Preston Bus Station and Car Park Locale: Preston‚ Lancashire‚ England * Preston Bus Station & Car Park was built in 1969 * The building was designed by Preston based Building Design Partnership * Engineers on the building were Ove Arup * The Bus Station building has 80 bus bays and 1‚100 car parking spaces * The Bus Station building is 171 metres (560 feet) long and 9 storey’s high * Around 1‚500 bus journeys a day involve the Bus Station * Preston Bus Station acts
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Management Project: case studies Contents Page Executive summary Introduction 1. 2. 3. Queen Margaret University College – The Relocate Project University of Newcastle upon Tyne – Versatile research buildings Sheffield Hallam University – Promoting effective utilisation The Devonshire Building space management policy 3 5 7 17 27 34 Annex 1: Space Management Project: case studies 2006/41 1 Executive summary This report brings together three case studies which explore different aspects
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“If everything went perfectly - if his health did not degrade any further‚ if the weather held‚ if Burnham completed the other buildings on time‚ if strikes did not destroy the fair‚ if the many committees and directors‚ which Olmsted called “that army our hundreds of masters‚” learned to leave Burnham alone - Olmsted might be able to complete his task on time” (Larson 118). Erik Larson uses repetition of the word “if” to emphasize to his readers how difficult it was for Olmsted to complete his
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The Role of the Quantity Surveying Profession The origins of the Quantity Surveyor (QS) profession can dated back during the 19th century where from the earlier "measurer"‚ a specialist tradesman‚ who readied schedules for a building project in which all of the construction materials and labour activities and were quantified. Based on this information‚ competing builders could submit priced tenders. Because all tenders were based on the same schedule of information‚ they could be easily compared
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How often do we look at a building and think how wonderful it looks‚ without considering the practicalities of its maintenance? Similar consideration should also be given at the time of procuring refurbishments and adaptations‚ etc. Where the original design may have had some shortcomings‚ this point in time can provide the opportunity of correcting some of the original deficiencies in the design where maintainability is concerned. All too often the maintenance of a building only comes to the fore
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different types of materials and designs in various archetecture projects to get a unique and astonishing outlook as well as to build an environemental friendly structures and many of them have not dissopinted the audience. Whether it is a highrise building or a limited sized‚ it has got its aown notable styles and features and are built with some special and different types of materials. One of these amazing construction is the newly built "Library of Birmingham" which has costed the state about £189
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Therefore‚ it is necessary for companies to analyze those factors and put forward appropriate strategies for further development. There are many practical analytical models for corporate to apply to. This passage mainly explains how CRH‚ an international building materials company‚ deals with environmental factors relating to the industry and achieves its goals with corporate level strategies. After studying the cases given‚ two main models have been referred to in the passage and some suggestions will be
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| Introduction The term Diagrid is a portmanteau of ‘diagonal grid’ and is a technique typically used for constructing large steel buildings by creating external triangular structures with horizontal support rings. The diagonal members intersect each other and the horizontal rings at a single node. The members combine to create an element similar to a moment frame. In a Diagrid structure‚ gravity and lateral loads are resisted by all of the members‚ creating efficiency and large amounts of structural
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A phenomena that has developers swarming to build the tallest‚ the largest‚ and the one with cranes and concrete pumps redesigning our skyline overnight; or so it seems. With the quantity of buildings being constructed in such short periods of time it leaves us to ask‚ is the integrity of these buildings being compromised? [Continued on P2] 4 DIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Committed to providing you with the most current information about construction in your city. Look to us for the latest news
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property‚ 1.8m to another building that isn’t a class 10 building‚ or 3m from a brush fence? 2. If so‚ these walls must have a non-combustible roof lining and eve lining. 3.Windows in these walls must be non-operable fire windows (exceptions for bathroom toilet or laundry windows with an area smaller than 1.2m2 4.Doors must be self closing and solid core not less than 35mm 5. Are there any encroachments between the structure and 900mm of the site boundary or 1.8m of other buildings in the same allotment
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