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Respirable Dust Monitoring In Construction Sites And Visualization In Building Information Modeling Using Real-Time Sensor Data, Nour Smaoui, Kyungki Kim, Omprakash Gnawali, Young-Joo Lee, Wonho Suh

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

Construction activities, involving cutting, drilling, and grinding of materials, often produce toxic respirable dust that can cause fatal diseases and illnesses. To protect workers from breathing excessive amounts of respirable dust at job sites, superintendents should continuously monitor the level of respirable dust in workspaces and make timely interventions for overexposed workers. However, current practices of respirable dust monitoring have critical drawbacks, and superintendents cannot accurately estimate workers’ exposures to respirable dust or make prompt decisions to protect the workers. Therefore, there is a need for real-time air dust monitoring that can be deployed ubiquitously at a construction site and …

Editorial: Multiple Perspectives On Interiority, Paramita Atmodiwirjo

Interiority

This journal challenges the emergence of various perspectives in defining and developing further design research agenda and promotes multidisciplinary dialogue in exploring the idea of interiority. It also hopefully becomes the trigger for extending the practice of design - architecture, interior design, spatial design and other relevant design fields - to address more appropriately the social, cultural and behavioural aspects of the space inhabitation.

The Riai Standard Form Of Contract 2017 Version:An Overview, Tony Cunningham

Other Resources

The RIAI ‘Yellow’ and ‘Blue’ Forms of Contracts have been recently amended and published as the 2017 edition. This paper supersedes an earlier paper of the same title and reviews and synopsises the provisions of the 2017 RIAI ‘Yellow’ Form of Contract and identifies the principle changes that have been made to the superseded 2012 edition.

Objekte Shumëbanesore, Bilsan Elezi

Theses and Dissertations

Definimi i objekteve shumëbanesore: Objektet shumëbanesore të banimit mund të definohen si grumbullim i njësive për banim të përkohshëm apo të përhershëm, të përsëritura horizontalisht dhe vertikalisht në disa kate, të cilat ndajnë së bashku strukturën, konstruksionin dhe një numër të kthinave dhe hapësirave kolektive, qoftë të brendshme (komunikimin, kthinat sociale, kulturore, të shërbimeve, etj) po ashtu edhe të jashtme (rrugicat, oborret, kopshtet, parkingjet, etj). Karakteristikë veçuese e objekteve shumëbanesore është DENSITETI.

Këto objekte varësisht prej vendit, dedikimit specifik dhe konceptit të dizajnit njihen edhe si: Banim Kolektiv (Shared Housing), Banim Shumëfamiljar (Multi-Family Housing), Ndërtesa Apartamentesh (Apartment Buildings), Banim Shumëkatësh …

Banim I Integruar Social, Besa Haziri

Theses and Dissertations

Shtëpia në kuptimin objektiv është një strehë, një ndërtesë ose një strukturë e cila zakonisht shërben si vendbanim. Nuk është thjesht një vend fizik, ajo nuk është ku ne jemi, por kush ne jemi. Është një vend ku ndjehemi se i përkasim dhe ku mund të jemi vetvetja dhe me të cilën krijojmë një lloj lidhje emocionale. Nisur nga kjo secili njeri ka të drejtë ta ketë një vend që ta quaj shtëpi.

Banimi social është një term që i referohet banesave me qira të cilat mund të jenë në pronësi dhe të menaxhuara nga shteti, zakonisht me qëllim të …

Ndërtesë Shoqërore-Hotel Urban, Gazmend Rashiti

Theses and Dissertations

Hotelet janë objekte që shërbejnë për banim/akomodim të shkurtër dhe të përkohshëm të njerëzve/mysafirëve,të cilët mund të kenë qëllime të ndryshme,duke filluar nga ato turistike,biznesore,udhëtimeve të ndryshme,konferenca e deri tepushimet,argëtimi,rekreimi. Këto institucione ofrojnë kushte optimale por edhe ekskluzive për qëndrim,fjetje,ushqim, rekreim,argëtim etj. Nga vetë përkufizimi i hoteleve shihet se kemi të bëjmë me një mori shërbimesh që duhet të ofrojnë këto institucione për të kenaqur kërkesat e ndryshme të klientelës. Së fundi,janë shfaqur dhe zhvilluar disa tipologji të ndryshme të hoteleve në varësi të vendit,klimës,destinimit dhe kërkesave specifike të klienteve dhe investitorëve,duke mos lënë anash qasjet dhe idetë kreative të …

