Reinforced concrete

On April 23, 2013, three cracks were discovered in the reinforced concrete supporting a nine story factory outside of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The next day, after workers populated the building, Rana Plaza collapsed killing over 1,130 people. The collapse resulted from rapid and illegal construction of the top three floors. (Shirt on Your Back) This tragedy exemplifies the harsh working conditions of factory workers in Bangladesh. “Women account for over 80 percent of its 4 million employees, most of…

3. Uses of Building information Modeling (BIM) BIM is a 3-D model process used in the engineering, architecture and construction with tools to manage the project effectively in planning, designing, constructing and operational phase. At every stage of project development, BIM plays a vital role, in planning BIM is used for cost estimation; phase planning, site analysis and programming. In the design phase, BIM used for structural analysis, lightning analysis, mechanical analysis, LEED evaluation…

the work of educational psychologists who proposed that motivation should be viewed more in terms of personal thoughts and perceptions rather than some innate quality. The argument from (Maehr & Nicholl,1980) was that success and failure are not concrete events. They are psychological states consequent on perception of reaching…

Eggleston Bridge dates from the fifteenth century and once incorporated a chantry chapel on the Yorkshire side. However, no trace of this is now visible. Some rebuilding was undertaken in 1653. In 1982 it was reinforced with a concrete saddle, and the parapets were rebuilt, other­wise this graceful two-arched structure has remained relatively unchanged for six centuries. From the bridge, we continue through lush meadows to Romaldkirk and at the first stile look back for…

Climate Change and Structural Engineers The sun is the main source of energy to the planet and annually it supplies the earth with certain amount of energy. Some of this energy is reflected back to space directly, but the rest that enters the planets is either absorbed by the atmosphere and earth surface or reflected back to space. However some of the energy is trapped by the atmosphere to warm the earth’s surface in a natural way. This phenomenon is called the ‘The Greenhouse Effect’ which is…

Language is multimodal, verbal language such as speech and visual communication such as writing, expressions and gestures. Communication can occur face to face, over a distance or it can be recorded. Language first began as speech and has developed over time due to written text and advances in technology (Gee & Hayes, 2011, p. 9). Thesis statement Language is visual in many ways. It can be seen in symbols body language, sign language and in written texts. Some of these visual aspects accompany…

Theories of Language Acquisition Language acquisition is defined as way in which humans learn to decipher oral language and speak in their . Over the years, many theorist have proposed ideas about the capacity of humans to acquire language. They have sought to answer the questions about how this uniquely human ability is possible. Is language development a learned skill? Is it innate? Is it dependent on social interactions? Four main theories of language acquisition emerged to answer…

themselves. Many climbed on top of the wall and chipped away at it to keep a piece as a souvenir and everyone celebrated for many days. Later, a formal destruction of the wall took place and pieces of the wall can still be seen in museums. The rest of the concrete was recycled and used to rebuild Berlin…

The first question that the writer selected to analysis 12-year-old Julie behavior was number six, which was to examine Julie’s moral development based on Kohlberg’s theory. Kohlberg’s theory of moral development focused on the reasoning that was used to answer moral dilemmas (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2011). The theory of moral development attempts to comprehend an individual’s perspective that he or she has of his or her world (Linn, 2001). In fact, Kohlberg’s theory has been used by…

which Dylan and Eric were learning how to think and behave from one another through social learning and vicarious learning. The question on whether my personal world view is more like Locke or Rousseau is a difficult question for me to answer. I’ve went back and forth in my mind, examining the strengths and weaknesses of both. I tend to believe that life is both, and normally isn’t just one perspective or the other. However, I tend to lean towards Rousseau’s organismic approach. Overall,…