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Reasons And Remedies To The Dying Plant Walls, Hayley Q. Mcgough
Reasons And Remedies To The Dying Plant Walls, Hayley Q. Mcgough
Construction Management
Sustainability in construction has been increasingly popular and detrimental with the state of the planet and climate change. One of the more popular solutions is the addition of plant façades to a building, which are plants that are put on the vertical of a building. The benefits that come with plant facades include and are not limited to: Reduction of the urban heat island effect, improved air quality, local job creation, improved energy efficiency, building structure protection, noise reduction, increased biodiversity, urban agriculture. These benefits are not reaching their full potential because these plant façades keep dying creating a bigger …
Oasis Church: Designing And Building A Pergola For The Discipleship Home, Logan Keil Smith
Oasis Church: Designing And Building A Pergola For The Discipleship Home, Logan Keil Smith
Construction Management
The senior project idea for building a pergola, fire-pit, and paver hardscape was designed and executed by Andreas Rasmussen and Logan Smith. With the necessary background knowledge in landscape construction and the required funding, the Discipleship Home in Oceano, California, gave these two construction management students the opportunity to build an outdoor aesthetic area for residents of the Discipleship Home. This document provides information regarding the design, acquired funding, construction process, lessons learned and conclusion after the project was finished. The purpose of the project is to provide a peaceful place in which the residents of the Discipleship Home can …