Projektimi I Ndërtesës Së Shkollës Fillore Dhe Të Mesme Të Ulët, Fatbardha Fetahu

Theses and Dissertations

Nevojat dhe kërkesat për arsim cilësor janë gjithmonë evidente kur një shtet është në tranzicion dhe po kalon një periudhë të rëndë ekonomike dhe sociale . Rëndësia e një shoqërie të arsimuar dhe mirë të informuar për të drejtat e tyre dhe interesat shtetërore është një domosdoshmëri për të pasur një shtet të zhvilluar dhe të qëndrueshëm .

Një ndërtesë shkollore e ndërtuar në mënyrë adekuate është domosdoshmëri për garantimin e rritjes së fëmijëve, mundësi dhe performancë e të mësuarit dhe zhvillimit të tyre kulturor dhe social.

Mjedisi shkollor është shqetësim i veçantë për nxënësit, të cilët kalojnë një kohë …

Objekte Shumëbanesore, Eron Krasniqi

Theses and Dissertations

1.1 Historiku i zhvillimit të objekteve shumëbanesore: Nuk ka dyshim se dizajni i blloqeve të banimit është sot një ndër temat më interesante e atraktive për arkitekturën bashkëkohore, po ashtu edhe njëra nder sfidat e kësaj arkitekture, për arsye të konflikteve dhe ndryshimeve dramatike socio-ekonomike e po ashtu edhe ambientale. Gjatë gjysmës së dytë të shek. XX, përdorimi i konstruksionit vertikal është siguruar të jetë zgjidhja më logjike dhe efektive. Megjithatë problematikat dhe kompleksiteti i banimit janë më të gjera së zgjidhja konstruktive. Në fillim të shek. XX vetëm 10% e popullsisë botërore jetonin në qytete. Ndërsa, dekada e pare …

Shndërrimi I Aeroportit Ushtarak Të Gjakovës Në Aeroport Civil – Terminali I Pasagjerëve., Ermali Imeri

Theses and Dissertations

Shndërrimi i aeroportit ushtarak të Gjakovës në aeroport civil – Terminali i pasagjerëve. Aeroporti i Gjakovës egziston që pas luftës së dytë botërore, kur është përdorur si aeroport bujqësor. Pas mbarimit të luftës së fundit, ushtria italiane investoi në një pistë të re 1800 metërshe dhe pajisje përcjellëse. Sot aeroporti është krejtësisht pasiv, i pambrojtur. Ideja e këtij punimi është të zhvillojmë një koncept se si mund të shndërrohet në aeroport civil dhe të riaktivizohet, njëkohësisht të ndikoj në të gjitha aspektet e shoqërisë. Punimi zhvillon hapësirën duke u bazuar fillimisht mbi statistika të madhësisë së aeroportit, mbi studime të …

Muzeu Historik I Dibrës, Era Fida

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Objekt Individual-Vila, Diellza Veliqi

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Banimiet Ekologjike Në Kontinierët Lëvizës, Deniza Blakaj

Theses and Dissertations

Duke u bazuar në atë se cfarë shohim në vendet e huaja, se sa rëndësi i japin reciklimit të gjërave, kam vendosur që në temë të diplomës të merëm me këtë cështje. Krahas materialëve recikluese ekologjike do të merëm edhe me zgjidhjen e problematikës kryesore që kanë studentët - Banimin. Objektivi kryesor i këtij hulumtimi janë kontinierët lëvizës të cilët do të reciklohen dhe të kthehën në hapësira banuëse për studentë - KONVIKTE. Kontinierë mund të reciklohën shumë lehtë dhe hapësira e tyre është mjaft komode për akomodimin e një përsoni. Krahas reciklimit të lehtë, kontinierët kanë një përparësi që …

Aplikimi I Masave Për Arritjen E Efiçiencës Së Energjisë Në Vilë Malore, Vesa Shasivari

Theses and Dissertations

Tema ime e diplomës ka të bëj me anën ekologjike dhe efiçiente të ndërtimit, pasi kjo duhet të jetë një ndër kushtet kryesore që duhet të plotësojë një ndërtesë. Duke marr parasysh që shtëpitë tona janë konsumuesit kryesorë të energjisë nga shumë burime atëherë kjo ka zgjuar interesim të madh që të vazhdoj në këtë drejtim në krijimin e temës. Qëllimi ka qenë që kjo vilë të shkaktoj sa më pak ndotje në ambient por edhe të konsumoj dhe të shpenzoj sa më pak energji. Një vilë e tillë përmban elemente të ndryshme të cilat e bëjnë të jetë një …

