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The Calculation Of A Concrete Reinforcement Under The Action Of Torsion Moment, According To Eurocode And Albanian Technical Rules, Julian Kasharaj, Igli Kondi, Eda Gjeka

UBT International Conference

The objective of this research is to introduce the reader to the calculation of a concrete reinforced element under the action of the torsion moment by comparing the two methods, Eurocode and Albanian Technical Rules. Particularly we will present the factors that affect the calculation and the final result. During a long period of time the action of torsion on a concrete reinforced element is not considered to be very important. The traditional calculating methods led to designing with reserves. As a result the longitudinal and transversal reinforcement due to bending, shear, compression or tension was enough even for torsion. …

An Approach For Integration Of Sustainable Transport Planning Indicators, Ylber Limani, Binak Beqaj

UBT International Conference

This paper describes the factors that need to be considered when selecting indicators for sustainable transport planning, principles for selecting indicators, and represents an indicator integration methodology. Indicators are very important components for various assessments due to proper decision making, and the end results depend on the accuracy of selecting, integrating and measuring them. The sensitivity ratio between decision makers and planners concerning sustainable transport planning indicators selection and application is not at a desired level and it needs to be improved. This may be as a result of lack of sufficient methodologies for making indicators more practical and understandable …

Kole Idromeno And The Neoclassical Architecture In Shkodra, Lida Miraj, Kujtime Barushi, Brixhita Deda

UBT International Conference

This paper reveals the precious contribution of Kolë Idromeno, as a versatile artist, whose work and activity constitutes a great heritage for the Albanian National Culture. Among his donated skills in art, what mostly attracts is the ensemble of the neoclassical buildings he designed during the first decades of the last century. His architectural projects are defined as second category monuments and ‗exhibited‘ along the museum streets protected by law. The research design makes use of different methods, as the fieldwork, data collection, and review of documents consisting in both qualitative and quantitative information. Qualitative and quantitative methods include basically …

Public Building Maintenance And Rehabilitation, Florian Nepravishta, Andrea Maliqari, Ariana Nepravishta

UBT International Conference

The public buildings such as high schools, kindergartens, nurseries, universities, dormitories and buildings in their service used by the general public are valuable assets, normally built with substantial investment in a long period of time. These assets are not always managed with the care that they require. As a result, depreciation and destruction in time reducing the ability of these buildings to fulfil their functions by reducing the time of use, durability. General usage costs will also be higher because of the buildings require costly renovations or replacements of materials frequently than might be necessary if they are maintained regularly. …

Managing And Minimizing Waste Generation During Construction: Approaches And Responsible, Krenare Shkodra

UBT International Conference

Construction Waste is a well known and a serious threat to the environment therefore there are a number of existing approaches toward its management. It (construction waste) is considered recyclable up to 80-90%, which is quite a promising factor especially giving the fact that recycling is only one of the steps in the construction waste management process along with reduce, reuse, and dispose. While taking this into consideration there is still doubt as to ‗Why is Construction Waste still an issue to the environment? Does it get the required and deserved priority? If yes, by who and how?‘ While analyzing …

New Wine Architecture In Rahovec, Teuta Jaha-Hoxha

UBT International Conference

Municipality of Rahovec is one of the Kosovo municipalities, known as a wine growing place since ancient times, with an area of 278.1 km² and a total of 71.522 inhabitants84. Viticulture in Rahovec is relatively well developed. There are two main wine cellars for grape processing and vine production. i) Stone Castle found in 1975 and, ii) Bodrumi i Vjeter (Old Cellar) build in 1953. Also, it is important to mention here that there are dozens of small wine cellars which were established since 1999. ―Bodrumi i Vjeter‖ have a production capacity of 5.000.000 million L, and it used to …

Current Status On The Causes Of Overruns Deadline In Kosovo In Highway And Road Constructions Projects, Muhamet Ahmeti

UBT International Conference

This paper presents the analysis of the data gathered from the interview survey revealing the process of road constructions project, cost of labour and other important factors which can result in high cost construction. These motorway categories can employ a large variety of structural materials and can be constructed to develop a great number of structural types. Over fifty contractors were contacted and asked for an interview survey. A total of 29 responded to participate in the interview surveys. The main objective of this paper is to present the current status on the causes of overruns in Kosovo in highway …

The New Law Of The Territory Planning, An Innovation For Local Government Units, An Ongoing Process, Hermina Albunesa

UBT International Conference

Urban planning is a function of local government units set out in the article 10 of Law No. 8652, dated 31.7.2000 "On the organization and functioning of local government units" This paper will be based on legal analysis that local governments units are facing today, by highlighting the differences between the old and the new legislation for the territory, concerning the new instruments of territorial planning. It is passed from the traditional planning law with rules on architecture of the buildings, which had to do with the protection of legitimate interests related to private property, in a law which does …

Can We Teach Lean Construction Methods In Schools Of Architecture, Gary Graham

Fall 2012 Faculty Showcase

Traditionally, schools of architecture are not great laboratories to explore the collaborative processes and teamwork that are essential to integrated design and delivery practices as exemplified by Lean Construction. The pre-eminence of the “hero-architect” in the design studio is in direct conflict with methods that can reduce risk and improve the efficiency of the design and construction delivery process. Risk? Efficiency? Delivery Process?... not mention Cost Control, Schedule and Constructability, are foreign concepts to the predominant design studio culture.

