Materials create an ambience and provide texture or substance to architecture. To understand how to use materials effectively, a designer needs to have an understanding of precedent or how materials have been used historically and an awareness of innovations in material application. Both can provide a useful way to develop a range of design approaches.
Construction + Materiality introduces the ideas that ‘make’ architecture and the materials used to create and define spaces. The structure (or frame) that supports a building can be considered to be analogous to the skeleton of a body, and the materials that the structure holds in place akin to the tissue and skin that define a body’s shape and specificity. In this way, construction techniques and materials are the starting point for architectural design; they create the possibilities for shape, form and space.
For an architect to use materials effectively, a sound understanding of construction methods and practices is essential. Construction methods and materials can be expressed in such a way that they immediately reveal the architectural idea behind a building. But not all architecture is ‘true’ and the idea of ‘truth to materials’ is an essential consideration when understanding architecture.
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Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design is the product of many years of professional practice and teaching at the Louisiana State University Robert Reich School of Landscape
Architecture. As designers, we attempted to create a book that focused on getting the job done. In this sense, each section tackles the basics of the subject matter and each chapter introduces a short background with an explanation of how to accomplish
a phase of the representation process with current digital tools.
Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture is a book about the moment, bridging analog and digital techniques. Digital landscape representation relies heavily on the past, and we attempt to tie past and present together. We are consistently amazed at the work our colleagues and students produce, and our hope is that by putting out defined techniques, individuals will question and evolve these practices. In the long run, landscape representation will eventually begin to leave the conventions of the mechanically drafted orthographic drawing in favor of parametric modeling and geographic information systems. While these systems exist, they currently do not address the needs of site designers as creative design tools.
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Neither simplistic nor exhaustive, this revised edition of Digital Drawing for Designers teaches the latest version of AutoCAD by relating to what architects and interior designers understand best: the visual world.
With AutoCAD 2011, Autodesk enhanced the user interface and improved many drawing functions including annotative dimensions and text. Neither simplistic nor exhaustive, this revised edition of Digital Drawing for Designers teaches the latest version of AutoCAD by relating to what architects and interior designers understand best: the visual world. Beginning with the building blocks of drawing (lines, circles, and arcs), the book progresses through architectural graphic standards allowing students to create drawings and effectively communicate their design ideas. Advanced features such as annotative dimensions, annotative blocks, express tools, and linking drawings (XREFs) are also covered. Instructions are illustrated using language and concepts from manual drafting, creating a smooth transition to the digital environment for all designers. Beginners will appreciate the step-by-step lessons and visual illustrations. Experienced design professionals can easily access material to refresh their knowledge. Clear, concise, and above all visual, this is the AutoCAD guide written for interior designers and architects.
Updated for AutoCAD 2011: compatible with AutoCAD versions 14 through 2011
Illustrations depicting tools, functions, the AutoCAD ribbon interface, and keyboard commands
Practice exercises to reinforce each chapterls topics
Clear explanation of drawing and printing with line weight
Companion website features downloads for each chapter, including exercises, plot styles, title blocks, drawing templates, and professional AutoCAD drawings
The ultimate companion in classical horror discipline of engineering science! Contents of the book are the basics of mechanics as treated in engineering and physical sciences: Statics, Elastostatics, Kinematics & Kinetics in unconventional, humorous presentation with many cartoons, funny explanations and a chapter containing several exercises with detailed solutions
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Automation in Construction ~ Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 865-1010, November 2009
Author(s): Elsevier Publisher: Elsevier Date: 2009 Format: PDF Language: English ISBN10:
Pages: 130 OCR: Y Quality:
ISBN13:
A laser-technology-based lifting-path tracking system for a robotic tower crane
Pages 865-874
Ghang Lee, Hong-Hyun Kim, Chi-Joo Lee, Sung-Il Ham, Seok-Heon Yun, Hunhee Cho, Bong Keun Kim, Gu Taek Kim, Kyunghwan Kim
3. Crucial tactical variables for value delivery in virtual projects
