...repair bill is all yours and there's probably no way out. If you rent, however, a quick phone call to your landlord may be all you need to get the issue fixed. Even in a rental unit, however, certain repairs could fall on you rather than your landlord. If, for instance, one of your guests puts a hole in the wall or if you cause a plumbing issue trying to install a custom shower head, the repair bill might become your responsibility. Major Issues When rental units are being occupied by tenants, landlords must complete the maintenance and repair work necessary to keep the unit livable. Most states, including California, observe what's called the "implied warranty of habitability." This is just a fancy way to say that the landlord must fix any problems that render the apartment unsafe or unlivable. Problems that affect habitability include issues like a broken hot water heater, damaged furnace, gas leak or a severe water leak that created a moldy wall. Your landlord must fix major problems that impact...
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...Need your weekly work schedules each week; SUNDAYS OFF My office and restroom rules No longer is anyone allowed in my office while I’m not in it. No more food or drinks, cups, dishes and trash in my office. Only paper in my trashcan. No smoking contraband is allowed; if found it will be thrown away. Stay out of my drawers please; ask first before taking anything that belongs to me in my office. Whatever you bring into the house; take it all to your room. My office is not a rest stop. Take all hair, face, mouth accessories and products to your restroom; stop leaving your things in my restroom and take them to your room. Brush your teeth upstairs only no more toothpaste and brushes in my office or restroom. Paiton, toys, closes, shoes, diapers, trash are allowed unease its necessary. Your Restroom and hallway area No more seats in the restroom No more trash collections on the doors No more sheets, towels or clothes on the rail Secure all closet doors in hallway Clubbing A 24 hour notice is required if Paiton is left at home. If you put as much focus on going clubbing then you should put just as much emphases on Paiton or even more. You should put that same effort into Paiton as you do your own wardrobe and hygiene as you do yourself because you are both girls QUET Mondays, Wednesday, and Friday Only Full Kitchen duties includes the dishes, pots pans, countertops (the bar too) stove, microwave, fridge, floors, and trash. Your Restroom-...
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...Executive Summary Aqualisa has invested €5.8M in the research and development of its innovative new product, Quartz. Quartz is offered in 2 Models: Quartz Standard Shower and Quartz Pumped Shower. The main advantages of Quartz are: • Installation reduced to a half-day • Straightforward installation • Efficient and reliable water pressure and temperature • “One touch” control Despite initial favourable reviews from customers and plumbers, sales of the Quartz shower has been much lower than expected in the first 4 months. Aqualisa needs a strategy to drive greater sales in order to take advantage of being first to market and must maximize its profit margins before new rivals enter with similar products. The greatest obstacle for Aqualisa to grow market share and sales has been the slow rate of adoption by the conservative channel of plumbers. 73% of customers (value, standard and premium combined) rely on plumbers to recommend shower product and/or brands. In considering the available target markets for Quartz, the recommendation is that Aqualisa focus on engaging plumbers to adopt Quartz by demonstrating the economic value of switching and by offering loyal plumbers a no-risk option of a free product to install. Additionally, plumbers generate demand for products through the trade shop channel which accounts for 46.7% of shower sales. Aqualisa currently has 40% penetration in that channel. As plumbers are the primary customer for trade shops, it will be plumbers...
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...Science in my daily life As the Earth completes yet another turn around it axis, the sunlight pours into my bedroom indicating it is time to wake up. In case I miss the hint, my alarm clock set, as usual, for seven o’clock will do the trick. I get up and enter the bathroom, pleasantly warm thanks to the radiator fed with hot water through a series of pipes connected to a central heating boiler. I remain a couple of extra minutes under the shower enjoying the warm water – courtesy again of my boiler -, and finally I am ready to get dressed, opting for a suit cut out of one of these new fabrics that are comfortable, warm and light all at the same time. In the kitchen, I prepare breakfast for four. I turn on the electric kettle to boil water for tea, while a jar of milk heats in the microwave. I turn on the gas oven to warm up the brioche I baked yesterday. It smells delicious and it looks even better, golden and spongy due to the work of yeast. And, while the rest of the family comes down to have breakfast, I turn on the radio to listen to the latest news around the Globe. I have been awaken for just some twenty minutes and science is all around me: the movement of planets, the electricity, the water treatment, the transformation and piping of the gas we use to cook and heat out homes, the chemistry behind new fabrics, the radio waves or the power of the small fungi we use for our pastries. Whatever I do, whatever I see, science is at the heart of everything. And the day...
