...1.1 Introduction Industrialized Building System (IBS) is the phrase used by the industry and government in Malaysia which stand for the adoption of construction industry and the use of prefabrication of components in building construction. IBS is defined as a construction technique in which components are manufactured in a controlled environment (on or off site), transported, positioned and assembled into a structure with minimal additional site work [1-4]. It consists of precast component systems, fabricated steel structures, innovative mould systems, modular block systems and prefabricated timber structures as construction components [3]. Parts of the building that are repetitive but difficult and too time consuming and labor intensive to be casted onsite – are designed and detailed as standardized components at the factory and are then brought to the site to be assembled [3]. The onsite casting activities in IBS utilize innovative and clean mould technologies [1-3]. The construction industry has started to embrace IBS as a method of attaining better construction quality and productivity, reducing risks related to occupational safety and health, alleviating issues for skilled workers and dependency on manual foreign labor, and achieving the ultimate goal of reducing the overall cost of construction. Apart from this, it offers minimal...
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...Building Science - GEORGIA - Too Much Government or Not Enough? I believe in limited Government intervention into the lives of its citizenry. Government neither can nor should try to solve all of our problems; but there are times when it can “stimulate-by-mandate”, rational focus. For example: Residential Building Science has changed little in the past 50 years; Rip Van Winkle Builders could emerge from a 50 year nap, build a home today, and it would pretty much fit in with the neighborhood. However occupant’ lifestyles have changed dramatically. We have added moisture sources with multiple indoor bathrooms, showers, tubs, Jacuzzis and clothes washers; we have added exhaust appliances like bath & range vents, clothes dryers and fireplaces; we’ve added more doors & windows plus huge HVAC systems with leaky ductwork & connected garages. We spend more time in our homes with home offices, computers, video games, televisions (did you know that one person, breathing for 24 hours yields one gallon of water?). Our manufacturers have become more “technologically advanced” and are using tremendously toxic stuff in those things with which we adorn our home - from paint to carpet to furniture to cabinetry … into perpetuity. Air infiltration/exfiltration, and the moisture, mold and mildew that accompany it, is the single largest threat to a safe, healthy, comfortable, durable and energy-efficient home. All air flow needs is a pressure differential and a pathway to exchange filtered...
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...Your proposal may include, but you are not limited to the following item listing. Before each class meeting, please provide a paragraph or more on each item on the list. Your group should send this information to me via email at billbaig@gmail.com in addition to your team leader approved status report and time cards. These assignments will count as individual skills assessment grade, which is 15% of your overall grade in this class. Feel free to make additions or edits as needed, but make sure if you omit anything of this list, you are able to provide proper justification for it. Do not just provide list of hardware or software directly from the web. Be sure to thoroughly research and make appropriate recommendation based on your studies of various hardware/software. In addition, a diagram for each list item is recommend, illustrating precisely your recommendations for the provided case study. All information presented in your proposal MUST have in-text citations and a work cited section for the references used in your proposals. EVERYTHING SUBMITTED SHOULD DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE PRESENTED CASE STUDY AND NO COPYRIGHT MATERIAL! The recommended order to accomplish this proposal is as follows: Week 2 • LAN and WAN requirements – explain the LAN and WAN infrastructure of the doctor’s office network • Wiring – type of wire, length, cost, outside contractor, etc • Network Diagrams – current network infrastructure and proposed network • Network Hardware – routers, switches...
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...Volume 2, 2007 Approach to Building and Implementing Business Intelligence Systems Celina M. Olszak and Ewa Ziemba University of Economics, Katowice, Poland olszak@ae.katowice.pl ewa.ziemba@ae.katowice.pl Abstract Abstract: The article aims at describing processes of building Business Intelligence (BI) systems. Taking the BI systems specifics into consideration, the authors present a suggested methodology of the systems creation and implementation in organisations. The considerations are focused on objectives and functional areas of the BI in organisations. Hence, in this context the approach to be used while building and implementing the BI involves two major stages that are of interactive nature, i.e. BI creation and BI “consumption”. A large part of the article is devoted to presenting objectives and tasks that are realised while building and implementing BI. Key words: Business Intelligence, methodology of BI construction, designing BI, business decision-making, knowledge management Introduction Socio-economic reality of contemporary organisations has made organisations face some necessity to look for instruments that would facilitate effective acquiring, processing and analysing vast amounts of data that come from different and dispersed sources and that would serve as some basis for discovering new knowledge. For long time management information systems (MIS) have been supporting organisations in their different tasks. However, today many IT systems have undergone significant...
