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Are Bay Area Cities Inclusive? Evaluating How San Francisco Bay Area Cities Can Address Environmental Justice Challenges By Strengthening Their Engagement Practices With Low-Income And Minority Communities Through The California Environmental Quality Act Process, Kenneth Antonio Rosales

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.

Risk Analysis And Disaster Recovery: A Florida Lihtc Case Study, Valerie Hammett

All Dissertations

In spite of numerous programs and policies that encourage private investment in affordable housing, particularly after hurricane disaster, insufficient numbers of affordable units exist to meet demand. Some low-income households are displaced in the course of disaster recovery, and others face severe housing cost burdens as demand for affordable housing outstrips supply. Some suggest competitive uses for limited funds impede production. Others suggest that disaster and recovery policies tend to favor homeowners and economic recovery. Little attention has been given to the development decisions of affordable housing developers during disaster recovery. This study examines LIHTC development risk after the 2004 …

A Hybrid Approach For Increasing Baffling Factors In Contact Tanks, Justin J. Kattnig, Subhas K. Venayagamoorthy

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A novel approach using a hybrid combination of internal baffles and industrial packing material is investigated in order to optimize the hydraulic residence time of a 1,500-gal rectangular concrete tank. Hydraulic residence time, which is commonly classified using the baffling factor (BF), was determined from residence time distribution curves obtained using both computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and physical tracer studies. CFD simulations were used to model two scenarios. The first scenario was a base system consisting of an unbaffled concrete tank, and the second scenario was a two-baffle system. Computational simulation results were experimentally validated via tracer studies on …

Harnessing The Power Of Data Can Help Solve Our Housing Needs, Lorcan Sirr

Media

Ireland has traditionally been poor at collecting data, collating statistics and disseminating information. It’s not that we are an innumerate country; I think it is more that facts often inconveniently jar with opinion on a range of topics, from rural Ireland to road safety, to housing.

Wiyot, Wiki And Batawat People, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

In June 1900, Stewart Culin (1858-1929), self-educated anthropologist/ethnographer, traveled to northwestern California on a colleting trip. He was then Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Paleontology, and the purpose of his trip to was to secure “a number of Indian curios and relics,” which he did, spending about $150 in Hoopa. He also secured curios from the Mad River Indians near Blue Lake (Blue Lake Advocate 23 June 1900).

Just what Culin collected is unclear, other than the baskets, probably all of which were either Hupa or Yurok, and possibly some Karuk. The tribal heritage of …

Gold, Iron, And Stone: The Urban And Architectural History Of Denver, Colorado, Caitlin A. Milligan

Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design Theses & Dissertations

The state of Colorado and its capital city of Denver conjure up mental images of swift skiers flying down snowy slopes, hikers making their way through dense forests, and enormous mountain ranges penetrating the skyline with their jagged peaks. The image of Colorado is one of the scenic beauty of the outdoors that awaits any tourist, and its capital city is at the center of it all. Since its founding in 1858, Denver has gone from a small pioneering village to a large metropolis with a spot on the global map. The history and development of this city is a …

Stream Daylighting Restoration As Green Infrastructure: A Visual Preference Survey For The Future Revitalization Of Dallas' Mill Creek, Ryan Matthew Brown

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

The purpose of this research is to study the visual design elements of stream daylighting through a visual preference survey and apply them to a site along the Mill Creek flowline in Dallas, Texas. This research begins with a study on identifying a specific site location within the Mill Creek watershed. From that study, a visual preference survey determined which visual design elements of stream daylighting were found to be the most desirable. The most desirable visual design elements were then used to digitally depict a suggested stream daylighting outcome through the use of before and after images of the …

Can’T Buy, Don’T Want To Rent? The Catalans Have A Third Option, Lorcan Sirr

Media

Creativity is generally lacking in Irish policymaking, and this is as evident in housing, as it is in other areas. There is a reversion to the mean in times of crisis, where the usual methods, which have often failed, otherwise we wouldn’t have a crisis, are returned to. Einstein had something to say about this, and it wasn’t complimentary. We’re seeing it once again in efforts to get the building industry off its behind by using taxpayers’ money as an incentive, as if it’s 1996 all over again. Before you know it, we’ll all be buying apartments in Bulgaria.