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...as to what results it would come up with for me. To state that I was disappointed is an understatement. As you, the reader of this paper, do not know me personally, you do not know my life experiences, what I have been taught or what I have learned from my teachers, mentors, coaches, and most importantly my father. Neither does the Career Plan test. Therefore, the results should be based on my answers, which would be derived from my own personal learning and experiences. Based on this, I would have thought that the Career Plan would have made choices based on my 51 years of life. It did not. I have always enjoyed working with my hands. My father was an electrician. He was also very talented with other trades, such as pipe fitting, plumbing, and just about everything related to manual labor. To say that he taught me a lot is an understatement. I learned how to fill fire extinguishers at the age of 8. I also learned basic electrical wiring and was able to do complex motor control by the time I was 18. By the time I was 21, I was a certified welder in 4 different welding processes. Most recently, I built an electrical contracting business with 15 employees, and over $2 million dollars in yearly sales. My point is that I do very well with “hands-on” work. When my Career Interest Profile stated that I am “Realistic, Enterprising, and Social” I began reading the report with great interest. Imagine my disappointment when I further read that my career matches were a “Barista”,...
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...Welcome to Hotel Zeig. We are so happy you have chosen to stay with us. We hope that you find everything enjoyable. Here are some things to think about to help make your stay more convenient and comfortable. Please bring any favorite pillow or blanket, we have just enough to make your stay comfortable. No need for a “Do not disturb” sign because there is no room service. You are responsible for picking up after yourself. (If you want clean sheets there is a laundry room free of charge). Please bring all your own toiletries. Some will be here just in case you forget. There are two bathrooms with showers for everyone to get ready. Towels will be provided but don’t expect a fresh and clean one everyday unless you wash it yourself. So please hang it and remember which towels is yours… Please don’t try to call and order breakfast to your room because that just isn’t happening. Bloody Mary’s are appreciated and welcome at your own convenience. Meaning I will not provide. Food and beverages will be allowed in the kitchen. Please help yourself but I suggest getting food that you like to eat especially for Breakfast and Lunch. If you decide you have to Poop and you so happen to plug the toilet DO NOT call for a janitor because I won’t answer. There is a plunger that you better know how to use yourself. You better not leave a mess!! If you so happen to drink too much over the course of the weekend and feel the need to get sick, in a place other than the bathroom toilet, sink...
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...Repairing Jobs that Fail to Satisfy Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 Goal and Recommendations 3 Introduction 4 Background 4 Data Analysis 5 Job Structure and Organizational Design 5 Incentive Structure 6 Hiring Practices 7 Recommendations 7 Job Structure and Organizational Design 7 Incentive Structure 9 Hiring Practices 9 Strategy and Implementation 10 Conclusion 11 Appendix 12 1. Customer Survey 12 When Your Drain Won’t Go, Call DrainFlow 12 2. Original Survey 13 3. Sample Interview Questions for Interview Consistency 13 4. Financial Analysis 14 5. Current Process Map 15 6. Future Process Map 16 7. Current Org Structure 16 8. Proposed Org Structure 17 9. Peer to Peer Award Example 18 Executive Summary Introduction The report focuses on how DrainFlow can improve in three areas: job structure, incentive structure, and hiring practices. The main contents include an introduction to the problems DrainFlow is encountering, analyses of the current business, and recommendations on how DrainFlow can overcome these issues to foster a long-term competitive advantage. Goal and Recommendations The goal of this proposal is to provide recommendations for a new job structure, a new incentive structure, and new hiring practices. The job structure recommendations will allow for more cross training between office workers and service providers. This will enrich all jobs at DrainFlow by adding different tasks, autonomy...