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...Cisco Systems (2001): Building and Sustaining a Customer-Centric Culture Introduction/General Problem Statement: Doug Allred was Vice President of Customer Advocacy organization of the Cisco’s corporation. This organization was erected to consolidated all functions that directly touched the customer but sales to provide high-quality customer service. Since August 2001, the IT market turned down and brought severe challenges to Cisco as the company had to lay off 18% of its employees and reorganized its structure, transforming from decentralized organizational structure with three business units to centralized organization. However, these changes stabilized the volatile situation of the economy but threatened Cisco’s customer focus, a key element of its competitive advantage and a principle of its core operating processes. In order to overcome the disharmony between the structure and the culture, Cisco introduced a Customer Focus Initiative to hold the favor of its key customers. Nevertheless, Allred had no confidence that this action would fix the perceived gap between the structure and the culture. Situation Analysis: The main problem in this case is that how to keep enough resources to be used on the customer focus, which is the core component of the Cisco Company, under the reintegrated decentralized structure. At the beginning of the establishment of Cisco, Lerner, who is one of the founders, “realized that success was developing cutting-edge technology that...
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...Importance of Addressing Memory Management Requirements When Building an Operating System. POS/355 University of Phoenix, Axia Importance of Addressing Memory Management Requirements When Building an Operating System. The Memory is the most important part of the CPU. The CPU has a program called a memory manager which is needed to keep track of what the memory is being used on and how much. When building an Operating System you must keep some things in mind such as basic cache structure, and content- addressable memory. With basic cache structure it is used by cache memory which is similar to virtual memory. It takes low speed memory which is duplicated and stored in a high speed cache memory. When it request memory the request first goes to the cache memory and if it doesn’t respond it is then sent to the main memory. With content-addressable memory (CAM) it is a special type of memory which is used in very high speed applications. It is better known as associative array which is used for programming data structure. You must also keep in mind that address mapping and relocation is also important in the management of memory. To have the Operating system send out the information it must know the locations of process control information, the execution stack, and code entry. Inside the program may be memory references in various instructions. Say you put something in your documents but you put it in another name such...
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...Building an Access Control System Strayer University CIS 210 Systems Analysis and Development 4/28/13 Scope The scope of this project is to install an access control system (ACS) into a college dormitory. This ACS will automatically unlock the dormitory doors via an electronic proximity reader and integrate with an existing security camera system. The cameras are designed to face and rotate to record a person as they use their identification card to unlock the door. To complete this project we will start with the analysis and design stage. The creation of various design documents will be performed during this stage. The next stage will be the development stage. During this stage we will either create a new database or use the school’s existing database. The 3rd stage will be the integration stage. During this stage, the physical installation of the system will occur. The 4th stage will be the testing stage. The final stage will be the maintenance phase. The maintenance phase is on-going. Major Tasks 1. Analysis and Design a) Design Documentation i. With this task, documentation is written up to describe the work that needs to be completed. This documentation is reviewed by all stake holders to ensure that the requirements are have been accurately conveyed and understood. b) Design Models i. With this task, flow charts and/or use case are created to describe the functionality. These...
