FIRT 1327 Building and Construction Volunteer Lieutenant Killed and Two Fire Fighters Injured Following Bowstring Roof Collapse at Theatre Fire – Wisconsin 10/15/13 Mr. Conklin Christian Rodarte In Wisconsin on March 4th ‚ 2012 a 34 year old lieutenant volunteer firefighter was killed. This man was on top of the roof on a theatre when he suddenly fell through the roof and was trapped isinde the burning theater. I choose this topic because I wfound it interesting
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frustration. A contract may be frustrated where there exists a change in circumstances‚ after the contract was made‚ which is not the fault of either of the parties‚ which renders the contract either impossible to perform or deprives the contract of its commercial purpose. Where a contract is found to be frustrated‚ each party is discharged from future obligations under the contract and neither party may sue for breach. The allocation of loss is decided by the Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943.
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DESIGNING BUILDING There are 2 important aspects in making building: Building performance Building construction ASPECTS OF DESIGNING BUILDING The architect/designer are limited to certain physical limitation: How much land How heavy a building soil can support How long a structural span is feasible Materials performance in a given environment Construction budget Legal restriction on a building Sequence of Building Operation Soil Investigation Building set
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BLDG1260 Construction Management Principles LECTURE 3: SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION Riza Yosia Sunindijo Outline and aims 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The basic of construction safety The importance of safety The evolution of construction safety Psychological aspect Behavioural aspect Situational aspect Investing in safety 1 Basic definitions What is safety? What is a hazard? What is a risk? Accident vs. incident vs. injury What are the causes of an accident? Anton‚ T.J. (1989). Occupational safety
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ROLE PLAY BUSINESS MEETING Situation A condo sales agent is meeting with a family of three. These are first-time buyers who are shopping for a condo. They are at the sales office located next to the site of the future condo tower. Construction has not begun but a large billboard sign outside the sales office proclaims “over 80% sold - starting at $195‚000”. The four people sit down for their meeting inside the fashionably decorated office. Roles 1) Real estate professional This successful
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construct. For instance‚ If you believe social constructions aren’t real‚ then please take out all the bills in your wallet and pass them up to me. Money is an example of a social construction that plays an extremely important role in our everyday lives. All those paper bills and coins are "just" paper and metal‚ and all that money in your bank account is "just" some numbers in a computer. Think about that for a moment. You may ruin the economy construction‚ which is assumptions on based on reality‚
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The Theory of Social Construction What is Social Construction? Social Construction Theory is concerned with the ways we think about and use categories to structure our experience and analysis of the world. (Jackson‚ Penrose) Nurture versus Nature The Nurture approach would say that rather than genetics or inborn traits‚ social ideas and categories (including stereotypes) are socially constructed or and then accepted as reality‚ despite the facts. – For instance‚ the earth was once considered
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An investigation on social construction. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this work is to describe‚ analyse and understand what an anthropological understanding of social construction is and how it works. In order to do this‚ I’ll start by giving a general explanation of what a social construct is‚ after that I’ll bring three different concepts which I understand as social constructions. Specifically the three concepts will be gender‚ death and language using. To explain gender “Rites of Manhood:
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COMMERCIAL LAW MODULE 2 TUTORIAL QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 Pete buys a bottle of suntan lotion from his local chemist shop. The lotion which is manufactured by Barnetts Pty Ltd‚ had acid in it‚ which had been added to the mixture by one of the workers in the factory who had failed to read the label on the tin properly. When Pete applied the suntan lotion he suffers third degree burns and has to pay high medical and hospital expenses. Advise Pete whether he has a claim against the manufacturer
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Commercial Fixtures Inc. + Business valuation overview Suggested questions for the Commercial Fixtures Inc. case are given below. 1. What would you as an outside third party bid under the same conditions (with the same information) for the entire company (both halves)? Why? 2. What do you expect Albert Evans to bid for Gordon’s half interest? Why? 3. What should Gordon Whitlock bid for Albert’s half interest? Why? 4. How would you structure the purchase of the business
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