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...saFrom: Milena Gueorguieva To: Professor Malaviya – Marketing Management Case: Aqualisa ------------------------------------------------- Date: December 2, 2010 Main Problem: Aqualisa creates a new breakthrough shower- the Quartz. The product has significant improvements when compared with the other existing products on the market, such as: * Efficient and reliable water pressure and temperature * One touch control on the wall * Light signaling the right temperature is achieved etc * Installation of the Quartz was about half a day (vs. 2 days for other showers) Survey shows that consumers and plumbers loved the product. However, initial sales are low, mainly due to low consumer awareness and plumbers’ reluctance to new products. Where does the problem lie in the funnel? Consumers are uninformed about showers, with little understanding of the products options. Thus, plumbers have a greater influence when selecting the brand, as only in 27% of the times consumers select type and brand of the shower, otherwise plumbers influence on the purchase. Lack of knowledge leads to lack of brand awareness. Options: 1. Targeting consumers directly: -Expensive to have a proper ad campaign (costs 3 to 4 M Euro) - The consumers decide only 27% of the time (ex 4) +Consumers could become more brand aware +Easier to reach consumers than plumbers 2. Targeting Do-It- Yourselfers -Lower-end part of the market thus will be price conscious, have...
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...Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Green Project Reserve Business Case Examples Water Efficiency Summary Replacement of 24,000 feet of pre-1930s lead-jointed cast iron (CI) distribution pipe with new 8-inch to 16-inch ductile • iron ( DI ) pipe to eliminate the loss of 115 million gallons of water per year ( MGY ), equal to 10% of total production and 52% of total system water loss. SRF loan amount = $2,500,000 • Water saving (green) portion of loan = 100% • Annual water savings = 115 million gallons ( MG ) • Background The water distribution system has approximately 80 miles of CI and DI distribution pipe ranging from 6 to 16 inches • in diameter. The water system is 100% metered and includes a master meter (or production meter) at the source water supply (after treatment). As par t of a water loss management plan, • 1 the water utility calibrates all water meters every 5 years and conducts a leak detection survey every 2 years. Over the past 5 years the utility performed a physical condition assessment of 1% of the distribution pipes. The pipes were selected for assessment based on historic leak detection survey data. Based on the assessment of 1% of the pipe, the utility concluded that the pre-1930s distribution pipe is in the o poorest condition, has incurred the most leaks, and is most critical to replace. Pre-1930s pipe accounts for 17% (13.6 miles) of the 80 miles of distribution pipe. This project will replace...
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...The proper way to build a house By Jeremiah Archambault Homes today is what is needed in everyone’s existence, and range from being as simple as a tent or shelter of branches and leaves, and all the way up to a multi-story palace with several bedroom and bathrooms to your basic single story home. Whatever the structure may be it provides shelter and simplifies one’s life. Here are the proper steps involved to successfully construct a home. Selecting a location for your house has several items to consider before the construction begins. You should consider the climate, ground stability, availability of utilities, community infrastructure, and available building materials. When looking at the climate of the site one needs to make sure they are not in a flood plain, and also taking in to consideration of the temperature that the house will be built in whether it is intense heat to frigid cold. Ground stability is making sure that the soil is suitable. If the soil is mucky, shifting sand or other unstable earth will likely fall over a short period of time unless they are not built on special foundations or pilings. The availability of utilities is also important if you intend to have power, potable water, telephone and other conveniences, make sure these utility providers offer them at the location. The community infrastructure is also important to look at. Make sure good quality schools are available. Check to see if you are in a police jurisdiction to protect you from crime...
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...Theatre 110 Brad Reissig 11/11/10 Response paper of Urinetown I really enjoyed watching the Urinetown. The story was very unique and the characters were unique too. It began with an Officer Lockstock and Little Sally. I felt that Officer Lockstock is kind of narrator in this show. He said some kind of background of the place and also felt friendly and welcome to audience. As the result of a terrible water shortage, there are no more private toilets and all restroom activities are handled through a private corporation, the Urine Good Company. To control water consumption, people have to pay to use public toilets. It is illegal to pee in public area but some people don’t have money to use toilet, and if they try to pee, get caught by one of the officer, they are under arrest. Just this story, made me think of The Water War in Bolivia. The reason what cause of the conflicts is because the privatization of the public service of drinking water in Cochabamba and the authorization to raise tariffs. It was modified substantially the law of drinking water and sanitary sewer so even using rain was also illegal to people. Just like Urinetown, it is similar problem but made not too serious like water problem but pee. It was very new and unique to me. I can easily define the characters’ job just by looking at their clothes. Most of people were wearing dirty and shabby clothes. Rich people were wearing shiny and colorful suit with dress shoes. They also talk...