Integrated practices and integrated project delivery are clearly “hot” topics in the design and construction industry today. They are a response …

Landmark Report (Vol. 30, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Landmark Report

Newsletter published by the Landmark Association; this local group advocates the preservation, protection and maintenance of architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.

Restoration Of A Declining Inner-Ring Suburban Area: Lamar-Collins, Arlington, Texas, Ashley Shook

Planning Masters Professional Reports - Archive

Inner-ring suburban revitalization and redevelopment is a growing challenge in the United States as downtowns and outer-ring suburbs receive increased investment. Greenfields in fringe cities offer less construction obstacles and more return on investment for private sector developers leaving inner-ring suburbs behind. Additionally, with aging infrastructure and housing stock, declining population, increasing crime, and regional competition for investment, inner-ring suburbs face mounting difficulty toward recovery. One neighborhood at a time, these first-tier suburbs encourage investment from within and outside of the community through various planning techniques, some for successfully than others. Adding to the mounting obstacles is the misunderstanding of …

Pedestrian And Bike Planning: Downtown Of The City Of Granbury, Tx, Saraswati Bhandari

Planning Masters Professional Reports - Archive

Walking is the fundamental form of transportation system. The mode of transportation plays a vital role in the physical form of the city. Before innovation of the automobile, cities were planned in a compact form, and anyone can cross the city by foot. But, innovation of the automobile has brought a drastic change in the urban form and the mode of transportation. Cities started to develop without sidewalks and people were forced to use automobiles. Due to energy consumption, environmental concern and household expenses on automobile, auto culture has been a costly mode of transportation. So, urban planners have developed …

51/1 | ‘Akko I :The 1991–1998 Excavations: The Crusader-Period Pottery, Part 1: Text, Edna J. Stern

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume, which comprises two parts: text and plates, is the first of the series documenting the results of the large-scale IAA excavations at ‘Akko during the years 1991–1998. It presents the Crusader-period pottery (12th–13th centuries CE), the largest pottery assemblage of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem to be studied from a site in the Levant to date. An important component of this assemblage is the wide variety of imported ceramic wares from regions throughout the western and eastern Mediterranean, some not previously identified in Crusader-period contexts in the Levant. This assemblage is important for the study of trade and …

Bs News November/December

Building Services Engineering

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What Studios Do, Eliot Bates

Publications and Research

This essay is focused around a seemingly simple question – what do recording studios do? First, a clarification. I am not primarily asking “what are studios” or “what do people do in studios,” two comparatively straightforward questions that are tangentially addressed in academic and trade writing. Rather, I wish to consider some of the ways in which the studio itself shapes the kinds of social and musical performances and interactions that transpire within. I contend that studios must be understood simultaneously as acoustic environments, as meeting places, as container technologies, as a system of constraints on vision, sound and mobility, …

Lifecycle Energy Consumption Prediction Of Residential Buildings By Incorporating Longitudinal Uncertainties, Endong Wang, Zhigang Shen

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

Accurate prediction of buildings’ lifecycle energy consumption is a critical part in lifecycle assessment of residential buildings. Longitudinal variations in building conditions, weather conditions and building’s service life can cause significant deviation of the prediction from the real lifecycle energy consumption. The objective is to improve the accuracy of lifecycle energy consumption prediction by properly modelling the longitudinal variations in residential energy consumption model using Markov chain based stochastic approach. A stochastic Markov model considering longitudinal uncertainties in building condition, degree days, and service life is developed: 1) Building’s service life is estimated through Markov deterioration curve derived from actual …

Euler Science Complex (2012), Taylor University

Buildings and Grounds of Taylor University

The program for the 2012 Euler Science Complex dedication.

Robinson, Lucille (Tubb), 1896-1981 (Sc 764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 764. Speech by Lucille Robinson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, entitled, “The History of the Warren County Courthouse.”

Unm Area Guide To Sustainable Living, Suom Francis, Bernard Williams, Navida Johnson, Sarah Shaw, Evan Langford

Student Publications

Empowering choices for improving the health of our local environment.

Space Planning For A New Library: The Liberty University Experience, Lowell Walters

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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