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Quality Development And Organizational Renovation At Construction Companies, Esat Gashi

UBT International Conference

Today, companies working in construction engineering field are facing with the process of quality development. We believe that only the companies which will implement interchanges of organisational renovation or reengineering from the quality viewpoint will be able to offer holistic quality answers to the customer‘s needs and their preferences. For that reason it is important that company retains its ability of ongoing monitoring of organizational model of viewpoints of quality management in order to:

• Realize, how responsible the company controls and operates its relations with quality according to its competitors,
• Identify, which components of organisational model of quality management are …

Tirana Urban Growth During The Last Decade, Arbi Shehu

UBT International Conference

After the 90s Tirana encountered a large increase of the population coming from different towns and villages of the country. In this way the population of 150 thousand inhabitants turned in approximately 1 million. Its major transformation has occurred in the last decade where beside the residents, a lot of settlements and socio-economic buildings have been constructed, bringing in this way an unplanned urban development. To identify Tirana urban growth, in addition to terrain identification or partial urban studies more easily we canuse satellite images provided by Google Maps, which through their electronic archive provide us images over the years. …

Techniques And Methods Of Spatial Data Creation For National Address System In Albania, Arbi Shehu

UBT International Conference

The creation of the National Address System in Albania has passed several crucial stages which are characterized in several groups from which it worth mention the creation of legal base, collection of data, the creation of spatial data, GIS application and geodatabase construction, etc. The main part of this process is characterized by the creation of the spatial data through digital techniques and methods. These techniques were implemented through the use of AutoCAD Map and ArcGIS software, using a specific methodology for this process. In this paper it is involved the process of digitizing from orthophotos, identifying streets, buildings and …

Nature In Architecture - Japan Architecture, Lessons For Kosovo, Arta Jakupi

UBT International Conference

Focus of my research is to be found on several issues concerning architectural opinions and design in Japan, and for better understanding of its development the attention will be set from the old toward the current architectural endeavors. The created urban mess of Kosovo, beside it’s over built and overcrowded area lack s the most valuable quality of a living settlement- its greenery. The suffocation of the living area can be reduced by producing; inventing; reusing more greenery, more gardens with its calming and meditative effect. The research study reveals a solution; hidden on the inclusiveness of nature into the …

Experimental Comparison Of Deflection Results For Beams Of Self-Compacted Concrete (Scc) And Conventional Concrete Period T=40 Days, Hajdar E. Sadiku, Hatim Ejupi, Lulzim Bytiqi, Berim Osmanaj

UBT International Conference

Concrete is a material which has wide usage in engineering especially in construction engineering and road infrastructure facilities. Development trends for high rise constructions, modern skyscrapers indicate that building such constructions with normal concretes and low consistency is impossible, therefore there is a need for concrete with high processes because of great amount of steel in cross section of concrete elements, solution for such construction is self-compacted concrete because of ability to fill pores without compaction and vibration. Considering this fact, researches for deflections, mechanical characteristics of concrete and deformations have been conducted worldwide. In this line, we conducted an …

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 …

Wku-Habitat For Humanity Green Community: A Model For Engagement And Partnerships, Nancy Givens, Rodney Goodman

Education for Sustainability Summer Institute

No abstract provided.

You Be The Judge: An In-Depth Look Into The History Of The Nacogdoches County Courthouse, Jacqulyn Subar

Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

Façade Evaluation Facility, Suresh Sadineni, Wendell Cocina, Robert F. Boehm

Nevada Renewable Energy Consortium Meeting

The second annual Nevada Renewable Energy Consortium meeting took place at UNLV on August 20. The meeting focused on the current three NVREC program areas: Solar, Biomass and Geothermal. Presentations were made by participating entities and a poster session followed.

Interaction Designers’ Conceptions Of Design Quality For Interactive Artifacts, Mattias Arvola

DRS Biennial Conference Series

It is important to be aware of different ways of seeing design quality of interactive artifacts in order to appreciate the various aspects of a design, but how do professional interaction designers understand design quality? In theory, one way of approaching design quality of interactive artifacts has been the Vitruvian principles of commodity, firmness and delight, originally created for architecture. Such frameworks are, however, seldom directly employed in practice. This paper investigates what conceptions professional interaction designers have of design quality for interactive artifacts. Interviews were conducted with ten designers. The analysis disclosed four conceptions concerning: (a) Constraints & contexts, …

Designing For An Aging Population, Allison Shives

Undergraduate Research Conference

Aging starts at birth and continues throughout life. As people age, they need to continue to live a happy life. A designer’s job is to design a facility that will encourage an independent lifestyle while providing the help and community involvement aging requires. The design solution should meet the aging population’s desire to age in place. An assisted living facility allows older adults to live independently while being surrounded by a support group and events that promote an active lifestyle which is conducive to physical and mental wellbeing.

