The Deputy Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Martin Kwaku Adjei-Mensah Korsah, has directed Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies in Accra to strictly enforce sanitation regulations and building codes to help curb the incidences of flooding in the capital city.
He made the call during an inspection tour of ongoing desilting works being carried out by the seventeen (17) Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies (MMAs) under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project.
Mr. Korsah expressed deep concern over the blatant disregard for building and sanitation bye-laws as manifested in indiscriminate disposal of solid waste and uncontrolled developments, particularly, building on watercourses. These adverse behaviour, he indicated, contribute to the perennial flooding in Accra. The Minister tasked the MMAs to enforce the bye-laws to make it painful for people to indulge in such bad behaviour. “I urge the various Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in Accra to intensify their enforcement activities by strictly applying the sanitation and the building regulations in sanctioning violators without fear or favour. For the flood mitigation to succeed, Assemblies must work,” Mr. Korsah directed.
The Deputy Minister thanked the GARID Project for providing the grant the Municipal Assemblies are using for desilting and drainage improvement works. He expressed satisfaction about the progress of work and urged the Assemblies to ensure that all priority secondary and tertiary drains are regular maintained to curb incidences of flooding in the city.
The GARID Project Coordinator, Dr. Kwadwo Ohene Sarfoh, reaffirmed the Project’s commitment to working with the Municipal Assemblies in finding a lasting solution to solid waste management and flooding challenges in Accra.
Dr. Sarfoh said besides the annual Operation and Maintenance Grant the Project provides to its beneficiary MMAs, the Project is also supporting the Assemblies to carry out clean-up exercises and behavior change campaigns in flood prone communities along the Odaw River channel. He appealed to the MMDAs to enforce the sanitation bye-laws to ensure that the gains being made by the Project is not undermined by adverse beaviour of few individuals in the society. “The state cannot be spending so much on flood control measures, only to be undermined by bad behavior. The Assembly must enforce building and sanitation bye laws and make them bite to serve as deterrent to others,” said Dr. Sarfoh.
The Dean of the Greater Accra Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, Mr. George Cyril Bray, expressed gratitude to the GARID Project for its continuous support for Assemblies within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. Mr. Bray assured the Minister of the MMAs commitment to supporting Government flood mitigation measures, including the enforcement of sanitation and building regulations.
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On 18 December 2012, several workers of Sime Chong Construction Pte Ltd were reported to have stopped working on an HDB Build-to-Order (BTO) project in Yishun as a result of a wage dispute.
We would like to clarify that online reports stating Sime Chong Construction Pte Ltd as the main building contractor for the BTO project in Yishun are inaccurate. Sime Chong Construction is a second-level sub-contractor for Asiabuild Construction, which is in turn a sub-contractor for the main contractor, Teambuild Construction Pte Ltd.
HDB had immediately contacted the main building contractor Teambuild upon receiving feedback about the dispute on 18 December 2012. Ministry of Manpower and the main contractor have since stepped in to help resolve the dispute between Sime Chong Construction and their workers.
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(Arabian business) Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has announced a contribution of AED330 million ($89.8 million) to implement development projects and programmes in key sectors in Somalia, particularly infrastructure and transport.
The funding underpins efforts to improve public services, create new job opportunities and ensure stability and social development, state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday.
It said the contribution aims to help Somalia overcome the economic challenges it faces through financing sustainable projects which in turn promote socio-economic wellbeing, alleviated living standards, long-term growth and prosperity.
ADFD said its support will stimulate construction efforts, expand and rehabilitate roads, build bridges and ultimately increase efficiency in the movement of goods and products across Somalia.
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Smart meters have already become an essential component of the modern-day electrical grids and are now finding their way in the water utilities. Currently, in a world where people are perishing due to lack of water, these meters are the breakthrough innovation that water utilities can use to provide everyone with potable water.
Unlike traditional water gauges, smart water meters are a part of a wide area network that allow utilities and consumers to engage in two-way communication. These meters help water suppliers to enhance their water distribution network and incorporate robust water conservation & management practices.
In the operational, industrial and consumer vertical, these meters offer numerous benefits. Let us go through some of these advantages:
1) Dynamic Water Billing
As we discussed, these smart water meters with IoT supports a two-way interaction between water distributors and end consumers. This means that the water supplier can monitor the consumption of individual houses that are connected to its network in real-time. Hence, the need for sending a person to take onsite meter readings every month for billing end consumers is eliminated.
