Major efforts have been invested in the UK Residential sector to meet increasing housing demands, deliver sustainability, and improve its resiliency against many uncertainties. While data/information within residential relating location, sizes volumes are annually updated, there is limited emphasis on methods of construction that support meeting demands. Over years, it has recognised dominated ...

BACKGROUND Masons have the highest rate of overexertion injuries among all construction trades and rank second for occupational back injuries in the United States. Identified ergonomic solutions are the primary method of reducing exposure to risk factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders. However, many construction workers lack knowledge about these solutions, as well as basic ergonomic...

ion provides the functional specification of artifacts, while implementation supports their actual construction (Blackwell, 2006). This interplay between abstraction and implementation is not unique to computing design. A structural engineer, for instance, conceives of a bridge design as an abstraction. That abstraction, earlier expressed on a drawing board and nowadays on a computer screen, th...

In a large malaria endemic area in Panaji city, Goa, India, the weekly application of the biolarvicide Bacillus sphaericus (Strain 101, Serotype H 5a 5b) at the rate of 1 g/m2 in the main Anopheles stephensi larval habitats, viz., curing waters, masonry tanks, and sump tanks (under construction), from April to December 1993 resulted in a sharp decline in the habitat positivity (range 0.13-8.0%)...

this paper presents a macro model to predict unreinforced masonry structures in plane behavior. the model is based on the concept of multilaminate theory. in the past, the method has been used to model behavior of soil, disregarding the cohesion and the tensile strength. regarding its mathematical base, and the possibility of applying in other cases, this method is used to predict the ultimate ...

The recycling and reuse of wastes, especially Construction Waste (CW), is a fundamental way for sustainability. act reusing not modern practice; as early in Ancient Rome even more during the Middle Ages, materials were already being taken from existing buildings order to them different ways. Starting these general considerations taking inspiration specific construction techniques found some Rom...