Tender Documentation For Construction Projects - An Overview, Tony Cunningham

Other Resources

The tender documents form the basis of the contractor’s offer to construct the works. The tender documents are the means by which the employer’s design and/or works requirements are communicated to the tendering contractors. These inform the contractor of the scope and detail of the project, the conditions under which the work will be executed, and they identify the rights and obligations of the various participants under the proposed contract. The tender documents enable contractors to price the works requirements and submit an offer (bid) which, if accepted by the employer becomes a binding contract. Some of the tender documents …

A Localized Approach To The Origins Of Pottery In Upper Mesopotamia, Elizabeth Gibbon

Laurier Undergraduate Journal of the Arts

No abstract provided.

Block Sparse Memory Improved Proportionate Affine Projection Sign Algorithm, J. Liu, S. L. Grant

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A block sparse memory improved proportionate affine projection sign algorithm (BS-MIP-APSA) is proposed for block sparse system identification under impulsive noise. The new BS-MIP-APSA not only inherits the performance improvement for block-sparse system identification, but also achieves robustness to impulsive noise and the efficiency of the memory improved proportionate affine projection sign algorithm (MIP-APSA). Simulations indicate that it can provide both faster convergence rate and better tracking ability under impulsive interference for block sparse system identification as compared with APSA and MIP-APSA.

Threshold, Kristin King

CGU MFA Theses

My work explores the nature of interiority and exteriority, the relationship between the centered inner self and the peripheral, the physicality of occupying the inside of a space or viewing that space from the outside.

Issues Facing Design Professionals Through The Lens Of Two Rain-Induced Roof Collapses, J. W. Lawson, M. E. Parolini

Architectural Engineering

The drainage of low-sloped roof systems involves multiple design professionals, and often each has a different opinion as to their design responsibility. Roofing issues have been identified as being a number one source of litigation, and rain-induced roof collapses continue to occur with alarming frequency. With the backdrop of several rain-induced roof collapses, this paper illustrates the complexity of assigning design responsibility for drainage systems; and investigates a variety of outcomes associated with the current building code provisions transporting rainwater from large low-sloped roof structures.

Cultural Change Through Bim: Driving Lean Transformation In Education, Avril Behan, Malachy Mathews, Kevin Furlong, Ciara Ahern, Una Beagon, Peter Brennan, Colin Conway, Lee Corcoran, Pierce Fahy, Alan Hore, Barry Mcauley, Trevor Woods

Conference papers

This paper presents a case study of how the adoption of BIM-based practices in the AECO industry is being reflected by cultural change in higher education in Ireland. The silo-mentality that has dominated the AECO sector for more than a century has, despite numerous reorganisations, been replicated in the structures of educational institutions, including in Dublin Institute of Technology since the inception of its founding colleges in the late 1800s. Most AECO programmes must include content that is external to the programme’s specific discipline. Through the School structures of the Institute, delivery of such content is known as "service teaching" …

"Defining Job Titles And Career Paths In Bim", Malachy Mathews

Conference papers

Ireland is undergoing a digital transformation. Some industries particularly in the areas of travel and retail have been radically transformed. However many industries are facing their biggest challenge in their existence already weakened by the economic crisis and constrained by their legacy business, it will be difficult for them to adapt and embrace the new rules dictated by digital change. Irelands design and construction industry is on the cusp of a digital transformation with early adopters now deriving some benefits from a move to a building information modeling (BIM) process. Digital transformation cannot happen unless there are personnel with the …

Appointing Main Contractors For Construction Work In The Republic Of Ireland. – An Overview., Tony Cunningham

Other Resources

This study examines the various options available for a client to appoint a contractor. The study investigates open tendering, selective tendering, prequalification, two stage selective tendering, competitive dialogue, negotiation and serial tendering. In most building contracts the contractor is selected on the basis of competitive tendering. The price which the contractor quotes for the job is heavily influenced by both the amount and intensity of the competition. Even in the case of negotiated tenders there is implicit competition, as the employer can break off negotiations. If there is no competition the contractor can, in effect, ‘name his price’. This study …

