of buildings as curtain-wall or concrete, from my perspective, Terrence Donelly Centre in…

GOAL SETTING Learning styles Learning styles is different ways to look at learning and it is usually based on your strengths, weaknesses and preferences. There are three styles of learning: Auditory, which is relating to hearing, visual, which is relating to seeing or sight and tactile, which is the connection of senses of touch. My learning style that got the highest for the quiz was tactile with 40% and the others, auditory and visual both 30%. This means it is easier for me to learn in hands…

Have you ever thought about how you could change the lives of millions, maybe even billions, but just don 't know where to start? If you have ever taken this idea and tried to picture how it would affect society, you will surely see that the impact would be astronomical. Making an impact on the world is not as difficult as it used to be, mainly due to everything being based around certain fundamental ingredients. First of course, what is the ideal product, then how will this impact the world and…

500 square feet and all brand new to meet Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Society for Testing and Materials. The population it will serve is the whole community, it will even be accessible to children with special needs. The construction will also be different than the last, this time they will be using recycled materials making it durable, earth friendly, long lasting and virtually maintenance free. In making it accessible for children with special needs, they are no longer…

The Two Architectures of Authority Ever looked at a building and thought how did this magnificent, gifted person create this astonishing, unbelievably ginormous building? Architecture is one of the most captivating work of a man’s time since the beginning it all started. Architecture is art, just like painting, drawing or sculpturing, consequently without architectures, there wouldn’t be jobs, offices, art, and most importantly imagination. In my opinion architectures is what keeps us going in…

The Revitalization of Eastlake, Ohio Eastlake started off as a small village and in 1951 it officially became a city in Northeast Ohio. Home to the Lake County Captains minor league baseball team, which brings in most of the city’s tourism. The population as of 2013 was 18,418, a 9.1% decrease since 2000 (Kamenov). In Eastlake, there are many buildings that have been abandoned by the owners and left to build up dust. Some examples of these buildings are the old Wal-Mart on Vine Street and the…

The vision of one man, Mr. Laxman rao Kirloskar which is being respected worldwide for engineering excellence, can be traced to have its beginning of having cast the casting of a humble plough. All though the passing years, the Kirloskar group has had a long & close relationship with the foundry business with several group units specialization in the manufacture of high quality ferrous & non-ferrous casting. Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited was born with the unique…

This chapter explains the spatial planning of a typical haveli and the significance of Vastu Shastra and directions in determining the orientation of this type of dwelling. It also includes important aspects of courtyard design and demarcation of entrance. 2.1 Orientation of Havelis 2.1.1 Direction and Polarity According to the ancient story of Mahabharata, Indian time is structured in relation to the motion of the Sun and Moon. The four directions related to the cycle of sun are – Poorva…

Monument is a kind of the architecture for people to memorize the history and understanding the relationship between the past and the present. It records the history from the past, and present it to the future. The purpose of building the monument in the city is for reminding us what we have right now is depends on how many effort they (historical personage) did in the past. Monument is not only for people to memorize something, it also could be educational and motivational to the audience.…

Document Management: One of the other communication practice is related to document management. The documentation or its management was traditionally done by paper and prints. Technological advances in the construction sector has changes this old practice. Now availability and access to different digital software has changed the way the industry use to work. One of such collaboration practice is cloud collaboration. Cloud collaboration helps to manage the project data under a single cloud-based…