Chapter 2.4 Assignment

Description / Instructions: Complete the following Week 1 Assignment in WileyPLUS: * Exercise 8-4 * Exercise 8-11 * BYP 8-1 * BYP 8-2

* Quality Engineering – was higher than the value I assign which was a six but should have been rated closer to an eight overall and is still an area that Thorr should

Throughout the course of history there have been many advances in the world of infrastructure, mostly occurring in the 1800’s and the 1900’s. Infrastructure is defined as the basic physical and organizational structure needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. This definition shows how important infrastructure is to people’s lives today. It affects how people live, travel, and communicate with one another. Three men who made huge contributions in the world of infrastructure were Robert Moses, Richard Ravitch and Othmar Hermann Ammann. All three of these men were involved in designing numerous landmarks, highways, bridges, tunnels, and other forms of infrastructure that today we take for granted. Although all of these men were involved in infrastructure in the New York metropolitan area, their contributions, personalities, and the public’s opinion of them were all different.

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Import Cargo Containers shows how containers are unloaded from ships and moved by truck and train to various consumer and business destinations.

It is widely known that logistics is the life blood of anything major. The logistics and transportation industry in the United

The TE rates the sustainability of the project as “Highly Satisfactory” following a 4-degree scale (Highly Satisfactory, Satisfactory, Marginally Satisfactory, and Unsatisfactory) (Terminal Evaluation, p.3), which is different from the 4-degree scale for evaluation utilized by this TER (Likely, Moderate Likely, Moderate Unlikely, Unlikely).

The Obama administration must conduct a single comprehensive assessment of our nation’s infrastructure. This survey would link the information that already exists within the agencies so it would look systematically at the needs and vulnerability of U.S. transportation, electricity, water, ports and other strategic infrastructure and identify pressing infrastructure needs nationwide. The survey would then help the administration develop a strategy to promote efficient and rapid deployment of advanced infrastructure at the national

However, after almost one complete year of operation, ports in South Carolina are witnessing growth of 9.4% in terms of volumes handled, while ports in Georgia and Virginia, which rank among the country’s largest, broke all records during May, as stated in Bloomberg. Alabama is also reporting larger container ships and volumes, partly on the back of shipping lines Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Co. now providing a weekly service to Asia. The chief executive of South Carolina Ports Authority even expressed astonishment at the extent of the upturn in demand at his state’s ports. One of the major factors behind this upturn in trade at southern American ports is undoubtedly the widened Panama Canal, although other factors, such as a booming population in the South and an uplift in US manufacturing also contribute to the uptick in shipments.

Since its beginning, the point system and many other parts of the L.E.E.D. certification process have been criticized by architects, building contractors, and environmental activists. Many have complained that it has too many loopholes to be put through serious consideration, and that the certification process is wasteful and ineffective at achieving true green credibility. As a result, the USGBC has continued to modify the L.E.E.D. certification process. There are five rating systems that address multiple project types. Firstly is Building Design and Construction (BD+C). This system applies to buildings that are being newly constructed or going through a major renovation. Some examples of major renovation are new construction, core and shell, retail, schools, hospitality, data centers, warehouse and distribution centers, and health care. Secondly is Interior Design and Construction (ID+C), This system applies to projects that are a complete interior fit-out; like commercial interiors, retail, and hospitality. Thirdly is Building Operations and Maintenance (O+M). This system applies to existing buildings that are undergoing improvement work or little to no construction. These types of maintenance include existing buildings, schools, retail, hospitality, data centers, warehouse and distribution centers. Fourthly is Neighborhood Development (ND), This system applies to new land development projects or redevelopment projects containing residential uses,

The intensification of long-haul trade routes has reinforced the critical role of seaports, as gateways to

Secondly, one of the important trades is wool. Wool cargoes arrive direct from Australia and New Zealand, and are discharged at the transit sheds which line the north-west arm of King George Dock, where there is a good sort of facilities and packet scheduling inland before sampling. The sheds have good rail and road connections, and many of the load operation can happen at the same time, ensuring fast scheduling transportation ships after discharge.

Highways have been built and have increased in time to make them larger, longer, and bigger. These highways were built to avoid traffic and to not use local streets. They were built with good safety and precision. The discipline that Is mostly used in this achievement Is civil engineering. Civil engineering has to do with building and that’s how highways were built architecture had to do with this as well. Highways are a big part of the American society and other societies as well. The highways were built to increase transportation in cars and how they can travel in faster ways to get to places quicker and faster. These highways have a safe and nice structure which makes it more economical to society. Ever since highway have been built they have had less accidents on local streets around the city. This makes things safer. Architecture was is a big part when they build highways or when they had built them. Architecture is an expansion of civil engineering, this is good when you have to build something such as highways because architectures take the time to make what they build very steady and strong for it to stay in place and stay steady. This is achievement I have chosen because it has to do with what I am interested in, which is civil engineering and the study of architecture.

India is on the threshold of hectic development in infrastructure and is in a tearing hurry to make up for lost time as it tries to catch up with the developed world to achieve a better standard of living. It is here that I hope to contribute to a more conscientious development agenda that will have minimal effects on future generations. Watching a country blossom with new mega-structures and cities is an opportunity that comes once every few generations and structural engineering will form the center stage of engineering development. Ever since childhood, I was curious about how things were shaped in the world. When I visited towns and cities I was always stuck staring at physical structures – be it an ancient monument or a daunting skyscraper. Fortunately, I had patient members in my family who explained the intricacies that ensured my

The American Association of port industry defined it as a way of connecting the world together, goods that we deal with in our daily life basis travel from one of hundreds of deep draft ports. Ports are known to be the busy dynamic transportation hubs that adapt to meet the global trade demands. Ports are also known to be the nexus of business transactions for goods that are imported and exported, people depends on ports to increase international trade, as well as strengthen local and national economies to increase the standard of living. (Stats.govt.nz, 2014).