The Road To Leed Certification: Human Sciences South, Claire Collins, Kim Stockley, Whitney Kirkland

Undergraduate Research Conference

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings a set number of voluntary standards. LEED EB focuses on the performance of a building rather than it’s design.

Concurrent Panel Session 1: Sustainability In Community Development And Architecture In Las Vegas, Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Craig Galati, Mary Kay Peck, Jeff Roberts, Suzanne Sanders, Richard Serfas

Shaping the Future of Southern Nevada: Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability

Moderator: David Frommer, AIA, UNLV Planning & Construction Scribe: Michael Spurr, UNLV Department of History Conference white paper & Full summary of panel session, 5 pages

Question Of The Eruv In Early Modern Europe, David Katz

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

Both the responsum of Rabbi Aboab and that of Hakham Zvi Ashkenazi reflect a feature of pre-modern kehillah life almost never dealt with in scholarly literature, namely, the urban eruv, a physical boundary delineating space in which one is permitted to carry items on Sabbath, erected by the kehillah.

This presentation is for the following text(s), available in the PDF file:

• Samuel Aboab's Responsum 257
• Hakham Zvi Ashkenazi's Responsum, She'elot u'Teshuvot Hakham Zvi no. 6 (1699)

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Design Behaviours: The Innovation Advantage - The Multi-Faceted Role Of Design In Innovation, R. Cooper, A. Wootton, D. Hands, M. Economidou, M. Bruce, L. Daly, R. Harun

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Design is a ‘good thing.’ “Use it well,” companies are often told, and you will reap the many rewards. But how exactly is design ‘used’ by the commercial organisation during NPD? As a complex activity that deals with at least as many intangible as tangible factors, how can design be constrained by any business process? And if businesses should adapt to gain more value from designers, in what ways should they change? Based on the results of Design Drivers, a three-year EPSRC-funded investigation, these are some of the questions that this paper seeks to answer. Examining the way in which …

Wku Capital Construction Update, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Presentation booklet regarding capital construction projects with photographs. Projects included:

• Glasgow Regional Postsecondary Education Center
• Elizabethtown Regional Postsecondary Education Center
• Media & Technology Center / Guthrie Tower & Plaza
• Science & Engineering Building
• Downing University Center Renovations
• University Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge

E.A. Diddle Arena Project, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Presentation booklet regarding Diddle Arena renovation project financing through bond issue. Includes contracts, revenue sources, insurance, deed descriptions and model procurement codes.

Energy Conservation: Impact On Indoor Air, Purush K. Terkonda

UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

No abstract provided.

Coal, Energy And The Environment, Bobby G. Wixson, Betsy T. Kagey

UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

No abstract provided.

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents:

• Receipts & Expenditures pp. 2-12
• Salary Schedules pp. 13-19
• Valuation of the Plant pp. 20-23
• Cherry Hall Construction pp. 25-26
• Chimes p. 27
• Heating Plant p. 28
• Landscaping pp. 29-31
• Mechanical Condition of Buildings pp. 32-37
• College Heights Foundation (includes Kentucky Building) pp. 38-41
• Enrollment & Costs of Kentucky State Institutions pp. 42-45
• Canon, E.H. Registrar's Report pp. 46-63, 65-76
• Ogden Medals & Awards 1928-1935 p. 64
• Students Enrolled & Graduates 1934-1935 pp. 77-90
• Grise, Finley. Report of the Dean of the College pp. 91-110

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents regarding finances and construction of the swimming pool and president's home.

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents. Includes sections:

• Special & Current Appropriations Since 1906
• Financial Statements 1928-1930
• Audit
• Buildings & Equipment
• Insurance
• Grise, Finley. Annual Report of Teaching Staff & Course of Study
• Suggested Outline for Syllabi
• Student Survey
• Alumni Survey
• Superintendents & Principals Survey
• Curriculum
• Report of the Registrar
• Attendance & Income Chart 1907-1929
• Capital Improvements

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents. Includes sections:

• Attendance
• Unity
• Faculty
• Quality of Students
• Graduates
• Finances
• Budget
• Capital Improvements
• Salaries