IV CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE PELIGROSIDAD, RIESGO
... considering a continuous succession of transverse sections. This requires various arrangements to assess the behaviour of many single points, like frame knots, crucial for their horizontal resistance. • The state of cracking is not taken into account and this is physiological in reinforced concrete, ...
... considering a continuous succession of transverse sections. This requires various arrangements to assess the behaviour of many single points, like frame knots, crucial for their horizontal resistance. • The state of cracking is not taken into account and this is physiological in reinforced concrete, ...
Shaping the Future of Construction Inspiring innovators redefine
... Responsive and Responsible Leadership – the theme of the Annual Meeting 2017 in Davos-Klosters – reminded participants of their responsibility to serve the public good and their constituents. As a provider of infrastructure and built assets, the construction industry is at the heart of the global ec ...
... Responsive and Responsible Leadership – the theme of the Annual Meeting 2017 in Davos-Klosters – reminded participants of their responsibility to serve the public good and their constituents. As a provider of infrastructure and built assets, the construction industry is at the heart of the global ec ...
Aalborg Universitet Cost-optimal levels for energy performance requirements
... The EPBD obliges MS to: “assure that minimum energy performance requirements for buildings or building units are set with a view to achieving cost-optimal levels”. MS shall also: “take the necessary measure to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements are set for building elements that for ...
... The EPBD obliges MS to: “assure that minimum energy performance requirements for buildings or building units are set with a view to achieving cost-optimal levels”. MS shall also: “take the necessary measure to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements are set for building elements that for ...
Cost-optimal levels for energy performance requirements Meeting
... building units are set with a view to achieving cost-optimal levels”. MS shall also: “take the necessary measure to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements are set for building elements that form part of the building envelope and that have a significant impact on the energy performance o ...
... building units are set with a view to achieving cost-optimal levels”. MS shall also: “take the necessary measure to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements are set for building elements that form part of the building envelope and that have a significant impact on the energy performance o ...
Canal Side Design Guidelines
... standards produce comfortable, inviting, and stimulating environments. From afar a variable skyline of roof edges, vertical shafts, and signage create interest. These objectives are achieved through a general consistency of design intent, communicated through standards concerning such features as fe ...
... standards produce comfortable, inviting, and stimulating environments. From afar a variable skyline of roof edges, vertical shafts, and signage create interest. These objectives are achieved through a general consistency of design intent, communicated through standards concerning such features as fe ...
UC Davis PhDF 2009 PDF
... research, and following successful models from the campus or other places with similar functions or climate. This document describes the principles underlying the framework (Part 1); sets the context of the campus, including geography, climate, development history, key challenges, and recent success ...
... research, and following successful models from the campus or other places with similar functions or climate. This document describes the principles underlying the framework (Part 1); sets the context of the campus, including geography, climate, development history, key challenges, and recent success ...
Architectural Heritage and Performance
... Architectural heritage buildings are an important symbol of a country’s history and culture, and a great deal of effort is expended to preserve such buildings for the benefit of all. However, the process of achieving suitable levels of performance and safety, while maintaining the historical fabric ...
... Architectural heritage buildings are an important symbol of a country’s history and culture, and a great deal of effort is expended to preserve such buildings for the benefit of all. However, the process of achieving suitable levels of performance and safety, while maintaining the historical fabric ...
14 How Buildings Twist During Earthquakes?
... A large masonry building is always in contrast with a small wood frame building which can be made a seismically safe structure with the inclusion of relatively inexpensive and unobtrusive provisions. This is because a small wood structure is lightweight and the internal forces will be low. In additi ...
... A large masonry building is always in contrast with a small wood frame building which can be made a seismically safe structure with the inclusion of relatively inexpensive and unobtrusive provisions. This is because a small wood structure is lightweight and the internal forces will be low. In additi ...