Architectural Characteristics Of Urban Dwellings In Kosovo, Verona Ymeri Hoxha

UBT International Conference

This seminar paper is a research on the theoretical framework of architectural history of 18th and 19th century urban dwellings in Kosovo. Special effort is placed on the particular type of urban dwelling in Kosovo known as “banesa qy tetare” [urban house] which has been a subject of study for especially Emin Riza and Flamur Doli in between the 1993 and 2013. Commencing with thorough description of “banesa” in terms of architectural characteristics, “banesas” ty p ology and chronological derivation of its ty p ology as well as spatial distribution, followed by composition of volumes that correspond to types of …

Interrelation Community- Academy Towards Sustainable Urban Planning, Binak Beqaj, Edmond Hajrizi

UBT International Conference

Considering urban development’s World-wide, which are based on economic, social, environmental, cultural trends and good governance; towards sustainable development of urban areas, while there coming y ears will be concentrated most of the World’s population, as result of that is very important development of interrelations Community-Academy conversely, in context of promotion of expected results such:

• Academic institutions as community based organization
• Community with base on general development projects
• Determination of common development objectives
• Sustainability through economic, social and environmental dimension

In general the aim of this study is through used comparative research methods and literature review, to present a better …

Architects Role In Change Influenced By Technology And Increasing Urban Data (Bim, Gis And Codes) From Global And Local Perspective, Ferhat Bejtullahu, Violeta Nushi, Enis Jakupi

UBT International Conference

Architects are highly dependent from technology and the need to have integrated tools that also allows them to create models. The main objective of this research is to identify architects role in change influenced by technology and increasing urban data (BIM, GIS and CODES). Architects role in given context is analyzed from global and local perspective. Specific objective of this research is to investigate the use of BIM and urban data from p ersp ective an architect, analy ze reduced architects’ influence, owners crush design fees and possibilities to take back design control. Literature review, daily spontaneous interviews with participants …

Architecture In Verses Of Professor Bashkim Fehmiu, Arbër Sadiki

UBT International Conference

The contribution of architect Bashkim Fehmiu as one of important personalities in Kosovo in second half of 20th century, includes many areas such as: academic as professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Prishtina, administrat ive, as founder of Prishtina Institute of Urbanism, contribution in the urban planning as the author of many urban plans of Prishtina, and his architectural contribution as the author of several important buildings of this period. Even his work in above mentioned areas is not still investigated, analyzed, classified, documented and published, nonetheless is recognized by many people, maybe as result of …

The Study Of The Multimodal Level Of Service For The Segment Of Urban Road “Fehmi Lladrovci” In Prishtina, Makfiret Abdullahu, Jetmir Berisha, Beni Kizolli

UBT International Conference

The purpose of this study is to present the analysis for the urban road “Fehmi Lladrovci” in the city of Prishtina, aiming to identify the geometric and the intensity of a traffic flow factors which influences to the reduction of multimodal level of service. The study is focused in urban roads categories for the level like road “Fehmi Lladrovci” is, this road is one of the main roads of the city . Integral parts of this study are the models applied to calculation of multimodal level of service for each modes of traffic as vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles and public transport …

Creating Urban Sense Of Community Through Façades, Binak Beqaj, Blerta Vula Rizvanolli, Gent Hasimja

UBT International Conference

Urbanization is a continuous process, affected with different elements in different development periods. Knowing that urbanization is a multi-sectorial process oriented to different activities with the aim of harmonizing urban –architectural landscape with natural landscape to achieve as much as possible urban sense of community living there (in behavior or sociological aspect). Considering that role of different buildings all over urban area not only through their interior view functions-destinations but also through their exterior view architectural form-façades is unsubstituted; this research is trying to give answer on question: At what level façades can create urban sense of community living in …

Earth Buildings – Reintroducing An Old Technique For Green Cities, Andrea Rieger-Jandl, Ulrike Herbig, Renate Bornberg

UBT International Conference

. It is widely believed that historic urban fabrics make an important contribution to foster identity and a sense of belonging for local people. To restore historic buildings, particular vernacular structures, is therefore an important contribution to achieve urban structures that deal with and respect local people with their particular way of living. One such historic element is earth construction, and in this case earth constructions of the central and eastern Europe region. Earth constructions turned out to be beneficiary for the micro climate, because of the material's ability to balance between day and night temperatures. Earth constructions are also …

