Essays on Demolition

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built by the king of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar. The gardens were built in 600 B.C. They were built near River Euphrates in the modern Iraq. Exclusive art was involved in the construction as the gardens had been built 75 feet above the ground on a big brick terrace that was square in shape. The brick had been designed in a steps-like theater (Laliberte et al 35). King Nebuchadnezzar had designed the towering gardens with the aim of pleasing his lover. The art was meant to be romantic to Amytis following her admiration for the ...

Recycling of Construction Materials1

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Introduction Common materials used in deconstruction, renovation, and demolition sites include wood, bricks and blocks, concrete, metals and glass. They may be discarded now, but they can still be reused and recycled into other products in many ways. Typically, disposal of construction wastes are done through recycling, incineration, and disposal (Ackerman and Gallagher, 2002, Ganiron, 2014a). The construction wastes have great potential for the mitigation of the environmental impacts as based upon the material’s life cycle (Knoeri et al, 2013). Aim This project deals with the process of recycling the pulled down ...

Land:

Purchase of land will have no effect on the income statement of the company as it is a capital transaction and should be recorded on the Balance Sheet only. However, the condemnation activity resulted in a loss of $9000, therefore, this loss should be reported on the debit side of the income statement as loss from the extraordinary transaction.

Building:

Demolition doesn’t result in gain or loss, hence, it will not have any effect on the income statement of the company. On the other hand, purchase cost of land should be allocated to land account where demolition charges should ...

Business 311 Final Essay

Business Introduction Joe started his demolition company without apparent papers to legitimize the business. However, Joe’s with an advice of a friend did not comply with the required papers for business proceeded with his first job. Apparently, a fatal mistake occurred were Joe demolished the wrong customer’s house, which puts him and his business in a legal conundrum. The discussion will examine the three legal problems that Joe is facing as a result of not having business legitimacy and wrong job done.

Joe’s business is primarily involved in a contractual job, which makes him a contractor ...

China is yearning for urbanization and has demolition happening in many parts of the country. Many buildings and old architectures, many that are important to the culture, are being demolished. The citizens have contrasting opinions, let us look at both the bright and dark side of the story. China is known to be the most populous state in the world today. Its population reaches over 1,381 billion people. It is also the second largest state by the area of the land and if calculated by the total area – the third largest state. China has a very rich nature, ...

Green buildings are a type of buildings whose design is optimized to reduce resource consumption during building, operation, and demolition. The main purpose of green buildings is to promote environmental conservation by reducing their carbon footprint. The design of green buildings is anchored on the principle of reduce recycle reuse. For example, the design is aimed at reducing water and electrical power consumption. Also, green buildings are equipped with provisions for recycling water and reusing it elsewhere. In addition, green buildings are sometimes constructed by reusing construction materials salvaged from demolished buildings (Colclough par.4). This paper examines the best ...

Artwork designed by Stefan Sagmeister has intrigued many art loving people from all walks of life. In one of the most phenomenal exhibitions in MOV's 12-decade unbeaten history, he presented an amazing experience to transcend the demarcation between art and design. His work takes taken over museum galleries, in-between gaps -stairwells, boardrooms, and many other places; just to ask what makes people happy (Typeface Tuesdays: Stefan Sagmeister 1-2). Stefan Sagmeister does not just design a piece of art for nothing. He is among the select few who understand that that art is not throwing paint on paper, but rather ...

The essays aims to show if and how national identity finds its reflection in architecture. Turkey is the country handpicked for this particular scientific purpose inasmuch as it a solid example of a multicultural state acknowledged at political and legal levels. More importantly, it has a rich history of multiculturalism. Istanbul and Ankara are the primary examples of architectural tendencies. The essay carefully traces the evolution of western influence and the rationales behind the cultural dialogue in the days of the empire, which allows understanding the nature of possible national identity erosion in the modern Turkish architecture. The brief ...

Introduction

Buddha’s of Bamiyan are standing monumental statues on the cliff of Bamiyan valley in Hazarajat of Afghanistan. It represented Gandhara art designs and styles. The Taliban dynamited and destroyed statues in 2011 as ordered by the Mullah Mohammed Omar when the government announced that they were idols. The statues were carved more than 1,500 years ago when Buddhism thrived in this valley along the Silk Road. The religion has long vanished in Afghanistan, but the people of Bamiyan took pride in monuments. Regardless of world-wide criticism, the Taliban ruled the monuments with explosives and blustered them up ...