Preventing Pancake Collapses
... ruins of the buildings that took the lives of 30,000 people, pouring over the wreckage and making frequent pronouncements that the collapses were caused by bad design and poor construction. (For examples, see Figures 8 & 9) “Inspection, quality control, better training, that was what was needed. If ...
... ruins of the buildings that took the lives of 30,000 people, pouring over the wreckage and making frequent pronouncements that the collapses were caused by bad design and poor construction. (For examples, see Figures 8 & 9) “Inspection, quality control, better training, that was what was needed. If ...
Tall Wood Takes a Stand
... Heightened awareness of the environmental benefits of wood combined with advances in wood technology and manufacturing have aligned to make tall wood buildings not only possible but safe and cost effective. While the increasing number of codeapproved, light-frame wood construction projects reaching ...
... Heightened awareness of the environmental benefits of wood combined with advances in wood technology and manufacturing have aligned to make tall wood buildings not only possible but safe and cost effective. While the increasing number of codeapproved, light-frame wood construction projects reaching ...
Drift demand on facades - Australian Earthquake Engineering Society
... 0.004H were used. However the Council states that buildings designed in the past have been known to perform satisfactorily when designed for drift limits from 0.002H to 0.005H. ASCE Task Committee found that most of the design for institutional, commercial, and residential building types used drift ...
... 0.004H were used. However the Council states that buildings designed in the past have been known to perform satisfactorily when designed for drift limits from 0.002H to 0.005H. ASCE Task Committee found that most of the design for institutional, commercial, and residential building types used drift ...
A Case Study in Actual Building Performance and Energy Modeling
... portion of the energy produced. In 2010 the commercial building sector consumed about 30% of the total electrical and about 21% of the natural gas produced in Canada (Natural Resoure Canada, 2011). This has been attributed to low efficiencies, poor thermal performance and improper design practices. ...
... portion of the energy produced. In 2010 the commercial building sector consumed about 30% of the total electrical and about 21% of the natural gas produced in Canada (Natural Resoure Canada, 2011). This has been attributed to low efficiencies, poor thermal performance and improper design practices. ...
Energy efficiency in St. Petersburg
... Section 7 presents some examples of positive experiences and good practices in St. Petersburg. These are the renovation projects and refurbishing examples which lead to improving energy efficiency in some built areas or separate buildings. Section 8 provides a short conclusion of the content of all ...
... Section 7 presents some examples of positive experiences and good practices in St. Petersburg. These are the renovation projects and refurbishing examples which lead to improving energy efficiency in some built areas or separate buildings. Section 8 provides a short conclusion of the content of all ...
green building guidelines
... Using energy to keep lights burning and air conditioners humming isn’t the only way that buildings contribute to global warming. Water use is also intimately tied to the production of greenhouse gases, a result of the tremendous amount of energy used to treat and distribute water. In fact, Californi ...
... Using energy to keep lights burning and air conditioners humming isn’t the only way that buildings contribute to global warming. Water use is also intimately tied to the production of greenhouse gases, a result of the tremendous amount of energy used to treat and distribute water. In fact, Californi ...
Measuring Quake- Resistance in Buildings
... Hachinohe and the ground level (GL) nearby at respective maximum acceleration values. The maximum acceleration in the basement (B1) is as much as half or less that of the surface of the ground ...
... Hachinohe and the ground level (GL) nearby at respective maximum acceleration values. The maximum acceleration in the basement (B1) is as much as half or less that of the surface of the ground ...
`Listed Building`? - Wealden District Council
... A pleasure and a privilege Owning a listed building can be a rewarding and interesting experience. Most prospective purchasers consider buying a listed building precisely because the house has its own special character and appearance. Owners often find that their historic listed house contains a wea ...
... A pleasure and a privilege Owning a listed building can be a rewarding and interesting experience. Most prospective purchasers consider buying a listed building precisely because the house has its own special character and appearance. Owners often find that their historic listed house contains a wea ...
