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Civil and Environmental Engineering

Western Kentucky University

2016

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Harbison, Kay (Fa 957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Harbison, Kay (Fa 957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 957. Paper titled: “Watermills.” Includes survey sheets of descriptions of watermills in Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Sheets include a description, informant’s name, terms, and a photo of a watermill.

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Beams, Bobby (Fa 955), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Beams, Bobby (Fa 955), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 955. Paper titled: “Sawmills Past and Present in Hart, southern LaRue, and western Green County.” Includes description, terms, illustration, and photos of sawmills in the Penny Royal Region of Kentucky.

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Powers, Doug (Fa 954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Powers, Doug (Fa 954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 954. Paper titled: “Montgomery’s Mill.” Includes description, terms illustration, and photos of Montgomery’s Mill in Green County, Kentucky.

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Polston, Earl (Fa 950), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Polston, Earl (Fa 950), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 950. Project titled: “Watermills.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of watermills in Clinton County, Kentucky and Pall Mall in Fentress County, Tennessee. Sheets include a brief description, owner’s name, and a photo of the watermill.

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Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 952. Paper titled: “[Student Collections: Watermills]," WKU Professor Lynwood Montell’s compilation of survey sheets from various collections by students with brief descriptions of watermills in Kentucky and Connecticut. Sheets may include a brief description, informant’s name, terms, a photo and/or illustration.

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Hay, William G. (Fa 951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Hay, William G. (Fa 951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 951. Paper titled: “Hardin Springs.” Includes description, terms, beliefs, and photos of Hardin Springs and the watermill in Hardin County, Kentucky.

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Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 949. Paper titled: “[Student Collections: Watermills]," WKU professor Lynwood Montell’s compilation of survey sheets from various collections by students with brief descriptions of watermills, farm implements, steam engines, etc. from the Knobs and Penny Royal Regions in Kentucky and Connecticut. Sheets may include a brief description, informant’s name, terms, a photo and/or illustration.

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Sutton, Bobby A. (Fa 946), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Sutton, Bobby A. (Fa 946), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 946. Paper titled: “History of the Litsey Mill.” Includes information about the Litsey Mill in Washington County, Kentucky, including a description of the workings of the flour mill, terms, implements, map, deeds, and photos.

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Harbison, Kay (Fa 947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Harbison, Kay (Fa 947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 947. Paper titled: “Watermill.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of watermills in Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, uses, and some photos.

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Griffin, Edra (Fa 948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Griffin, Edra (Fa 948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 948. Paper titled: “[Falls of Rough]” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of the mill at Falls of Rough in Grayson County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description of each aspect, uses, implements, and photos.

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Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 958. Project titled: [Student Collections: Bridges] Includes survey sheets of descriptions of various type of bridges in the counties of Adair, Bourbon, Breathitt, Casey, Clark, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Hardin, LaRue, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer, Metcalfe, Montgomery, Nelson, Russell, Taylor, Washington in Kentucky, Connecticut, and Ohio. Sheets include a description, informant’s name, terms, and photos of bridges.

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Comparison Of Lean Construction In India And United States Of America, Vedangi Mahashabde Oct 2016

Comparison Of Lean Construction In India And United States Of America, Vedangi Mahashabde

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The concept of Lean Construction has been introduced successfully into the Construction Industry to increase efficiency and profit by elimination of non-value adding activities or ‘Waste’. Lean Construction is an adaptation of Lean manufacturing principles and is the future of the Construction Industry in developing as well as developed countries. There has been much study and documentation conducted on ‘Lean Construction’ in USA. Even though people have started practicing Lean in India, there is lack of documented information available about it. Professionals within the Industry could already be minimizing ‘Waste’ and/or following Lean principles without the knowledge of the term …

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Using Building Information Modeling (Bim) And The Last Planner System (Lps) To Reduce Construction Process Delay, Zaid K. Ai Hussein Oct 2016

Using Building Information Modeling (Bim) And The Last Planner System (Lps) To Reduce Construction Process Delay, Zaid K. Ai Hussein

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The construction industry suffers from many practical problems and challenges; most being related to construction management. One of the most common recurring problems in construction projects is delay. Delay is a primary factor that can have an effect on project duration, scheduled delivery date, as well as the overhead cost of the project. This study investigated the problem of delays in construction projects. The research focused on the combination of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Last Planner System (LPS) together to measure the execution time of construction projects. The aim of this study was to determine whether using BIM and …

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Pace, Clint And Linda Pace (Fa 879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2016

Pace, Clint And Linda Pace (Fa 879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 879. Project titled: “Water-powered Mills in Warren County, Kentucky.” Includes history of water run mill sites in Warren County, Kentucky, mill terms, and survey sheets with brief descriptions of mills. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and an illustration of the water mill.

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Linder, Gary (Fa 953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2016

Linder, Gary (Fa 953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 953. Paper titled: “White Mills.” Project includes a description and photo of White Mills village and the watermill in Hardin County, Kentucky.

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