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...BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF CENTRAL SECTION OF BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY A Thesis Presented to the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering College of Engineering BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering By Pinpin, Jerome Garcia July 2014 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study In the world of today, a major change in technology can be seen as an advantage. New and advance machines, computers and electrical appliances are developing fast. Universities and other colleges need high standard laboratories, HVAC system, and lighting system. Together with the development of technology, the demand for electrical supply also increases. With the growing population of students here in Nativitad Hall, we ask ourselves, is the capacity enough to satisfy the needs of students and our laboratories? This is where building management system comes into play. The buildings are being constructed in a manner to provide maximum comfort and ease to the people with minimum energy utilization. When properly executed, it can yield valuable insights into facility energy usage that can save energy costs, increase productivity and protect critical assets. Building Management system have been introduced to this world in 1970, initially it was started with very limited features but within time a lot of changes and modifications had been made. It is...
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...CASE STUDY 1 Building an Access Control System As a member of the Information Security team at a small college, you have been made the project manager to install an access control system (ACS) in a dormitory. The ACS will automatically unlock the dormitory doors via an electronic proximity reader and integrate with an existing security camera system. The cameras are designed to face and rotate to record a person as they use their identification card to unlock the door. Create a 3-4 page project plan for this project in which you: Include a one-half page project scope statement. Define five (5) major tasks, each with one to two (1-2) subtasks. Also write a brief description for each task. Create a Gantt chart illustrating the project tasks (use Microsoft Project or a similar project management program). Create a system diagram illustrating the equipment and connections required for this project (use Microsoft Visio or a similar software package). Building an Access Control System CIS210 Building an Access Control System Introduction An access control system is fundamental in reducing security issues as well as controlling the personnel allowed to access a given place. Its main objective is to ensure limited persons are granted the rights of access. This access can be granted by checking on criteria such as workplace, home or any other specified locations. The access control...
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...how a hacker thinks and then utilize the tools a hacker would use. Today, every company is becoming completely networked, through the exchanging of information on desktops, laptops, tablets and smart phones. Thinking like a hacker and understanding a hacker’s tactics and scams could make you aware and become more effective when applying countermeasures. There are several methods for carrying out ethical hacking, the most common are limited vulnerability and penetration testing. Limited vulnerability analysis, focus on entry points to gather critical systems and data. By understanding the basic approach used by hackers to target organizations, you will be better equipped to take defensive measures you will be better equipped and know what you are up against. There are steps involved in scanning a network, the following points will highlight them. 1) Check for live systems, 2) Check for open ports, 3) Fingerprint the operating system, 4) Scan for vulnerabilities, 5) Probe the network. Tools that can be used to detect scanning threats and countermeasures that a company can use to deter and avoid vulnerabilities are as follows. “Spoofing user identity -use strong authentication for passwords, do not store secrets (for example, passwords) in plaintext. Do not pass credentials in plaintext over the Internet. Tampering with data –use data hashing and signing, use digital signatures, use strong authorization, use tamper-resistant protocols across communication links, secure communication...
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...What makes a strategy a winner? Please provide some examples. Ans. 1. Three questions can be used to test the merits of one strategy versus another and distinguish a winning strategy from a losing or mediocre strategy: a. How well does the strategy fit the company’s situation? i. To qualify as a winner, a strategy has to be well matched to industry and competitive conditions, a company’s best market opportunities, and other aspects of the enterprise’s external environment. Unless a strategy exhibits a tight ft with both the external and internal aspects of a company’s overall situation, it is likely to produce less than the best possible business results. b. Is the strategy helping the company achieve a sustainable competitive advantage? i. The bigger and more durable the competitive edge that a strategy helps build, the more powerful and appealing it is. c. Is the strategy resulting in better company performance? i. Two kinds of performance improvements tell the most about the caliber of a company’s strategy: (1) gains in profitability and financial strength and (2) gains in the company’s competitive strength and market standing. 2. Strategies that come up short on one or more of the above questions are plainly less appealing than strategies passing all three test questions with flying colors. CORE CONCEPT: A winning strategy must fit the enterprise’s external and internal situation, build sustainable competitive advantage, and improve company performance...