On The Soil Water Characteristic Curves Of Poorly Graded Granular Materials In Aqueous Polymer Solutions, Junnan Cao, Jongwon Jung, Xiaoyu Song, Bate Bate

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Tempe cell with a self-developed horizontal hanging column attachment was used to measure the soil water characteristic curves (SWCCs) of granular materials initially saturated with either water or polymer solutions. For SWCCs of six poorly graded granular materials with d50 ranging from 0.04 to 0.7 mm in water, it was found that (1) as grain size decreases, air entry value increases, and matric suction (ψ) for the funicular and pendular regimes increases and that (2) steep desaturation curves over narrow ψ range in the funicular regime were observed. Air entry values obtained from the fitting parameter 1/α in van Genuchten …

The Bridge Newsletter Spring 2018, Missouri University Of Science And Technology

The Bridge Newsletter

-Steel Bridge Design Team takes first at ASCE student conference
-Sneed helps lead study abroad course
-ACML gifts
-Schonberg named Fulbright Chair

Queer Repurposed Artifacts: The State Of New York City’S Contemporary West Village Bars, Stephanie Debiase

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In recent years, there has been a shift in queer bar culture in New York City’s West Village, and this thesis aims to explore what these changes are and why they are happening now. How do West Village bars survive when queer populations are forced out? While there are various ways to consider how and what survives in the Village, three variables will be addressed: queer history, or the history queer-identified groups using activism, safety measures, or collaborating with outside sources to secure their rights and overall wellbeing; (post)gentrification, beginning with the 90s when mainstream LGBT groups teamed up with …

Libraries And The Missing Narrative: Practitioner Explorations In The Use Of Design Psychology And Environmental Autobiography For Library Buildings And Designs, Amy Beth

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Environmental Autobiography as a research method of Environmental Psychology and Design Psychology informs this study of the meaning and experiences of libraries described by six library-building design practitioners. Participants were guided through an adaptation of Toby Israel’s (2010) Design Psychology Toolbox (hereafter known as the DPT or the “Toolbox”) exercises. The research is intended to expand the practice of designing libraries as places and spaces where social and emotional affordance is supported. Emphasizing the significance of libraries as place and space where people often have rich and even transformative experiences serves to augment use-efficiency and evidence-based space planning. Primary goals …

Analyses Of Crowd-Sourced Sound Levels Of Restaurants And Bars In New York City, Gregory S. Farber, Lily M. Wang

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

For several decades, there has been a significant need to better educate the public about noise pollution. A small number of small-scale studies have focused on the sound levels of restaurants and their impact on health and hearing. There have also been an increasing number of media articles stating that eating and drinking venues are getting increasingly loud making it more difficult for people to connect with others in conversation. This study reports on an exploratory large-scale noise survey of sound levels of 2,376 restaurants and bars in New York City using a novel smart-phone application and categorized them based …

Interior Architecture’S Use Of Rotating Teams, Dak Kopec

UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo

The inclusion of health conditions within the process of environmental modification for design students requires concurrent learning outcomes related to research, brainstorming, and ideation that can only be achieved through team projects.

Adventures In Space

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

A new way of approaching the design of office space, seamlessly combined with up-to-date technology, has been quietly revolutionising to the way we work

Squatters, Shanties, And Technocratic Professionals: Urban Migration And Housing Shortages In Twentieth-Century Chile, Nathan C. Norris

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the struggles of squatters and slum dwellers for housing prior to the 1973 coup in Santiago de Chile, Valparaíso, and surrounding areas, with a focus on the Frei era of the late 1960s. The work argues that severe urban overcrowding generated advocacy for housing during the rise of progressive and leftist politics in Chile. It also explores the dynamics of efforts to promote housing through the lens of the work of professionals in the fields of architecture and urban planning. It argues that Chilean professionals adopted modernist principals in the fields of architecture and planning when promoting …

Focus: The Journal Of Planning Practice And Education | Journal Of The City And Regional Planning Department | Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo | Volume 14

Focus

No abstract provided.

