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and condition of buildings. At the same time a list of British Standards were introduced to indicate that the various aspects complied. Unfortunately these were not made mandatory and many Local Authorities stuck to their own standards. This was the first step towards the Building Regulations we have today. In 1961 the government removed the power of the Local Authorities to make building bye-laws. This meant that the Ministry were now able to make National compulsory Building Regulations, the…

|10% |1 April 2016 | |Length:2000words+/-10% | | | | This assignment is based on the Billy’s Building Supplies Inc. case study and is designed to assess your level of achievement in the learning objectives from Chapter 3. To complete this assignment you need to read the case study at the end of these instructions then write a 2000 word academic essay…

earthquake activities which harm regular functioning of building is the key problem which happens because of conventional non-engineered structures. They were constructed with traditional methods of construction and particularly use of engineered items like stone, abode, bricks and wood. Experiences in past earthquakes have shown that many buildings lack basic resistance to earthquake forces. 1.1 Statement of problem and sub-problems Traditional buildings lack the safety measures, therefore…

Green architecture is an approach to building, also known as green building or construction or even sustainable building has become more popular in the last 25 to 30 years, is the practice of creating an environmentally responsible that has the structure and resource effect throughout a building lifestyle from design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction. Green building are designed to make the classical buildings concern about the economy, utility, durability and…

how the house is going to turn out. Starting off the way to building your home would require plenty of research and knowledge. There are numerous steps in the home building process that one should understand and familiarize himself into in order to be prepared with problems that one would face through the process and be able to make better decisions through the process. In an online article titled “8 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Building a Home by Jacqueline Curtis”, Jacqueline Curtis have…

1. Introduction Every year, a large number of buildings are built globally for residential, commercial and office purposes. The building construction industry experiences exponential growth in developing countries like India due to the growing economy and rapid urbanization. Globally, the building sector contributes to about 40% of the greenhouse gas emissions. Since buildings are responsible for a large percentage of GHG emissions, it is important to analyse their energy efficiency and make…

Buildings are complex systems that have to fulfil many functions. They have to provide a healthy and comfortable indoor environment, must be energy efficient and ultimately must be sustainable (Boemi, Irulegi and Santamouris, 2016). However, over the years, the need to improve the energy efficiency of the building sector was given first priority. The main reason for this is the following. It is well known that the contribution of the building sector to the total energy consumption is significant…

summary on a Building Official’s qualification’s, the following is provided. The Ontario Building Code (OBC) is a regulation under the Building Code Act, 1992 (BCA). The OBC prescribes the technical requirements for the construction, renovation, change of use and demolition of buildings. It also provides the tools for the administration and enforcement of the BCA and to establish property standards by-laws. The OBC is essentially a set of minimum provisions respecting the safety of buildings…

3. Uses of Building information Modeling (BIM) BIM is a 3-D model process used in the engineering, architecture and construction with tools to manage the project effectively in planning, designing, constructing and operational phase. At every stage of project development, BIM plays a vital role, in planning BIM is used for cost estimation; phase planning, site analysis and programming. In the design phase, BIM used for structural analysis, lightning analysis, mechanical analysis, LEED evaluation…

personally, adore the idea of skyscrapers made out of wood, the sensation of warmth you get when you walk into a wooden building, or all the benefits this planet would have if we would start constructing using wood more often, I cannot ignore the fact that there are many questions to be answered regarding the subject. Questions like, how high can we build or how is the building going to be protected against fire-considering that the main material is wood after all-, would be the ones I have been…