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Skills and Not Technology Are the Components of Management Success

In ten pages this paper discusses how the supervisory skills of a manager are more important than technological prowess in project...

Media and Chicago's Highway Construction During the 1950s

This paper examines the media's portrayal of Chigago's highway construction and other industrial projects during the 1950s. This ...

Construction and Engineering Genius of the American West's Hoover Dam

In ten pages this paper examines the western American contributions of the Hoover Dam in a consideration of its construction and e...

Poor Nations' Hosuing Improvement Construction Report and Analysis

In five pages a Third World nation two story home is discussed in terms of its attributes and how it can encourage housing standar...

American History and Railroad Construction

end-of-the-track towns called hell-on-wheels" (The Iron Road). Explosions and avalanches were commonplace for the Chinese crews, ...

Future Plans After 2003 Budget Cuts in Defense

increase, and missile-defense programs and spending on unmanned aerial vehicles would get increases as well (2003). Funding would ...

Characters of Bolingbroke and Richard II Revealed in the Play by William Shakespeare

the treacherous feet" (III.2.14-16). Rather than action, Richard offers poetic interpretations of his situation. The tone and imag...

Postmodern Artifact Film A Chinese Ghost Story

and contexts will merge in the production of the film. In examining the film as a post-modern artefact it may be argued that as...

Animal Liberation and Social Construction of Nonhumans

orangutans development of tool use and their layman descriptions which compare their actions with those of humans, there are hints...

Surveying for Quantitative Results

Red Sox, and many are familiar with the quirky routines that are undertaken by players such as the Tampa Bay Rays closing pitcher,...

MACULAN GROUP: CASE ANALYSIS

company tripled its number of employees and quadrupled its gross revenue. It increased these things through vertical integration -...

Highway Construction and Environmental Effects

In twelve pages this paper discusses how highway construction and design decisions are influenced by various environmental factors...

Article 'The Ethics of Trash' Reviewed

In five pages this article on the construction of a garbage incinerator in a community that has decreased the amount of trash need...

Prince Toshihito's Katsura Villa

In 5 pages this paper examines the influence of Japanese culture as well as the relationship between Hideyoshi and Toshihito in th...

Ruxley Electronics Case and Contemporary Law

In six pages this paper examines the contemporary law precedent established by the Ruxley Electronics and Construction Ltd. v. For...

Society of Israel During King David's Rule

In five pages families, celebrations, food, clothing, and house construction are among the topics discussed in this consideration ...

Comparative Analysis of the European Chunnel and New York City's Lincoln Tunnel

In five pages the chunnel and tunnel are compared in terms of construction, structural properties, usage, and also considers what ...

Comparative Analysis of the Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel

In five pages these two tunnels in New York City are compared in terms of construction, usage, structural properties, and improvem...

Construction of the Panama Canal

the proposed canal was given high priority by the French government because of its global prestige, and millions of francs were ra...

Highway Use Taxes and Trucking Companies

20 cents per mile (American Trucking Association, 2002). This is clearly double taxation because truckers already pay highway usag...

Defending Wal-Mart

spend - are on the job. These stores with limited hours open after working people get to work and close before they get off for t...

'New Europe' of the EU and the Maastricht Treaty

it relates to the European Treaty, one must look somewhat further back into history than the point of implementation of either of ...

Subway System of New York City and Its Impact

million passengers per day (Hood, Part 1, 2001). When the subway opened in 1904, it launched an unprecedented era of growth and p...

Character Profile Creation With the Help of John McPhee's The Headmaster

made all who met him feel immediately dwarfed by his mountainous frame. Did the words actually say he was a mountain? Nope. But,...

An NPV and Costing Accounting Case Study

running. Therefore the preparation and legal costs may also be included in the capital cost, increasing the level of the asset sho...

Case Study on Toxic Waste Exporting and Ethics

of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...

Istanbul, Turkey's Habia Sophia

In ten pages this research paper examines Turkey's Christian church turned Istanbul museum that features a mathematical design in ...

Temporary Construction Worker Management

In six pages this paper examines the problems involved with managing construction teams comprised of workers that are both tempora...

Construction Projects and Various Risk Dynamics

In eight pages this paper discusses the types of risks at construction sites with injury and death statistics included and safety ...

Mid Nineteenth Century U.S. Construction Work

In four pages this paper discusses construction workers of the mid nineteenth century in terms of both lifestyle and employment wi...