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...Technology A. General Subject Area Desktop Management System B. Specific Title Lodging House & Dormitory Management System for Pet Par’s C. Background of the Study Pet Pars is a three-storey building established on July 3, 2013. It was designed for residential accommodations. Commercial spaces and lodging rooms can be located on the ground floor of the building. Apartments can be seen on the second floor while rooms for bed spacers are on the third floor. One of the researchers is a client of Pet Pars found out that Pet Pars are currently encountering problems on monitoring their rooms every month and their clients every now and then. They do the monitoring on their rooms and clients manually which is too much of a hassle and time consuming, which can also be a hindrance for business' upgrade. Today’s generation is bombarded with many high technology materials or gadgets which they are using in their daily activities in lives. Therefore, the researchers are thinking on what system will they use to lessen the time that can be consumed during monitoring and how to make monitoring hassle-free and how can they help this business grow especially now that there are so many students and interns looking for dormitories and tourists and travellers looking for a place to live for a short period of time. D. Cited Problems 1. The management/receptionist finds it difficult to monitor the entire building. 2. Locating vacant and available rooms/units for new...
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...Michael L. Braden |802 Walnut Dr. Clifton Park, NY 12065 |Email Address: mikebraden007@aol.com | |Cell Phones: (401) 477-9189 | | | Objective |Seeking a Construction Management position with a company that has goals for expansion and growth. | | Core Competencies & Traits |Client Relations ▪ Team Building ▪ Leadership ▪ Quality Assurance ▪ Safety & Health Detail Oriented ▪ Adaptable ▪ | | |Flexibility ▪ Self Starter ▪ Problem Solving Skills Communication Skills ▪ Contractor Management ▪ Commercial | | |Awareness Construction Knowledge ▪ Scheduling ▪ Coordination ▪ Progress Tracking ▪ Planning Technical Skills ▪ | | |Documentation ▪ Daily Reporting ▪ Dependable ▪ Positive Attitude Confidence ▪ Due Diligence ▪ Lessons Learned | ___________________________________________________________ |Experience |Mr. Braden has over 20 years of Industrial and Commercial Construction experience as, Project Construction Manager,| | |Superintendent & Quality Manager. Responsible for providing leadership and overseeing the entire Construction | | |project and...
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...integrated design can divide in three steps as drainage design, concrete design and foundation design. 2. Drainage Design: 1. Introduction Drainage design provided a system on managing storm water for specific area. The design must be effectively both on cost and conveyance to control the water flow, and protect water quality. This report focuses on the design procedure of drainage network based on information of catchment area, characteristics, slope, land use and flow rate and any other factors. The plan for future development would also be considered into the design. By examines the geology and hydrogeology of the study area, two drainage network was designed. This is a simple drainage design without considering the influence of soil type, different drainage system throughout this area, and water quality. The study area is in the Merseyside area of Britain. Modified and Rational Method would be used for estimating the peak discharge from a specific small area. By using the discharge value, the pipe size the network pattern would be decided. This report will give the information of study area, details of calculations and explanation and also the discussion of the two designs. 2. Project brief: The pipe network should collect the rainfall from the car park and 5 storey office building and...
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...to interact with them in Warlords of Draenor. This second installment maps out the buildings that make up a fully armed and operational Garrison and how they impact your professions. As we mentioned in part 1 of this series, we want the process of staking your claim on Draenor to fundamentally shape your gameplay experience. Your Garrison mainly comprises buildings and the Followers who inhabit them. As your Garrison grows, so will your options and opportunities to use these assets to your advantage on Draenor. The Followers that populate your Garrison will grow in number and power, and what they can do for you depends which buildings you choose to construct in your base. Start Small, Think Big Even in its fledgling state, your Garrison will contribute to your professional development almost immediately. You’ll have many choices for what to build, and your choices directly impact what your Followers can do and the rewards you’ll get from them. The space you have available for buildings is determined by your Garrison Tier. At Garrison Tier 1, you’ll have one small and one large plot for buildings of those sizes. Quests will take you through placing a building that matches one of your primary professions in your first small plot and a Barracks in your first large plot. At Garrison Tier 2, you’ll gain one additional small plot, one medium plot, and room for three of four preset buildings: the Fishing Shack, Herb Garden, Pet Menagerie, and Lunarfall Excavation (Alliance)...
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