Based on the amount of water that a house uses every day, the IoT system can automatically calculate the bill and send it to the consumers each month. This dynamic billing help utilities reduce operational complexity and cut costs associated with manual billing procedures.
2) Rationing Water Consumption
Modern-day IoT water flow meters are now embedded with a valve that can be controlled remotely. This valve enable users (generally factories and plants) to regulate the flow of water and manage their water consumption in order to optimize their operational processes while saving costs.
Normally, water consumption is rationed on the basis of:
Water rationing via consumption monitoring is used to reduce overflow conditions. While filling tanks or cisterns, it is essential to keep an eye on the water level to avoid overfills and water wastage. To automate these processes, consumption thresholds (based on tank capacities) can be calibrated and programmed to cut the water supply through valves after a particular time interval.
This rationing is also very useful during droughts when water is scarce. In 2018, the city of Cape Town in South Africa extended its days with running tap water by three to four months by limiting every person's water needs by 50 liters per day. This may seem an unfair practice, but it really helps in conserving drinkable water. The remote valve control system in smart water meters can hence be used to preserve and manage water in harsh weather.
Time of use:
Limiting outdoor watering and irrigation in afternoon hours is the primary example of controlling water flow based on time of use. To regulate the temperature of the soil in summers and maintain their lush green gardens, many consumers keep their sprinklers unnecessarily on throughout the day. By using remote valve control, the consumption of water can be limited to irrigate lawns as per requirement and hence water can be preserved.
3) Customers Identifying Consumption Inefficiencies
Identifying consumption patterns and inefficiencies is another application of smart meters. Along with an IoT platform suite, these smart meters allow consumers to keep a track of the timing and volume of water they consume every day. By monitoring this data, users can find consumption inefficiencies and incorporate practices that result in over-consumption of water.
Smart water meters with IoT can also be used by consumers to identify leaks and water wastage. For instance, at some point in a 24-hour period, the reading in the water meters must drop to zero. The IoT platform can be calibrated in a manner that it sends an alert to the user in case the meter does not stop in this period, indicating leaks or water wastage. Hence, the user can repair leaks and include strategic practices to reduce water consumption.
4) Visibility in Conservation Efforts
Water utilities and suppliers generally lack clear transparency in their water conservation attempts. IoT smart water meters with its two-way interaction help water distributors to gain clear visibility into the consumption patterns of their end consumers and the results of their conservation programs.
For example, for their odd-even outdoor watering program, the water supplier can see the aftereffects of its implementationâ€”that too in a graphical format. Along with the utilities, consumers can also benefit from these meters to reduce their bills. From the IoT platform suite, they can monitor their water consumption practices on a daily basis and gain alerts when they exceed specific water tier limits and reach a higher-priced bracket.
5) Reduction in Non-Revenue Water
Non-revenue water refers to distributed water that isnâ€™t paid for. In other words, it is water that doesnâ€™t reach the end consumers or isnâ€™t recorded by their meters due to lower efficiency. The main causes that contribute to the non-revenue water are:
- â€˘ Leaks
- â€˘ Theft
- â€˘ Meter inefficiencies
- â€˘ Water main break
By using IoT water flow meters, the water utilities can monitor their water distribution network and make sure that:
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The smart water meters are much more efficient than the traditional meters. Also, unlike these obsolete gauges, the efficiency of smart meters does not depreciate with time. This reduces the generation of non-revenue water due to meter inefficiencies and helps water suppliers to increase their revenue margin.
Smart meters are changing the way utilities operateâ€”let it be the energy or water segment. The use of these meters along with a well-crafted IoT solution allow water utilities to manage their water distribution practices and provide their customers with clean potable water. These meters are also empowering the consumers to see the value of water meter in reducing cost linked with their consumption of water.


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Transport planning in the UK, USA, and Europe
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Irrigation is the practice of supplemental application of water to land beyond that directly received from precipitation. Irrigation expands agricultural output of cropland and sustains additional vegetation growth throughout the landscape.
