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The next destination: Passive design airports

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The next destination: Passive design airports 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/18/2024 - 13:59 Airports Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards. On the path to passive The airport itself is becoming more sustainable.

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The duties and responsibilities of civil engineers

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The main objective of civil engineers is to plan, design, build, operate and maintain roads, bridges, dams, water supply schemes, sewerage systems, transportation, harbors, canals, dockyards, airports, railways, factories and large buildings.

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Subways in America

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FOUR PHASES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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Organizing projects means defining roles and responsibilities, create a project charter, and develop high-level time and cost estimates. While doing planning for the project, effective and clear estimate of the time and costs are done. Organizing of the project is an important step towards planning of the project.

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INSPECTION OF A BRIDGE STRUCTURE - The Constructor

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Here the data is fed into the agency’s database such that it can gain an overall picture of the state of the bridge and calculate an estimate of likely future expenditure. It is considered best to tie in maintenance, replacement and repair with the road re-surfacing in order to minimize the costs and disruption to road users.

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SITE PLANNING

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Residential house site should be located away from the busy commercial roads. Good foundation soil should be available at responsible depth. This aspect saves quite a bit in the cost of the building. Residential site should not be located near workshops, factories, because such locations are subjected to continuous noise.

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TYPES OF CRACKS IN CONCRETE BEAMS

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