530 SCOT & SST Yu Fu Oct 18‚ 2013 Social construction of Technology[1]‚ often abbreviated as SCOT‚ advocates that the social environment influences the development of a technology‚ which is opposed to what technological determinism. To grasp the core spirit of SCOT‚ we need to understand the following basic elements of SCOT. SCOT emphasize on the impact of Relevant Social Groups‚ which are not confined to the group that develops the technology‚ but also other groups that have direct or indirect
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY Task-1 1.1 Explain the quality control testing before you allow starting the concreting work for the foundation‚ columns‚ slab and beams. There are two main tests to be done on concrete The slump test: the slump test shows the workability of concrete. The compression test: the compression test shows the best possible strength Concrete can reach in perfect conditions. Testing should always be done carefully. Wrong test results can be costly. SAMPLING The first step
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Abstract We have to complete an assignment for our Construction Technology about green building. Our lecturer‚ IR Han had also held an visit programme to one of the green building that located at Putrajaya which is Diamond Building to help us in obtaining more information for this assignment. Our assignment had inserted these information that we obtained from the visit to Diamond Building and also some other green buildings around the world. In the introduction part we can see that green
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From March of 1797 to 1800‚ a diplomatic scandal occurred where Americans were outraged by demands from the French for a bribe as a condition for negotiating with American diplomats that became known as the XYZ Affair. John Adams took presidency in 1797 and inherited several problems from George Washington’s administration‚ including hostilities between the United States and France that began to escalate in the 1790s. The signing of Jay’s Treaty‚ which violated of the Treaty of Paris yet averted
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Nanotechnology in Construction Engineering Ashwani K. Rana1‚ Shashi B Rana2‚ Anjna Kumari3 and Vaishnav Kiran4 National Institute of Technology‚ Hamirpur (H.P)‚ India Email: 1ashwani_paper@yahoo.com 2 Regional Campus G.N.D.U. Gurdaspur‚ Punjab‚ India Emails: 2shashi_rana12@yahoo.co.in‚ 3anjna.paper@gmail.com‚4vaishnav.rana@gmail.com‚ 1‚ 3‚ 4 Abstract— Nanotechnology is one of the most active research areas that encompass a number of disciplines including civil engineering and construction materials
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before there were computers the whole construction process was done by pen and paper from the bidding process to the actual drawings themselves. Since the innovation of the computer and interactive software these processes have gotten much more efficient. There have been many programs that ease the construction process. Such programs include‚ drawing software (AutoCad)‚ spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel)‚ programs to assist with estimating (Plan Swift)‚ planning and scheduling software (Microsoft
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Aspen Technology Inc. 1. What are Aspen Technology´s main Exchange rate exposures? Aspen Technologic Inc‚ is firm specialized in the development of simulation software for customers in process manufacturing industries‚ particularly the chemical industry. Big part of the AspenTech earnings comes for the licenses of their existing products. The 52% of Aspen Tech’s software license revenues came from customers outside de United States. With most‚ but not all‚ of its expenses incurred in the
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Apple Computer‚ Inc. whose humble beginnings were borne from two high school friends‚ Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs‚ is now based in Cupertino California and is a Fortune 500 company. The company began in 1976 when Wozniak designed what would become the Apple l (Apple Computer‚ 2005). Apple Computer‚ Inc. ’s principle activity is to design‚ manufacture and market personal computers and related personal computing and communicating solutions. The products are for education‚ creative‚ consumer‚ and
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Component Technologies‚ Inc 1) Prepare the manufacturing staff’s calculations for the three alternatives (please refer to the attachments): a) In the first set of calculations‚ the staff used a discount rate of 20%‚ a five-year time horizon‚ and ignored taxes and terminal value. What is the relative attractiveness of these three alternatives? During the period of 5 years (from 1994 to 1998)‚ if the discount rate is 20%‚ Waltham plant is the only one that has a positive amount in NPV. The
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ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI :: CHENNAI – 600 025 B.E / B.TECH. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS – I YEAR ANNUAL PATTERN MODEL QUESTION PAPER HS1X01 – TECHNICAL ENGLISH (Common to all Branches of Engineering and Technology) Regulation 2004 Time : Three Hours Maximum Marks :100 Answer All Questions PART A 10 X 2 =20 1. Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B: 4 x ½ = 2 A B a. abundant b. escalate c. culminate d. spectacular i. rise ii. reach its highest point iii. strikingly grand iv. plenty
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