ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) IN THE NIGERIAN AEC INDUSTRY. A case study of selected firms. BY GYET, DAVID U11AT1038 PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSc.) DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE AUGUST 2015 DECLARATION I hereby declare that the work in this project titled “ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM)
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Tutorial on Classification Igor Baskin and Alexandre Varnek Introduction The tutorial demonstrates possibilities offered by the Weka software to build classification models for SAR (Structure-Activity Relationships) analysis. Two types of classification tasks will be considered – two-class and multi-class classification. In all cases protein-ligand binding data will analyzed, ligands exhibiting strong binding affinity towards a certain protein being considered as “active” with respect to it
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Benefits and Costs Analysis: Tangible benefits include: * Increased Page Views * Decreased Page loading Time * Increased Transactions on website a) Revenue earned from merchandise b) Donation for Foundation * Increased offline events attendance * Increased physical media sale of CD’s and cassettes. We have included increased physical media sale of CD’s and cassettes as a tangible benefits as our uodated website will be having sample of albums that would encourage the
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INTRODUCTION TO LEVEL 2 BIM: The BIM levels and the level 2 BIM is the next move of adoption procedure that has been taken the construction industry from the basic drawing drafting to the computer drafting and now to the digital world. Building information modelling (BIM) level 0 means no collaboration just a drafting drawing for information of users and in level 1 the organization use that drafting computer drawing into 3D CAD for making more useful for the work ,but the level 2 is as combined
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kCHAPTER 6 Cost-Benefit Analysis and Government Investments TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1. A cost-effective program mix is one that accomplishes a given mission at minimum cost. 2. Cost-benefit analysis is a technique for determining the net benefits of alternative government projects. F 3. An increase in the profits of gasoline dealers on an improved road is a benefit of the road project. F 4. If increases in agricultural land values are viewed as a benefit of an irrigation project, then the market
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decision as to whether or not the idea to construct hotels on the island is a wise one for the hotel chain. A Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and a Financial Justification were developed to determine if the potential negatives of building on the island outweighed the positives. The costs involved with building and furnishing the hotel, employee salaries, property insurance and the routine costs involved with maintaining the property were analyzed against the potential advantages. The owner of Choice
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of Phoenix | Cost Benefits Analysis | BSA310/Paula Billups | | Sharon Link Mcknight | 10/27/2014 | | Cost Benefits Analysis Evaluating quantitatively whether to follow a course of action Basic cost-benefit analysis is a moderately easy and extensively used method for determining whether to make a change. As it is named suggests using the technique simply add up the value of the benefits of a course of action, and subtract the costs associated with it. Cost are either one-off
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Green Technology: A Cost Benefit Analysis of Business going Green Cost Benefit Analysis of Green Technology. I. Introduction Many business owners fear the costs associated with going green and although the net return varies according to the sector, in most cases these fears are unwarranted. Sustainable business practices should be evaluated based on a cost/benefit analysis. The benefits for things like brand
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continues with economic practices and techniques used to evaluate and optimize decisions on selection of fire safety strategies. The final section expands on the principles of benefit-cost analysis. An in-depth treatment of the practices and techniques covered in this compilation is available in the ASTM compilation of standards on building economics.2 The ASTM compilation also includes case illustrations showing how to apply the practices and techniques to investment decisions. A broader perspective on the
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Impact assessment of capacity building and training: assessment framework and two case studies Jenny Gordon and Kevin Chadwick Centre for International Economics, Canberra February 2007 The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) operates as part of Australia’s international development cooperation program, with a mission to achieve more-productive and sustainable agricultural systems, for the benefit of developing countries and Australia. It commissions collaborative
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