Southern New Hampshire University BACKGROUND Moore Housing Contractors is negotiating a deal with Countryside Realtors to build six houses in a new development (Russell & Taylor III, 2014). The realtors prefer that the contractors start building the homes in the late winter or early spring to reduce potential delays from inclement weather (Russell & Taylor III, 2014). Moore Housing Contractors are busy in summer months and feel they can sell the six homes upon completion, maybe even
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shouldn’t have as much debt as it does. I don’t really understand how the nation could be in so much debt, but still be able to constantly knock down building just to build another more expensive building bigger in size when there are already millions of unused buildings. In the city I live in on every corner they’re knocking down something and building something new and the schools are outrageously big, meanwhile are roads are horrible and the neighborhoods aren’t where they should be. I would understand
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Analysis 10 Deliverable 4 Building Analysis 14 Deliverable 5 Industry Analysis 16 Deliverable 6 Optimization / Transformation 20 Deliverable 7 Company Profile & Program of Requirements 21 Bibliography 26 Introduction Deliverable 1 Research Questions 1.1 Main question How can this building generate future profit for the owner of the building? 1.2 Sub-questions 1. In what way does the context/surroundings influence the attractiveness of the building? (deliverable ‘context
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1603. Glazing of Openings 1. The location of doors, sashes and framed openings glazed or equipped with approved plastics at the exterior walls of a building shall be so arranged that in case of fire, the occupants may use such openings to escape from the building to a place of safety. The travel distance from any point of the building towards the location of such openings should not be over 45.00 meters in any place of assembly for spaces not protected by automatic fire suppression and
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In general built spaces are traditionally perceived as fundamentally static. Buildings are being worn out, renovated, remodelled, torn down and rebuilt, while their functions may frequently change in the process. In this way, architecture not only adapts to changes in its content and context but it can also be continuously improved and adjusted, answering to changing needs of its users and permanent transformations of its surrounding environment. There are two factors which always affect the architecture
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With the right design, these could appreciably reduce inter-story drifts in the structure. Furthermore, energy is dissipated by these devices rather than in the buildings. Thus, the main damage criteria are directly targeted [2-4]. In general, these systems can be classified into three major categories; namely, seismic isolation, passive energy dissipation, and active and semi-active control [1]. Within each category
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is a strike-slip fault occurring at the boundary between two plates of the earth's crust. After the initial earthquake, fifty-nine aftershocks of 4.5 or greater were felt. Damages and fatalities were high because of the magnitude and the lack of building regulations to withstand earthquakes. Haiti,
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I walked by its towering gates everyday on my way to work. Fairfax. The castle which sits upon the highest hills of the Great City reverberates an ominous chill as each day passes. Its walls were filled with gossamers that made it seem filthy. There live a royal family who’ve never shown themselves in public nor seen through the windows of their very own residence. Spoken through the words of a secretary, they rule the city with an anomalous, yet effective force. The month of December approached
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In this weeks reading, what particularly stuck out to me was the “ Tomb Of The Reliefs “ located in Cerveteri. I found it quite fascinating how even such ancient findings draw many similarities to homes in today’s era. I can clearly spot pots and axes, (only models), a resting area, and all the basic necessities needed for a household. Such immense detail is depicted throughout the home such as built in nooks, and beautiful decorative molding that showcases at the tops of the holding structures.
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The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–12, were three large earthquakes that happened near New Madrid, Missouri, from December 1811 to February 1812. There were thousands of aftershocks, about 1,874 of them were so large that they could be felt 190 miles away as far as Louisville, Kentucky. It is unknown how many lives were lost during the quakes. Scholars say that the number most likely wasn’t very large. The area that was affected by the quakes had a small population. The main one of the shocks produced
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