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Much of Utah’s agriculture would not be possible if were not for irrigation. Utah’s arid climate provides limited and frequently unreliable annual rainfalls. However, the combined climatic and geographic conditions of the state have historically resulted in conditions that produce vast quantities of stored precipitation in the form of snow at high elevations. The snowpacks melt as spring temperatures rise, and as water courses down from higher elevations, the water joins with other waters, increasing in volume, and concentrating in streams and rivers. The topographic boundary from which each stream receives its concentration of water is called a “watershed.” Early Mormon settlers seized upon the opportunity to utilize waters stored in mountain snowpacks to supplement croplands by distributing water via networks of canals; and by storing spring runoff in dams to extend water availability throughout the dry seasons. The network of dams and canals has allowed expansion of crop variety and yielded increased production. Although many agricultural lands in the west rely exclusively on rain-fed or “dry farm” cultivation, variability in precipitation patterns can greatly affect agricultural productivity.
Dams, canals, and pipelines are constructed to take advantage of the topography of each watershed. With this infrastructure, water managers are able to distribute the concentrated streams outward to lower elevation lands that are suitable for crop production. The Canal data and Flowline data show the location of canals and ditches.
Within each watershed, various entities (or individuals) have legal claims (i.e., water rights) to use the water for “beneficial use” and are permitted to divert waters from the streams into the storage dams, canals, and pipelines. The distribution of water is governed by state law and is based largely on geographic proximity, available supply, and ownership of the water rights. The WRPOD data shows water points of diversion. The county can use this data to see where water is being diverted from its natural flow.
- Provide public safety by limiting access to dangerous structures, as well as training and encouraging operators and the public to be practice safety and identify safety concerns.
- Preserve access and system efficiency with regular maintenance of right-of-ways and easements. When possible, coordinate efforts between canal operators and municipalities as a means of encouraging cooperative relationships between organizations while facilitating public interests.
- Establish a long-term plans for:
- Transitioning of land and water resources with shifting community needs
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- Encourage agricultural irrigators to:
- Modernize and provide resources to assist with upgrades such as pressurized pipe systems that reduce traditional flood irrigation and favor transitioning to sprinkle and drip application
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- Utilize stormwater treatment methods that prevent stormwater runoff from entering canals and ditches.
There are different irrigation methods that may work better in different scenarios, depending on spatial or temporal factors like location, elevation, season, etc.
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Irrigation best management practices focus on efficient water use and nonpoint water pollution. Irrigation efficiency is calculated as the ratio of the amount of water needed by a crop and the amount of water diverted for irrigation. The Water-Related Landuse data can be used to locate areas of the county that use irrigation and areas that are not irrigated.
In Utah irrigation systems are an integral element for agricultural viability. Therefore, irrigation best management practices and conservation efforts are important to make sure that water use is sustainable. Some economic facts related to irrigation are:
- Utah’s crop income for 2014 was $532,111,000.
- As much as 82% of Utah’s developed water is used for agriculture.
- In 2008, small farms (annual sales under $250,000) made up 62% of the total irrigated farmland in Utah.
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Flood irrigation is generally associated with the largest potential for erosion, followed by sprinkler, and then drip irrigation.
The science and practice of irrigation is intrinsically connected to agriculture in Utah and is dependent on the extensive networks of canals, pipes, and ditches that make the usage of water rights possible. Irrigation also plays a significant role in affecting downstream water quality and hydrology available for subsequent users, whether the user is human, animal, or vegetation.
It is often the case that those who manage the agricultural conveyance networks are the same individuals that are the irrigation managers; however, this is not always the case. This overlap between irrigation supply managers and irrigation water users regularly creates confusion as to whether one is speaking about conveyance (water delivery via ditches and canals) or irrigation (water use). It is beneficial to understand the distinction between conveyance managers and irrigation managers. Farmers and ranchers are the water users, or the irrigators. They may be involved with managing the diversion from which they receive their water, or they may simply be shareholders that are more comparable to customers subscribed to a service, much like residential water users connected to a municipal water line. Irrigation or canal company officials may never actually irrigate any farmland; their job may simply be to manage the conveyance system’s water rights, diversions, canals, gates, etc. This distinction is critical to understanding how to achieve water savings and how to protect watersheds from runoff. Some water savings are achievable by addressing conveyance, and others by addressing irrigation application. So, when talking about water saving application techniques, typically one is speaking about irrigators, and when talking about controlling water losses in canals because of seepage, one is discussing issues within the purview of conveyance managers. Additionally, application options the irrigators may have depend largely on how the irrigation company is willing to deliver the water. The irrigator’s allotted flow of water, and the given time frame within which the water must be taken, may dictate the types of irrigation available to the irrigator. For example, irrigation companies changing from open canal to gravity pressurized pipe may open new opportunities to irrigators.
