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after many buildings were not ready for the seismic activity of this magnitude. After this event, many codes were to be passed and buildings had to be inspected and passed for structural safety. These codes have been built on for many years as technology improves and so does our understanding of seismic activity. An example of a code that was passed in California was that after the Loma Prieta earthquake that struck the Santa Cruz Mountains, analyzation of some of the cities buildings revealed…

My first stop on the hunt for government offices and or buildings in Snyder is the Scurry County Courthouse. I had no problem finding this building due to how it's located in the center of town and all the main roads lead to the "square" where the Courthouse is located. The buildings address is 1806 25th street. Lainey, Ellis and I met at the building so we could take pictures for each other around 5:42 p.m. and there was no one in the parking lot except our own cars, but there was a bit of…

the art of designing and constructing buildings has existed from the earliest of ancient civilizations. Over time, architecture has evolved with different architectural techniques utilized by different societies such as the Greeks. One primary example of Greek architecture is the Parthenon. The construction of…

when critiquing a building our thoughts are based on the buildings form as a whole, one defined object or boundary made up of different components which creates the overall look, structure and how it fits into the contextual surroundings. In the text “Why Architecture Matters” Paul Goldberger, shows that not only the outer boundary or façade is important but that there is another dimension which is often open to wider interpretation and often disregarded when thinking about a building. This…

skyscrapers made out of wood, the sensation of warmth you get when you walk into a wooden building, or all the benefits this planet would have if we would start constructing using wood more often, I cannot ignore the fact that there are many questions to be answered regarding the subject. Questions like, how high can we build or how is the building going to be protected against fire-considering that the main material is wood after all-, would be the ones I have been asked the most by people I…

architectural expression or meaning, and construction cannot be separated. As the title of the essay The Tell-the-Tale Detail suggests, Friscari believes the detail is part of a narrative of the project. A detail's ability to provide a narrative for how the building was constructed and articulate certain aspects of the design are closely related. For example, the aspect of design emphasized could be process of construction which is revealed through a detail that shows the structure. As…

Design Engineers are expected not just to design for the structural integrity of the building but also to consider the buildability of the structures with regard to health, safety and welfare of everybody in the influence of the structures. This consideration should be done prior to construction work, during construction, while the structure is undergoing maintenance and at normal operation time. Health, safety, and welfare also continue throughout the lifespan of the said structure, that is…

they are building codes, construction materials, and population density & urbanization. All of which are an effect of Haiti being a poverty stricken country (Inside Disaster: Haiti). Since Haiti is poverty stricken it lends to the issue of people building where they want and how they can. And according to Cletus Spring, director of the Department of Sustainable Development, Organization of American States, “Not everybody’s going to be able to build to the exacting standards that a building code…

the following questions: “A new is building being built that is adjacent to an existing building. The existing building has a wet sprinkler system and the new building will have a wet sprinkler system with a separate riser. Both risers feed off the same looped fire line that circles the property. The AHJ wants to consider it one structure since the buildings are adjacent. The issues in question are: 1) Is there anything in NFPA 13 that restricts a building to having only one riser or that…

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…