E FFECTIVENESS OF INDUSTRIALISED BUILDING SYSTEM (IBS) IMPLEMENTATION FOR MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MARDHIAH BINTI ZAWAWI A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science (Construction Management) Faculty of Civil Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia NOVEMBER 2009 A BSTRACT Generally‚ the used of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in construction industry throughout the world has positive perceptions
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Response to Reviewers: INTRODUCTION The Ingalls Building is the world’s first reinforced concrete skyscraper‚ and is renowned for its construction methods in the use of reinforced concrete. The Ingalls Building is located in Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ and is named after Melville E. Ingalls. The building was designed to house office spaces and is 16 stories or 210 ft. (64 m) tall (1). Construction on the building began on October 2‚ 1902 and concluded July 1903. It was designed by architects Alfred O. Elzner
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BEST PRACTICES MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS State Department of Education September 2006 Dr. Marilyn Howard State Superintendent of Public Instruction Acknowledgement We want to acknowledge and thank staff at the Division of Building Safety who spent time helping compile and review this manual. Much of the information in this manual was taken from Preventive Maintenance for Local Government Buildings‚ April 2000‚ published by the Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor‚ Program
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and Built Environment An Examination of the causes and effects of Building Collapse in Nigeria Vol. 9‚ December 2011‚ pp. 37–47 AN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA Oke Ayodeji Department of Quantity Surveying‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 234034 Ondo State Nigeria Corresponding Author: emayok@gmail.com Abstract The research investigated the causes and consequence of building collapse in Nigeria using historical data from 1974 to 2006 and
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Assignment 1 Reading Summary and Critical max 400 words‚ in ur own words‚ MUST reference if paraphrase. Ref article‚ “direct quote”ref. formal writing‚ “Building have Meaning” by Andrew Ballantyne Discusses the depth amongst conventionally built structures in which embodies our cities as a whole- “the home which the core in charged with meaning involved with most personal aspects of our lives” (Ballantyne. A). He further discusses the idea of home that which is not of any material or form
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Journal The Rookery Building One of my favorite buildings in Chicago is the Rookery Building‚ which was built in 1888 by Daniel Burnham and John Root on the South-East corner of LaSalle and Adams streets. Eleven stories tall and 181 feet high‚ it is the oldest high rise building still standing in Chicago. The building is commonly called the “Rookery” because of the crows and pigeons that roosted in the roof and walls of the temporary city hall that previously stood at that site and the corrupt
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If I were building a house on Mars it would be... If I were to build a house on Mars it would be a house like the Martians built except‚ it would have American style appliances. The house would be on a hill‚ so I could look over the country side without interference from trees and plants. Another option would be to have the house right by a lake so I could build a miniature theme park in it. There would be a ride that I would have around two G’s worth of force applied on me as I twist through
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Homes ® IGBC Green Homes Rating System Ver 1.0 Abridged Reference Guide April 2009 Confederation of Indian Industry CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre Copyright Copyright © 2008 by the Indian Green Building Council. All rights reserved. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) authorises you to view the IGBC Green Homes Version 1.0 Abridged Reference Guide for your individual use. You agree not to sell or modify the IGBC Green Homes Reference Guide or to reproduce‚ display or
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WHAT IS SICK BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS)? Throughout human civilization‚ humans have been determined to create indoor environments which get us out of the natural elements and protect us from sickness and other hazards. We have created buildings which do just this by creating building envelopes which mechanically‚ or less commonly naturally‚ take in outdoor air. Unfortunately through this practice‚ instead of the buildings getting us away from sickness‚ the buildings it seems may be causing sickness
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Business Inc.) DATE: November 17‚ 2006 SUBJECT: Green Building Benefits INTRODUCTION There is a problem with the buildings created today because they are not environmentally-friendly. The solution to this problem is green buildings. Green building is the term used to describe the selection of environmentally-friendly building materials‚ as well as an environmentally-conscious building design. There are many kinds of available building materials on the market today that are less-toxic‚ create
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