structure. An adequate and properly structured site investigation is therefore an essential part of any civil engineering or building project. The Institution of Civil Engineers has published a guide Without Site Investigation Ground is a Hazard (Ref 1‚ Vol 1) which is primarily for clients and their non-geotechnical advisors. The guide’s purpose is to raise awareness of ground problems and highlight the consequences of inadequate site investigation. The executive summary states: Inadequate site investigation
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SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP: This is a type of business with one owner. The business may not even need to be registered with the state as long as they are “doing business” as themselves. It is a very easy to start up a sole proprietorship‚ and more often than not it does not require a great deal of money. Another advantage is that the profits go straight to the sole proprietor who doesn’t need to worry about sharing or dealing with another individual or entity on the day to day operations as well as
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The Raft This essay is based on the short story ’The Raft’ by Peter Orner written in 2000. I will be focusing on analysing and interpreting the text in general‚ as well as the psychological effects that war has to its attendees as well as their descendents. The short story is about our soon-to-be 13 year-old narrator and his grandfather Seymour‚ who was a captain on a Destroyer in the South Pacific during World War II. Seymour who suffers from short-term memory has a story to tell his grandson
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Accreditation and Licensure Define accreditation: Accreditation is a formal declaration that an organization‚ individual‚ or service has demonstrated competency‚ credibility or specialization at meeting a predetermined set of standards. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is currently known as The Joint Commission (TJC)‚ and the National Commission on Quality Assurance (NCQA) is just two regulatory bodies that identify essential standards in care for hospitals
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Executive Summary The Joint Commission is scheduled to visit Nightingale Community Hospital for its triennial accreditation survey within the next 13 months. The purpose of this document is to provide senior leadership with an outline of the hospital’s current compliance status in the Priority Focus Area of Communication. Recommendations for corrective action are included in this document which are designed to bring the organization into full compliance in the areas where deficits have been identified
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Information about the Wirral Population. In the Wirral the population is high with the elderly population with a significantly low amount of the population in their twenties and thirties compared to the whole of England and Wales. The older population in the Wirral are elderly aged 65years and above‚ this is supposed to increase faster than any other age group Over the next two decades 2006 and 2013 is the estimated population to increase by 45% In Wirral the housing affordability is a big issue
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According to Standards For Accreditation of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs‚ “Accreditation is a nongovernmental process conducted by members of postsecondary institutions and professional groups. As conducted in the United States‚ accreditation focuses on the quality of institutions of higher and professional education and on the quality of educational programs within institutions”. Colleges and Universities are regulated by multiple governing bodies that have policies into place to
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issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The novel was rejected by at least five London publishing houses[1] before being accepted by Knopf Canada‚ which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year.[2][3][4] It was also chosen for CBC Radio’s Canada Reads 2003‚ where it was championed by author Nancy
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References: 1. Ralph Estes Dictionary of Accounting (MIT‚ Cambridge‚ 1981‚ p. 105)
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What is raft foundation? Raft foundation is a thick concrete slab reinforced with steel which covers the entire contact area of the structure like a thick floor. Sometimes area covered by raft may be greater than the contact area depending on the bearing capacity of the soil underneath. The reinforcing bars runs normal to each other in both top and bottom layers of steel reinforcement. Sometimes inverted main beams and secondary beams are used to carry column loads that require thicker foundation
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