Pages 875-880
O.K.B. Barima
4.A hybrid optimization mechanism for constructing a dynamic simulation system—An operational behavior analysis of a moving scaffolding system
Pages 881-893
Nai-Hsin Pan
5. Collaborative knowledge management—A construction case study
Pages 894-902
Bhargav Dave, Lauri Koskela
6. Assessing the impact of materials tracking technologies on construction craft productivity
Pages 903-911
David Grau, Carlos H. Caldas, Carl T. Haas, Paul M. Goodrum, JieGong
7. Optimizing construction planning schedules by virtual prototyping enabled resource analysis
Pages 912-918
Heng Li, Neo Chan, Ting Huang, H.L. Guo, Weisheng Lu, Martin Skitmore
8. Entropy-based scheduling of resource-constrained construction projects
Pages 919-928
Symeon Christodoulou, Georgios Ellinas, Pooyan Aslani
9. Bridge inspection robot system with machine vision
Pages 929-941
Je-Keun Oh, Giho Jang, Semin Oh, Jeong Ho Lee, Byung-Ju Yi, Young Shik Moon, Jong Seh Lee, Youngjin Choi
10. Resource-constrained scheduling for continuous repetitive projects with time-based production units
Pages 942-949
Machine Hsie, Ching-Jung Chang, I-Tung Yang, Chun-Yen Huang
11. Electro-hydraulic proportional control of thrust system for shield tunneling machine
Pages 950-956
Yang Huayong, Shi Hu, Gong Guofang, Hu Guoliang
12. Automated contract time determination system for highway projects
Pages 957-965
Hyung Seok Jeong, Siddharth Atreya, Garold D. Oberlender, BooYoung Chung
13. Improving megaproject briefing through enhanced collaboration with ICT
Pages 966-974
Jacky K.H. Chung, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy, Ekambaram Palaneeswaran
14. Improving agent-based negotiation efficiency in construction supply chains: A relative entropy method
Pages 975-982
Xiaolong Xue, Qiping Shen, Heng Li, William J. O'Brien, Zhaomin Ren
15. An automated system for optimizing post-disaster temporary housing allocation
Pages 983-993
Omar El-Anwar, Khaled El-Rayes, Amr Elnashai
16. A study of ontology-based risk management framework of construction projects through project life cycle
Pages 994-1008
H. Ping Tserng, Samuel Y.L. Yin, R.J. Dzeng, B. Wou, M.D. Tsai, W.Y. Chen
17. Calendar
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Dowels are used in jointed portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements to provide load transfer, reduce faulting, and improve performance. These dowels are placed either manually before concrete placement or during construction by automatic dowel bar inserters to expedite construction and reduce cost. Inspection of pavements in several states revealed that misalignment of dowels generally occurs regardless of the placement method. These inspections also revealed that slab cracking and other forms of distress may not always occur as a result of such misalignment. However, limited research has been performed to determine the extent of dowel misalignment in pavement construction and its effect on performance. This report presents the research conducted under NCHRP Project 10-69 to address the issues associated with dowel alignment and develop approaches for estimating the effects of different levels and types of misalignment on performance, thus improving the analysis and design of concrete pavements. The objective of this research is to develop guidelines for dowel alignment in concrete pavements. The research addresses all forms and combinations of dowel misalignment (i.e., vertical and lateral skew and displacement).
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This code of practice makes recommendations concerning safety in erecting the principal types of structural frames, mainly in precast concrete and steel. Consideration is also given to the following:
a) space frameworks
b) timber frameworks
c) aluminium frameworks
d) plastics frameworks
This code does not include recommendations on work involved in the erection of in situ concrete frames (see BS 5975).
This code does not deal with those aspects of site safety which are generally applicable to all construction operations and for which guidance and information are readily available elsewhere (e.g. use of hand tools, ladders, etc.).
NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
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Dear Our Fellows Civil Engineers,
I am looking for these two articles from Science Direct. If you have an access and/or have an interest on these topics, please kindly share it with us. The two articles are
(1) Journal: Engineering Structures
Title: Wind and structural modelling for an accurate fatigue life assessment of tubular structures
Volume 33, Issue 2, February 2011, Pages 477-491
(2) Journal: Applied Ocean Research
Title: An efficient nonlinear dynamic approach for calculating wave induced fatigue damage of offshore structures and its industrial applications for lifetime extension
Volume 30, Issue 3, July 2008, Pages 189-198
Design guide for Wind loads on Unclad framed building structures during construction
Product description:
Authors: Willford and Allsop
Pages: 29
Size: 0.8 MB
Publisher: BRE
Year : 1990
Language: English
ISBN: 085125442X
This guide covers choice of the design wind speed for temporary conditions and provides up to date guidance on drag forces on multiple frames.
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