Improved efficiency of the application of irrigation water is often perceived to mean that the “saved” water is subsequently available for an expansion of irrigated acreage. This notion is incorrect. The expansion of irrigated agricultural application increases consumption, thus removing additional water available to downstream users. For example, a farmer saves 50% of the water previously applied to a 100-acre field (Field A) by switching from flood to sprinkler irrigation. Although they have saved 50% of the applied water, applying the leftover 50% of the water to an identical and newly expanded 100-acre field (Field B) essentially doubles the consumptive losses, and actually uses more water than would have been used had the farmer never tried to save any water on Field A. This paradox creates a disincentive for water savings in the agricultural community and slows the application of modernized irrigation methods.
|Data Name||Data Explanation||Publication Date||Spatial Accuracy||Contact|
|Water Points of Diversions (WRPOD)|
|Use to locate water diversion points, many for irrigation.|
|Data download updated nightly|
Maps service update schedule is not specified
|Unknown||Utah Division of Water Rights|
|Canals and Ditches from National Hydrology Dataset (NHD)|
|To get canals and ditches use field “FType” = 334 Connecter and336 Canal/Ditches||Data download 7/01/2015|
Maps service update schedule is not specified
|Canals and Ditches from Utah Division of Water Rights (UDWRi)|
|Canals and Ditches||Unknown||Unknown||Utah Division of Water Rights|
|Water-Related Land Use|
|Layer depicts the types and extent of irrigated crops, as well as information concerning phreatophytes, wet/open water areas, dry land agriculture and residential/industrial areas. The primary business driver for this dataset is for constructing and analyzing the state’s annual water budget.|
|2015||1:24,000||Utah Division of Water Resources|
- Utah State University Cooperative Extension. 2011. Irrigation: Growing a Civilization. Agriculture in the Classroom Lesson Plans.
- State of Utah, Office of the Legislative Auditor General. 2015. A Performance Audit of Projections of Utah’s Water Needs. Report to the Utah Legislature, Number 2015.01. May.
- Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. 2015. Utah Agriculture Statistics and Annual Report. January 6.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. 2008. Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey Summary of Results.
- Koluvek, P., Tanji, K., and Trout, T. 1993. Overview of Soil Erosion from Irrigation. J. Irrig. Drain Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(1993)119:6(929), 929-946.


As today’s market is seeing an increase of wider and longer boards, the need for stability in the construction of engineered floor boards is forever evolving. The use of a multi ply core is paramount to the longevity of your engineered timber floor. Stability is key in the construction of engineered flooring, creating a floor that is less likely to cup, twist or bow when affected by environmental extremes in temperature and humidity.
GrandOak uses the proven superior method of a multi ply core, this unique assembling method creates a product more stable than that of a 3 ply construction. Multi ply construction is made up of multiple thin hardwood sheets that are arranged, glued and pressed with the grain running at right angles to the adjacent sheet.
Using several layers at its core results in superior strength and a structurally stable board resulting in a product that is less susceptible to water ingression and not to mention, a great feeling solid floor. Being engineered, the need for top nailing as a method used in traditional timber boards is no longer required due to its stable construction making it even more beneficial when choosing GrandOak.


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Cleveland County Habitat for Humanity was affiliated in 1987 and built its 1st house in 1988. Since it's founding Habitat was reorganized in 2002 and increased its building capacity with 20 houses built in the last 10 years. Habitat has built individual homes and has been involved in community development in the Ezra Bridges Neighborhood. The project in this neighborhood exemplifies the impact Habitat wants to make all over Cleveland County. Working with faith, corporate and community partners Habitat has built 25 homes in Cleveland County.


We could say that the secret of real estate certainly pipes. When it comes to servicing real estate, and maintenance and post-sales marketing it is important to always keep the clients impressed with your ability and techniques. Pipes are the major parts of any household. It is important they are designed and built well so that there are no problems in future in any property. When designed keeping in mind the limitations of the area and property location, it is possible to keep the issues to a bare minimum. A real estate firm comes into picture mostly after the development of projects and they have very little to do in the design phase. In that case, they can have a team at their disposal at all time to care of any issue that could be anticipated.
The problems some pipes could cause in a household are quite a lot in number and can be listed down as –
Plumbing issues – Pipes are the main part of the plumbing and the whole house could be shut down if there are any plumbing issues. This needs to be taken care immediately as it simply means either water wastage, drain block or no water all which cascade into other issues.