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...List of Chattels: ------------------------------------------------- 1) Walk in Cooler with Shelving x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 2) Walk in Freezer with Shelving x 2 ------------------------------------------------- 3) Ice Machine x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 4) Wok Range x 4 ------------------------------------------------- 5) 6 Burner with Oven x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 6) Deep Fryer x 2 ------------------------------------------------- 7) Grill x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 8) 4’ Prep Table w/ Cooler & Shelf x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 9) 5’ Prep Table w/ Cooler & Shelf x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 10) Slicer x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 11) Work Tables x 2 ------------------------------------------------- 12) Double Sink x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 13) Double Soup Stock Range x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 14) Wire Shelving x 4 ------------------------------------------------- 15) Bar Cooler x 2 ------------------------------------------------- 16) Bar Sink x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 17) Hot Water Tank x 1 ------------------------------------------------- 18) Coffee Machine (RENTAL) x 1 ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...HSS 562 – Aqualisa Quartz: simply a better shower” 1) Which value do the various products from Aqualisa (the UK company) create: for consumers? For plumbers? For its channel partners? * Aqualisa is present on all types of markets with different brands * three pricing segments: premium, standard and value * premium segment : * motivation for the purchase: replacement shower, second shower, search for higher performance, new build/styles * the decision criteria: style * the preferred channel: showrooms * Aqualisa products : Aquastyle, Aquaforce 2.0/3.0 Bar, Quartz Standard, Quartz Pumped * standard segment : * motivation for the purchase: replacement shower, second shower, new penetration, search of higher performance * the decision criteria: performance, service and advice from their independent plumber * the preferred channel: showrooms, trade shops * Aqualisa products : Aquavalve 609, Aquastream Thermostatic, Aquaforce 1.0/1.5 Bar * value segment : * motivation for the purchase: replacement shower, second shower, new penetration * the decision criteria: convenience and price * the preferred channel: trade shops * Aqualisa products: Aquavalve Value, Aquastream Manual, Gainsborough brand * 2 additional markets : developer market and do-it-yourself (DIY) market * developer market * motivation for the purchase: equipping new homes * the decision criteria: reliability, look, could...
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...I wake up one morning and let my fuzzy vision clear up and turn my head towards the tiny black clock, resting on my night stand. The dim red numbers glow 10:30. Late again. I hop out of bed and fly to the bathroom. If I breeze through my daily routine, I could be out of the house in 15 minutes. First things first, drain the weasel. When I got to the toilet I thought I had to pee but something was knocking on the back door. So I pulled my pants all the way down and let nature take it's course. As I near the end I glance to the right and there's no toilet paper... Well, nothing I can't fix in the shower. I fling my clothes to the floor and fly in the shower. Letting my skin get nice and wet, I reach over for the soap and it looks like a wet hamster on a sunny day. How did all of this hair get there? I really don’t have time to pick this off, so a quick rinse was order. I turn the water off and head for the medicine cabinet, brush my teeth and fly back to my room like a ninja on caffeine, get dressed, and as I'm running for the door, I stub my toe on the threshold and fall face first into the stone wall in front of my door. I recollected myself with the throbbing pain on my face mocking me along the way. I hop in the car and begin to drive off. I hit the end of the block and the car shuts off. This can't be happening... I have to be at work in 10 minutes and it's a 40 minute drive without traffic. A man walks by and I run to him desperately not caring if he knew about cars or not...
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...Consulting Assessment HRM/326 Amanda L Conley August 17, 2015 Rick Lab Consulting Assessment The company that I am going to discuss is called Professor Plumb. This is a company that I have recently began working for and it is a well-known plumbing company that is also a sub-contractor for two large home improvement stores. The bulk of the company business is the work obtained from the sub-contracts, in performing installs of plumbing and appliance needs. There are two large markets in the Alabama area, there is the Birmingham region and the Montgomery region. We have a total of five technicians that are scheduled to take care of the servicing needs of the customers. The one thing that the company makes the most money on is going to be the installation and sales of hot water heaters, and therefore those calls take priority. The Birmingham region is the most recent acquired by the company owner, and there are not as many stores and business in this area. We as a company are focusing on the growth in sales of the hot water heaters in both regions and the building of more jobs in the Birmingham region. When looking at the focus and the needs of the company it is very important to ensure that the technicians are well trained and know and understand what is needed and expected of them. The company is struggling at this time with the acquisition of the new region and trying to make money and provide the funds for the overhead and more. We as a company have been trying...
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