1. The HS2 Railway Network

On November 2013, the Government passed a hybrid bill to Parliament supporting the launch of Phase One of the High Speed Two (HS2) project (DfT 2013). Consultation ended in February 2014 and the Parliament is in the process of appointing an independent assessor to provide an outline of all issues surrounding the project. The HS2 project is a railway network that is part of the Coalition Agreement and the Department for Transport’s (DfT) business plan from 2010 until 2015. HS2 has two phases, which will be launched separately and thus, will be subjected to ...

The Islamic State must not be regarded as a terrorist organization alone. The group has evolved into a well-run political machine and a potent military force. The group believes in a twisted translation of Islamic law as an anchor political belief and demands that this particular world view be imposed on Muslims as well as peoples of other ‘inferior’ religious beliefs. Founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the group was originally called as the “Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), the first regiments of the IS fought against the US military in the aftermath of the downfall of Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein. The IS ...

Introduction

The collapse of the I-75 Bridge in Cincinnati is just but some of the engineering disasters that have led to loss of properties and in advanced cases, the loss of lives. Such disasters are generally man-made in the sense that they occur or are caused by structures that have been manufactured by humans. In most cases, man-made infrastructures fail or collapse as a result of misappropriation of engineering materials or as a result of the reaction of between certain environmental conditions and the engineering materials. Engineering disasters such as the 1-75 Bridge collapse can be traced from as early as 1297 ...

DO WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF MEDIA INFOTAINMENT AND MELODRAMATIC REPORTAGE?

Introduction For the past 4 decades, the role of the media has been in the process of transforming. Traditionally, the role of the media has been purely on performing an informative role concerning various events taking place across the globe. This phenomena is commonly known as the provision of hard news where the reporter presents the facts to the viewers they way they occurred. However, this is no longer the case, as the media is increasingly indulging in the provision of information as well as entertaining the society. The media houses have been shifting from the traditional methods ...

The image shows a lone Jewish settler struggling against the Israeli Anti-riot police in the wake of riots against the forceful eviction of settlers in this site to the east of the town of Ramallah. Pulitzer Award winning Israeli documentary photographer Oded Balilty captures this moment in the event, in the politics of Israeli. Oded Balilty is a photographer working with Associated Press and captured this event in the wake of eviction of settlers in this Israeli township, sanctioned by the Israeli high court (PRODIG, par 4). Photographs serve many roles in life. Social, political, informative the messages that a photograph ...

Introduction

Everyday, people around the globe dispose tons of waste material that are harmful to the environment. The amount of waste released to the atmosphere on a daily basis is high, yet there are other ways of ensuring that the environment is safe. This can be through recycling or proper disposal of these wastes. Architectural firms play a key role creating waste products that are then emitted to the environment. This paper looks at various ways of obtaining raw materials to be used in architectural firms, the manufacture of primary raw materials to secondary raw materials and the manufacture of these secondary ...

How does the level of social awareness distinguish the historic preservation movement in the United States?

In the 1960s, people had a unique view of social awareness. The view of people to the community meant that everything around them had to have been in place for as long as they can remember. The definition of social awareness during this time was the consciousness of an individual to their neighbors and the history they shared. It was a matter of who lived here and whether that person was born in a place or was he or she a “newcomer.” Another key aspect of social awareness during this time was in the economic status of individuals with each social class having ...

Explosives are a rather young industry. Despite the stereotype of it being primarily used for military purposes, it has come to be applied in a variety of fields. It stand to reason that explosives have given belligerent parties a strategic advantage on the battlefield, yet their application is well documented in areas other than the military industrial complex. It is quite difficult to envision the peaceful demolition of decrepit structures that are up for destruction due to the degrading state of the framework. The extractive industry is dependent on explosives inasmuch as mineworkers need their way cleared or portions of rock splintered. ...

Kings Park Psychiatric Center was established in the year 1885 as an extension of the Brooklyn County Hospital so as to help combat the increasing number of mentally ill patients. Kings Park became prosperous and in 1986, it was closed down marking its end of 111 years of operation. The hospital was established prior to the Kings County, Queens, the Bronx, Manhattan, and the State Island came together to form the modern New York. Ten years later the institution began to receive complaints from its staff and the general public about patronage and wastage of resources. Consequently, the ...

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The documentary “Ram ke Naam” (1991) by Anand Patwardhan attempts to capture the complex emotional conundrum among the various sections of India, finally culminating into one of the worst communal riots witnessed in the history of the Indian sub-continent. The Babri masjid demolition episode, as depicted in the documentary was the eventual result of narrow and obscure interpretation given to the very idea of nationalism and secularism by various states, regional and political players. The role played the judiciary, the extremist Hindu organizations like Bajarang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the central political party, namely the Bhartiya ...

