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    Many people all over the world view marriage as an important part of life. Whether it be for religious, cultural, or personal belief, marriage has an impact on a lot of people’s lives. The idea of marriage has changed in many ways over time. Gender roles have become more equal, people have more of a personal choice about getting married, and the rates of marriage have changed as well. In Margaret Mead’s “Modern Marriage”, she shows how not only gender roles have changed, but how social…

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    tip of Manhattan, next to Battery Park (New York Architecture 2015).” The building is actually on the site of where Fort Amsterdam used to be located. The federal government used to rent buildings which were previously constructed (New York Architecture). “In the early 19th century, however, the federal government began expanding and constructing…

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    |10% |1 April 2016 | |Length:2000words+/-10% | | | | This assignment is based on the Billy’s Building Supplies Inc. case study and is designed to assess your level of achievement in the learning objectives from Chapter 3. To complete this assignment you need to read the case study at the end of these instructions then write a 2000 word academic essay…

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    Building structure is a combination of several aspects that act as a building. The information about the building structure is significant to assess the structural vulnerability of a building from 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.…

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    overall. Talking about Lecture Derek king. Lecture Derek worked At LJMU since 2008. The professional experience that graduate member of charted institution of building service engineering (CIBSE). The Lectures would be in building service engineering and curriculum manger of construction. Also some research has interests by lecture Derek which would be building service training in Britain. France and Germany Thermal Comfort and Physiology. LJMU took the student to visit the university to learn…

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    Apart from relating the underground buildings with technology, underground space could be designed into an interesting space to be appreciated. (People’s perception on underground space – relating to the real world, imaginative world is mentioned.) Underground space in the imaginative world…

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    It is vital to understand the difference between cohesive and non-cohesive subsoils as described in the assignment scenario. Non-Cohesive Non-cohesive subsoils are sandy in nature and they present less of a problem for building on. They are composed mainly of sand and gravel, and they are closely compacted together which means that they are not affected by water. Therefore, their load bearing capacity does not change with the various seasons, summer or winter, drought or flood, it makes no…

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    a. Consider authorization of a contract with San Benito Heating and Sheet Metal for roof repairs to the Community Services Building. (NTE $5,184): E.D. Flores reached out to Steel Solutions for an additional proposal but was not provided a proposal. E.D. Flores requested authorization to issue the contract to San Benito Heating. A motion was made to approve the contract with San Benito Heating. If Royce does respond back to CSDC please let board know. M/ Diaz S/ Wright V/U b. Consider…

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    One way could be being at the job site and have confusion on the plans for the building and no one knows the answer. The owner of the business could have tablet that displays the project all from the tablet. In this tablet the owner would be able to look at a 3 dimensional view of the project and rotate it all around and go in the building. This would make it very easy to see all aspects of the building. Another reason is that it is more efficient with time and money, and is faster than drawings…

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    environment features over the time which the building itself and the occupants should be overcome those to provide sustainability in building and comfortless to the occupants. Natural environment constraints  warm and humid climate  High winds  Different high levels of sounds (mount lavinia hotel located near the coast and near a railway. Therefore it should mitigate the sounds from sea waves and trains from entering inside) Building environment constraints Mount lavania hotel…

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