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Victorian Age National Trust Building Cragside

In eleven pages this innovative Victorian Age building, Cragside, in Northumberland, is examined in terms of Lord Armstrong's usag...

Construction Industry and Robotics

In six pages this paper discusses the construction industry and its use of robotics in mid level and high rise buildings with indu...

Building Design and Impacts of Ventilation

Natural ventilation and the importance of such systems upon construction are explored in a paper consisting of six pages. Eight s...

August Wilson and Leo Tolstoy

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the protagonists of The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy and Fences by August Wilson. ...

Fire Safety Issues

This paper examines various fire prevention and fire safety issues with an emphasis on institutional buildings. The author cites ...

1841 to 1902 Gothic Revival

In seventeen pages Mackintosh's, Butterfield's, Viollet le Duc's, and Pugin's works are among the topics discussed in the building...

Retirement Funds and Management

In eight pages this paper discusses effectively building retirement funds in order encourage wealth. Eight sources are listed in ...

Hollywood Video and Blockbuster Video

In six pages these two video companies are examined in terms of how shifting focus by building its present business might prove ad...

Cheeseburger Cost Inputs

In five pages this paper examines a basic cheeseburger in a consideration of cost inputs such as paper wrapping, supplies, utiliti...

Hospital Effective Organization Building

In eleven pages an organizationis first considered and then organization theory is applied to strategically managing and building ...

Design Philosophies Architects Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei

been considered a disciple of Walter Gropius, due to his reliance on abstract form and materials, such as stone, concrete, glass a...

Structural Engineering and Ethics

In seventeen pages the collapses of several structural buildings in Asia are discussed in a consideration of design ethics and com...

Cortez' Lover Dona Marina

In five pages the woman who was both interpreter and lover of Cortez is examined in terms of her varying interpretations that incl...

Commercial Buildings and Air Quality Indoors

In thirty six pages this paper discusses commercial buildings and the issues related to poor indoor air quality in a discussion of...

Building Egyptian Pyramids

a large labour pool, but not of modern manufacturing methods, it would seem evident that the pyramids were built using vast quanti...

Budgeting Building Blocks

aid in the projects. Part of the way in which these grant awards works is that the Foundation fosters partnerships among federa...

The Architecture of the Arkansas State Capitol Building in Little Rock

down to the first floor. The solid brass chandelier reaches twelve feet across as it hangs amidst the marbleized interior from wa...

NYC Skyscrapers' Controversy

population grew and the need for office space expanded. The growth of the city almost demanded that the tiny strip of island grow ...

Construction Industry Importance of OSHA

Various elements of the industrys Code of Practice provide investigators with the ability to report a given company for infraction...

Architecture of England from 1700 to 1800

In five pages 18th century English architecture is discussed in a consideration of Baroque and Georgian styles with various aspect...

David McCullough The Great Bridge

over 276 feet above the high water; and weighed an overwhelming 14,680 tons (Wright 616). For anyone who had the opportunity to s...

Accounting Systems That Are Computerized

as this which has a comparatively rapid turnover, a system which is capable of keeping tracks of new developments and incorporatin...

Sir Edwin Lutyens and Building a Perfect Legacy

Lutyens left at the age of thirteen to absorb the lush Surrey countryside, with only a pencil and sketchpad for company. He drew ...

Karl Sabbagh Skyscraper

are decided benefits to a "fast track" situation. Developers are the guys who front the money for the building -- and theyre the o...

Conflict Management and Teams

teams should be task oriented and outside forces should dictate their goals. Teams should not contain ruling authorities within it...

An Analysis of an Article on Architecture

with a literal "forest" of timber that would support the vault of the stone cupola with its mortar hardened (Scaglia, 1991). The w...

Government Role in Procurement of Civil Buildings in Great Britain

civil buildings, there have been a number of issues come to the fore. There are many aspects that have been addressed over...

Education and Constructivism

which an individual learns and knows things, such as: * Knowing comes from the active and proactive nature of learners actions (Ho...

Building Materials and Fire Prevention

roofing materials as well as types of wood for the indoor beams for example, attention should be paid to the possibility of fire. ...

Learning Organization Advantages and Disadvantages

development of each person. Personal mastery refers specifically to designing a program of development that is continued througho...