The Name of the Class (Course)

The Name of the School (University) The City and State where it is located Background of the Report The NSW government introduced the Heritage Act in 1977. The introduction of the Act was in response to the community concern about the loss that the environmental heritage of the State was undergoing (Soutullo, 2010). The loss was heavily experienced in areas such as Woolloomooloo and Kings Cross. The local and State government agencies in conjunction with the local communities and professionals imparted heritage management skills to the citizens so as to meet this statutory obligation. The ...

Issue

The issue is whether Barry can insist on the existence of the contract for renewal of his employment and, if not, whether he can rely on promissory estoppel. Another issue in the following case is whether Barry has a right to receive promised bonus.

In common law contract can be defined as legally binding agreement between two or more competent parties. In order for a contract to be valid, it has to contain necessary elements – offer and acceptance, consideration and legal intention of the parties to enter into a contract. Even if one of those elements is missing, an agreement may not ...

Introduction

The term financial crisis has been used broadly to several situations whereby some financial institutions or assets face a sudden loss in a huge part of their value. The 19th and 20th centuries have encountered bank panics and recessions (Kindleberger & Aliber, 2005). Other situations related to financial crises include stock market crashes as earlier witnessed in the United States and bursting of financial bubbles, sovereign defaults and currency crises. What has been considered as the global financial crisis began in the United Kingdom and the United States of America following a significant standstill in the global credit market in July 2007. However, ...

Regional Planning involves initiating development programs for a certain region. The regional planning committee is responsible for formulating and making various decisions in accordance with the Board of Directors. The Highways Committee assesses the plans, programs, and delivery of the regional planning and highway items to the relevant authorities. The Orange County’s Regional Planning and Highways Committee reviews and makes proposals to the Board of Directors. The proposals are on the board’s compliance with the program requirements of both the federal and State regional planning measures. The committee reviews the eligibility and observance of the local agency within ...

Introduction

Waste management refers to the process of collecting, transporting and disposing trash, sewage and other waste materials. There are different sources of waste including residential, industrial, commercial, institutional, construction and demolition, municipal, agriculture and manufacturing and all these waste products whether solid, gaseous, liquid or radioactive come under the realm of waste management. The EU Waste Framework Directive lays down a legislative framework for the waste management and also provides a definition for waste. Article 1 of the EU Directive provides the definition of waste as "any substance or object which the holder discards, or intends to or is required to ...

Corruption in this society

This play depicts a society that is permeated by corruption. Corruption is rampant within the authority and it is being used to oppress the less fortunate in the society. A few individuals who have a connection with the authority seem to benefit from the prevailing corruption. The rich have continued to thrive in their riches while the poor languishes in their poverty. Corruption in the society is depicted by the demolition of the Mr. Barlow’s house. It turns out the taxes were paid, and authority did not sell it, . Harmond and Roosevelt want away around to build on the ...

Abstract

This paper is aimed at analyzing the need for well planned construction waste management in developed as well as developing countries. For this purpose, four journal articles were reviewed and their findings analyzed. Of these, two articles discussed waste management from the perspective of developed countries while the other two were written in the context of developing countries. The analysis revealed that the immediate needs and goals of developing and developed countries to manage their construction waste greatly differed. As such, the approach towards waste management also varied. However, the need for waste disposal to be well planned and ...

Literature Review: Construction Waste Management

The two articles being reviewed in this paper are: a) Multi-Attribute Decision Making in Choosing Suitable Construction Waste Management Methods , and b) A Framework for Managing Construction Demolition Waste: Economic determinants of recycling , both addressing the decision making process in construction waste material management.

Zhang and Li primarily address the topic of scientific methods that can be used to measure variables that affect effective decision making in the efficient disposal of construction waste. The authors highlight that as populations and economies grow, a city’s real estate needs expand too. In such cases, construction of buildings and infrastructural facilities also rise in ...

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

NEPA was created due to the increased concern and appreciation about wildlife and ecological system during the 1969. It is an environmental law that sought to promote environmental care through the establishment of a national policy. The Act seeks to lay done specific environmental goals and policies (Bass, Bogdan & Bass 2001). Secondly it provided for the formation of implementation and enforcement for the provided policies through relevant federal agencies. Finally, the Act, provided for the creation of Council on Environmental Quality attached to the President’s Office. The CEQ role is to advise the President on national status on ...