MODERN SEISMIC PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR CIVIL AND
... periods of 2 s or more), although considerably (from 20÷40 cm in Italy to even 80 cm in California and Japan). This makes SI particularly adequate not only for the strategic constructions (which shall remain functional to quite violent earthquakes), but also for the highly populated ones, in particu ...
... periods of 2 s or more), although considerably (from 20÷40 cm in Italy to even 80 cm in California and Japan). This makes SI particularly adequate not only for the strategic constructions (which shall remain functional to quite violent earthquakes), but also for the highly populated ones, in particu ...
`Iconic Design` as Deadweight Loss
... Tall buildings command a premium – often substantially greater than the cost of making them taller. The number of tall buildings per capita varies remarkably widely in cities around the world. We might expect there to be more in big cities, especially where such cities are crowded onto islands such ...
... Tall buildings command a premium – often substantially greater than the cost of making them taller. The number of tall buildings per capita varies remarkably widely in cities around the world. We might expect there to be more in big cities, especially where such cities are crowded onto islands such ...
Underwater Construction in the Eighteenth Century
... Several construction procedures for laying foundations on wetland are described in detail in the fortification treatises, including problems that may arise in the event of an incorrect construction procedure. In this case we are focussing on the most elaborate construction process, the laying of fou ...
... Several construction procedures for laying foundations on wetland are described in detail in the fortification treatises, including problems that may arise in the event of an incorrect construction procedure. In this case we are focussing on the most elaborate construction process, the laying of fou ...
Performance of Seismically Isolated Buildings in Japan
... most commonly used ones in seismic isolation systems. Design criteria for seismically isolated buildings are mainly in the range of base shear coefficients; they are 0.15. Recently, a coefficient of 0.125 was introduced. As for the input velocity level in the design, a level of 50 cm/s is almost al ...
... most commonly used ones in seismic isolation systems. Design criteria for seismically isolated buildings are mainly in the range of base shear coefficients; they are 0.15. Recently, a coefficient of 0.125 was introduced. As for the input velocity level in the design, a level of 50 cm/s is almost al ...
ROOF FAILURE IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. (A CASE STUDY OF
... Buildings are structures, which serve as shelters for man, his properties and activities. They must be properly planned, designed and erected to obtain desired satisfaction from the environment. A house has been said severally to be important to man and is the third in his hierarchy of needs, that i ...
... Buildings are structures, which serve as shelters for man, his properties and activities. They must be properly planned, designed and erected to obtain desired satisfaction from the environment. A house has been said severally to be important to man and is the third in his hierarchy of needs, that i ...
Interim guide on earthquake prone buildings for
... or engineer and you have an interest in why your council is engaged in ensuring buildings are assessed for their seismic performance and requiring seismic retrofitting, this guide is for you. ...
... or engineer and you have an interest in why your council is engaged in ensuring buildings are assessed for their seismic performance and requiring seismic retrofitting, this guide is for you. ...
department of architecture
... Tape and chain traversing, instruments used, methods of traversing, bearing lines, local attraction, plotting, magnetic declination, precautions in using compass, traversing by theodolite, instruments used and methods, plain table surveying methods, two point and three point problems, exercise in pr ...
... Tape and chain traversing, instruments used, methods of traversing, bearing lines, local attraction, plotting, magnetic declination, precautions in using compass, traversing by theodolite, instruments used and methods, plain table surveying methods, two point and three point problems, exercise in pr ...
Energy Efficiency in New Buildings
... money are wasted because the energy efficiency of lighting, cooling and other systems is neglected. Requirements of this kind were introduced in the Danish building code for the first time in the late 1970s. Since then they have been revised regularly in order to phase out inefficient technologies a ...
... money are wasted because the energy efficiency of lighting, cooling and other systems is neglected. Requirements of this kind were introduced in the Danish building code for the first time in the late 1970s. Since then they have been revised regularly in order to phase out inefficient technologies a ...