Drainage Issues – The problems with drainage and sewer needs immediate attention as they could become a hygiene problem to the people living in the house and the neighborhood. It needs to be fixed urgently. The drain issues and blocked drains are a constant hiccup when it comes to maintenance. The real estate team taking care of sewer services Glasgow will ensure they attempt and start working on it as early as possible. Also, the concierge will be taking care of spreading awareness on how to keep the basic clean from the client’s perspective.


The new embassy in Jakarta will be the largest Australian embassy in the world.
09 January 2013
Largest Australian embassy to be constructed in Jakarta
Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Greg Moriarty has announced that a new embassy will be constructed in the Indonesian capital, and it will be the largest in the world.
Mr Moriarty said the new Australian embassy will be built over the current embassy building in the Patra Kuningan area of the city. The AU$230 million (£150 million), 40,500 sq metre project is expected to be completed by 2015.
"We are awaiting [an] invitation to cooperate in the future, including in building our new Australian embassy building, which will be our largest embassy anywhere in the world," said Mr Moriarty.
"We will continue to cooperate with the governor and his staff so that they can help continue this [embassy] construction project."
The ambassador was speaking after meeting with Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and Mr Moriarty hailed the budding relationship between the two neighbouring countries.
Mr Moriarty said many Australian companies had offices located in the sprawling metropolitan area of Jakarta - which is home to 28 million people - and that Australia was committed to helping Indonesia develop infrastructure such as public transportation and water supplies.
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Most people don’t think of construction businesses as sustainable, but some of them are leveraging recycled materials in projects like infrastructure repair. However, as a nation we now embrace rebuilding America’s buildings and infrastructures with recycled materials.
There is high demand for the construction industry leaders to commit to delivery of sustainable homes and projects. However, builders and construction businesses are facing many challenges on this road to sustainable deliveries. Making the demands to be higher than the supplies.
Sustainable buildings or projects can be expensive at delivery point, however, as customers demand for sustainability grows, their delivery will become cheaper. Buildings delivered with sustainability are sold at premium. This is even more true for building repaired or remodeled with sustainability. While green buildings are premium at delivery, they are less costly to operate, making them more desirable to customers. While this is a profitable strategy for sustainable construction businesses, it can also lead to huge losses or even corporate suicide.
Whether you are just getting into the sustainable construction or you are in it already, this is the time to prevent failure.
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The world of architecture is witnessing a remarkable transformation, fueled by the synergy of technology and innovative materials. Among these, Corten steel panels have emerged as a significant player, offering a blend of aesthetic appeal and durability. This blog delves into how technology is revolutionizing the use of Corten panels in modern architecture.
Corten steel, also known as weathering steel, boasts a unique rust-like appearance, which not only serves as a protective layer but also provides a striking visual appeal. Initially developed for railway coal wagons in the 1930s, this material has found a new lease of life in contemporary architecture. Its ability to withstand harsh weather conditions makes it a favorite among architects and builders.
Technological Innovations Enhancing Corten Steel Applications
The integration of advanced technology in the processing and fabrication of Corten steel has opened new avenues for its application. Precision cutting techniques, such as laser and waterjet cutting, allow for intricate designs and patterns, enabling architects to push the boundaries of creativity. Additionally, 3D modeling software facilitates the visualization of complex structures and shapes, ensuring precision and efficiency in construction.
Sustainability and Eco-friendliness
Corten steel’s longevity and minimal maintenance requirements contribute significantly to sustainable building practices. Its durability reduces the need for frequent replacements, thereby limiting resource consumption and waste generation. Moreover, the steel is fully recyclable, aligning with the growing emphasis on eco-friendly materials in construction.
Corten Panels in Modern Architecture
The aesthetic versatility of Corten panels is evident in their wide range of applications, from exterior facades to interior features. They provide a rustic, yet contemporary look that complements both urban and natural settings. Notable examples include the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the Angel of the North sculpture in the UK, which both showcase the material’s ability to create iconic, lasting structures.
Challenges and Solutions
Despite its advantages, working with Corten steel poses certain challenges, such as managing its runoff, which can stain adjacent materials. However, technological advancements in coating and sealing methods have provided effective solutions to these issues, further enhancing the material’s viability for diverse projects.