Comparative Analysis Between The Istanbul House Plan Types And The Plan Types Of The Ottoman Houses On The Panagia District In Kavala, Greece, Velika Ivkovska

UBT International Conference

As part of the section on the Architectural History and the Architecture Values and Heritage, this paper will offer to the participants of the 4th IC ASPCE 2015 Durres Albania view on the development of the Ottoman House floor plans and its characteristics presented through the examples of the houses built in Istanbul between the 17th and 19th century and their comparative analysis with the Ottoman houses built in the Panagia district in the Ottoman town of Kavala, Greece. The Ottoman House has its specific characteristics and a huge value that has a special place in the universal history of …

The Phenomena Of Urban Sprawl – Study Case Of City Of Prishtina, Ilirjana Mejzini

UBT International Conference

Urban sprawl is a phenomena that affected the entire world, in particular the capital cities. There are different cases and forms of the city extensions, which influence the community in many ways, like: social behaviour, economic prosperity, irrational land use, infrastructure disorder, energy inefficiency as well as polluted environment. This paper explores typical examples of urban sprawl evident in European cities and the core reasons of its appearance. The analyses will focus on the rapid urban extension of Prishtina; it’s over population and all consequences affecting daily life. The aim of the p ap er is to highlight the most …

Analysis Of Hotels - Case Study Kosovo, Mimoza Sylejmani, Lulzim Beqiri, Rineta Jashari

UBT International Conference

The research deals with the analysis of the Hotels, where as a case study is taken Kosovo. Focus study were the cities with the greatest number of people, namely those which are visited more by tourists. The research is based on analytical method, which helps in the final results. Analyzed in terms of functional objects, architectural, access to the facility, their capacity and conditions that they offer guests. The classification of buildings is done in two groups; a) Those built before 1999 and b) Those built after 1999. Analysis show that cases of hotels built before 1999, which once met …

The Legalization Process Challenges On Illegal Constructions In Kosovo, Faton Spahiu, Rineta Jashari

UBT International Conference

A crucial point during the transition process of a country is the rule of law. This process is not easy and is often followed by negative outcomes. Illegal, uncontrolled and unplanned construction is one of them. This spreads process is usually very fast and spreads rapidly across the whole territory of the country. Similar to other countries of the Balkan Region, Kosovo has been dealing with this issue as well and has undergone a treatment process of equipping those buildings with legalizing permits. The law for constructions treatment without permit entered into force in 2014 and is implemented by the …

Christian Basilica, Serbian Orthodox Church Or Ottoman Mosque? Some Remarks On National Monuments Of Sacral Architecture, Caroline Jaeger-Klein

UBT International Conference

The territories of Kosovo do hold quite a number of historic sacral monuments that several national entities call “their” architectural heritage. Can we really speak of a single nations’ heritage in territories where, through the course of history, the politically leading or majority nation was shifted in place? To which nation does immoveable heritage belong, if the nation is no longer dwelling around the monument? Who takes care of such national heritage? Is heritage “national”? How can a national state administrate and manage architectural heritage that is not considered to be “his” national heritage? Questions like those are current status …

Traditional Aspect And Community Socialization Through Public Urban Space- Study Case Peja, Vlora Aliu, Binak Beqaj

UBT International Conference

It’s to be considered as an important issue, the issue of public space identification and social relationships of the community with them. It’s the fact that social aspect of the people living in urban areas is considered as main aspect identified with: •Inclusiveness and equity for different community categories •Sustainable integration of urban development and •Tradition Considering this, the aim is to insist on development of those public spaces and definition of their role on social, societal and traditional aspect for the community. Knowing that Peja as important urban area in Kosova, as city under modern development, is in the …

Systems Engineering Application Of Construction Permit Process And Positive Effects On Time Optimization – Case Study Kosova, Lulzim Beqiri, Zejnulla Rexhepi, Gezim Sadiku

UBT International Conference

Systems Engineering application to the construction industry is a permanent and continues process that bring optimization of processes that are followed with positive effects that influences positively several factor as time, cost and other related factors. Benefits through process engineering are driven forces toward process development of construction industry. This paper try to present benefits through engineering of permit process, relation of this optimization with other processes as time, cost and stakeholders benefit. The entire permit process is analyzed in Kosovo, some EU countries and as well comparison with process in Switzerland.