The Refurbishment And Renovation Of The Palais-Royal During The Recency, Jean-François Bédard

School of Architecture - All Scholarship

Philippe II, duc d'Orléans and his architect, Gilles-Marie Oppenord, embraced the grand goût style and recast the Palais-Royal as a surrogate Versailles. This shift imagined the Palais-Royal as the center for royal power during the Regency period. This article traces the ways in which renovations from 1713 until 1723 transformed the Palais-Royal. While Louis XV moved the seat of power back to Versailles, Paris remained the center for French politics thanks to duc Orléans and Oppenord.

Beirut Arab University Faculty Of Architecture Design & Built Environment Year Book 2017-2018, Beirut Arab University, Faculty Of Architecture - Design And Built Environment, Debbieh Campus, 2019

Yearbooks

The Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment is proud and honored to release the Third edition of the Yearbook, comprising the most prominent endeavors of the academic year 2017-2018. The work contained on the following pages gives a small glimpse of the diversity, sense of invention, exploration, passion and significance that characterize and define the design outputs from the studios and courses of Architecture and Design programs.

Numerical Analysis And Case Study On The Mitigation Of Mining Damage To The Floor Of No. 5 Coal Seam Of Taiyuan Group By Grouting, A. Li, Y. Liu, L. Mou, K. Li

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Based on the geological condition of panel 22507 of the no. 5 coal seam at Dongjiahe coal mine, numerical analysis of the stability and water permeability of the floor aquiclude before and after grouting was conducted using Rock Failure Process Analysis (F-RFPA2D). The dynamic development, extension, and distribution of the cracks in the aquiclude are discussed. It is shown that grouting can increase the effective thickness of the aquiclude, reduce the floor damage depth, and control the floor water inrush path, thus effectively improving the overall strength and water blocking capability of the aquiclude. These numerical study results were applied …

Re-Live Downtown Pine Bluff, Community Design Center

Community Design Center Project Reports

Once a prosperous cultural urban center in the Mississippi River delta, but now the nation’s second fastest shrinking city, Pine Bluff (population: 42,700) is Arkansas’ Detroit. Indeed, a study of black wealth conducted by famed sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois in 1899 found that Pine Bluff had the fourth highest rate of black wealth in the nation behind Charleston, Richmond, and New York City. The school’s community design center prepared a downtown revitalization plan, Re-Live Downtown Pine Bluff, a housing-first initiative focused on building neighborhoods around downtown “centers of strength”. While the revitalization approach is triaged around a …

Center For Farm And Food System Entrepreneurship, Community Design Center

Community Design Center Project Reports

The average age of the American farmer is 58. Since communities are not reproducing the next generation of farmers, universities are establishing training centers to model new concepts and technologies in farming. The Farmers Training Center is both an immersive program in the rhythms of farm life and a public facility for hosting gatherings that celebrate value-added food products. Part of the University of Arkansas’ farm operations near campus, the center is the public face of agriculture where farmers and the public meet. Student farmers learn by farming, from organic vegetable production in fields and greenhouses, to machine repair, marketing, …

New Beginnings Homeless Transition Village, Community Design Center

Community Design Center Project Reports

More than three million Americans experience homelessness annually. Emergency shelter capacity is limited while local governments are unable to provide even temporary housing. Informal housing involving interim self-help solutions are now popular adaptive actions for obtaining shelter despite nonconformance with city codes. Unfortunately, most informal solutions have resulted in objectionable tent cities and squatter campgrounds where the local response has simply been to move the problem around. Our homeless transition village plan prototypes a shelter-first solution using a kit-of-parts that can be replicated in other communities. Village design reconciles key gaps between informal building practices and formal sector regulations, creating …

Willow Heights Livability Improvement Plan, Community Design Center

Community Design Center Project Reports

Willow Heights is a 43-year old public housing complex owned by the Fayetteville Housing Authority (FHA) within the federal public housing portfolio administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The school’s design center was commissioned by a local foundation to study an alternative to the FHA’s plan to sell the downtown Willow Heights complex to a developer of high-income housing, necessitating relocation of low-income residents to another complex outside of downtown. Using equity as a driver of decision making, the studio introduced scenario planning to organize reluctant stakeholders in considering transformations to the five-acre complex.

2018 Scholarly Productivity Report, Missouri University Of Science And Technology

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Scholarly Productivity Reports

No abstract provided.