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Cost Efficiencies Work Group
Meyer Memorial Trust convened a Cost Efficiencies Work Group in 2014 to explore factors driving the cost of affordable housing development. Sixteen experts from development, construction, finance and related fields formed the Work Group and were charged with three major tasks:
— Creating a clear and concise summary of key factors affecting the cost of developing affordable housing;
— Identifying opportunities – whether policy and systems changes, or innovative approaches to design, construction and financing – to deliver affordable units at a lower cost; and
— Advising Meyer on pilot or demonstration projects to test new approaches to affordable housing development.
This report synthesizes the results of this work over the last year. Click to download the PDF report HERE.


GoodLand is a turn-key general engineering and landscaping contractor that provides services for both public works and privately funded entities. Our experience covers civil engineering, site development, sports and recreational facilities, and landscape development.
Our preconstruction services pave the way for successful construction and include:
- Site evaluation
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Once construction starts our clients can expect:
- Technical submittal logs
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- Weekly onsite safety meetings
- 3 Week look ahead schedules
- Attention to detail
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One of GoodLand's keys to success is it's project focus. By narrowing down the types of projects we take on, we are able to fine tune our processes and procedures to provide a superior construction experience from start to finish. Our specialties are listed below.


"Advance of Ultrasonics, Non Ddestructive Testing in Civil Engineering, Artificial Intelligence : the future of NDT"
Lecturer: Prof. Parisa Shokouhi (PennState University, USA)
Monitoring and auscultation
From sensors to useful signals for concrete evaluation and monitoring
Before getting any observable from a measurement, signals have to be recorded after a wave or field has been interacting with concrete. The participants will get an overview of signal sampling and acquisition main features together with an insight of signal processing in the time and frequency domains. Notions about interferometry will be provided in relation to ultrasonic and fibre optic measurements.
Lecturer: Dr Odile Abraham (Université Gustave Eiffel, Ifsttar)
From signals to useful parameters: combination and data fusion
NDT parameters are not necessarily directly related to material or structural parameters. They have to be translated. An overview on calibration, combination of methods/data fusion to improve the results will be given.
Lecturer: Dr Ernst Niederleithinger (BAM)
Probability of Detection (PoD), Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC)
How to connect parameters from NDT and monitoring to reliability and probability assessment? Studies on structural reliability or asset management are based more and more on risk assessment. To include NDT and monitoring data into this framework, their reliability must be known. The basic tools to do so, probability of detection and receiver operating characteristic curves will be explained.
Lecturer: Dr Ernst Niederleithinger (BAM)
Demonstrations and exercises on monitoring and auscultation
Group on Fibre Optics: How to size a crack ?
The advantages of fibre optics to monitor temperature and deformation as well as crack opening will be illustrated through various on-site and laboratory experiments. Knowledge and understanding of the transfer function required to recover quantitative information about crack opening will be provided. A lab demonstration will be carried out.
Group on CWI: Coda wave interferometry a new very sensitive monitoring tool for concrete.
The scattering and reverberation of ultrasonic waves in concrete structure, often viewed as noise in conventional NDT/SHM, is shown here to be of great value to get information on early age damages invisible otherwise. The participants will get to know the basic of CWI signal processing as well as a description about the present state of the art of experimental set-ups with embedded or external sensors. Environmental bias will be highlighted and ways to remove them addressed. The participants will process of the data from a controlled experiment on a beam under loading test.
Structural and action models
Assessment of extreme values of effects in structures
The assessment of extreme values of effects in structures will be based on extreme value theory and use of temporal series (coming either from monitoring or calculations). A short overview of statistics of standards will be made (review periods and return values), explanation of extreme value theory and some examples of application. The exercices will be made with R project, based on monitoring data.
Lecturer: Franziska Schmidt (Université Gustave Eiffel, Ifsttar)
Computational methods for transient diffusion problems in concrete structures
The lecture contains an overview on computational methods for differential equations, numerical solution strategies, explicit and implicit discretization, boundary conditions and implementation of physical processes that frequently occur in concrete structural materials. Emphasis will be on the finite difference method applied to transport processes, active in porous materials such as concrete, insulation materials, etc. The finite element method will be briefly introduced as well for the sake of comparison.
Typical problems that will be addressed are thermal, chloride ingress modelling, and even moisture diffusion. The course provides demonstrations and exercises on different computational methods for simple differential equations, numerical solution strategies, explicit and implicit discretization, finite difference method, boundary conditions and implementation.
The course is to train students who are beginners and/or have no modelling experience, on how to solve partial differential equations and to become familiar with numerical solution strategies for common physical problems in construction materials.
Key topics: steady state problems, transient problems, heat flow, chloride ingress – implementation in Octave free software.
Reliability, risk and decision analyses
Uncertainty and structural reliability assessment
The lecture of uncertainty and structural reliability assessment contains the fundamentals of uncertainty modelling in civil engineering and the methods of structural reliability and structural system reliability analysis. The uncertainty modelling provides the types of uncertainties and the approaches to model these in a structural reliability analysis. Methods for structural reliability analyses like Monte Carlo Simulation and FORM are introduced and their application in a structural system reliability analysis is demonstrated.
Lecturer: Prof. John Dalsgaard Sørensen (AAU)
Decision and structural information analyses
The lecture on decision and structural information analyses provides a summary on decision scenario development, decision modelling and analysis methods encompassing prior, pre-posterior, posterior decision and value of information analysis in the context of structural health information for civil engineering structures. Building upon the structural reliability methods and uncertainty modelling methods, the lecture provides models for structural health information and actions such as non-destructive testing results, monitoring, load testing, load control and repair.
Lecturer: Prof. Sebastian Thöns (Lund University)


- PhD (2013), MS (2011), Civil Engineering (Geosystems Engineering), Georgia Tech
- MS, BS, Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering), Tongji University
Sheng Dai is an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China. In 2008, he joined the geosystems group at Georgia Tech, where he served as the president of the Geotechnical Society (2011-2012) and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering in 2011 and 2013. He then worked at the National Energy Technology Laboratory of U.S. Department of Energy before joining the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2015.
Dr. Dai has strong research and teaching interests in the energy and environment geoengineering fields. His group study the fundamental physical properties and bio-thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical coupled processes in soils and rocks at elevated pressure and temperature conditions, with applications primarily in the areas of hydrocarbon recovery, enhanced geothermal systems, and geological carbon sequestration. His group explore the scientific foundations of geomaterial behavior through wave characterization, imaging techniques, and the development of unprecedented devices (including testing theories and bio-inspired sensors). His group recently got involved in methane hydrate and carbon research at DOE and the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Bio-mediated and Bio-Inspired Geotechnics (CBBG).
Dr. Dai is a recipient of George F. Sowers Distinguished Graduate Student Award from the geosystems group at Georgia Tech in 2013, and ORISE Fellowship from U.S. Department of Energy in 2013 and 2014. He is now on the advisory board for Pressure Core Analyses led by U.S. Geological Survey of U.S. Department of Interior.
- Energy geomechanics, gas hydrate, subsurface BTHCM processes
- Geomaterials characterization and fundamental properties
- Flow in porous and fractured media, multiphase, microbial manipulation of subsurface flows
- Testing techniques, lab and field instrumentation, X-ray tomography, wave characterization
- Class of 1969 Teaching Fellows, Georgia Tech, 2016/17
- ORISE Fellowship, U.S. Department of Energy, 2013; 2014
- George F. Sowers Distinguished Graduate Student Award, Georgia Tech, 2013
- Mahabadi, N., Dai, S., Seol, Y., Sup Yun, T., & Jang, J. (2016). The water retention curve and relative permeability for gas production from hydrate‐bearing sediments: pore‐network model simulation. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17(8), 3099-3110.
- Dai, S., Shin, H., & Santamarina, J. C. (2016). Formation and development of salt crusts on soil surfaces. Acta Geotechnica, 11(5), 1103-1109.
- Cao, S. C., Dai, S., & Jung, J. (2016). Supercritical CO 2 and brine displacement in geological carbon sequestration: Micromodel and pore network simulation studies. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 44, 104-114.
- S Dai, J Cha, E Rosenbaum, W Zhang, Y Seol. (2015). Thermal conductivity measurements in unsaturated hydrate-bearing sediments. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(15), 6295-6305.
- S Dai, Seol, Y., Wickramanayake, S., Hopkinson, D. (2015). Characterization of hollow fiber supported Ionic liquid membranes using microfocus X-ray computed tomography. Journal of Membrane Science, 492, 497-504.
- Y Seol, JH Choi, S Dai, K Jarvis (2015). Recent advances in NETL’s laboratory studies of hydrate-bearing sediments. Fire in the Ice, 15(1), 5-9.
- S Dai, Y Seol, JH Choi (2014). Impacts of Hydrate Pore Habits on the Physical Properties of Hydrate Bearing Sediments. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, B11B-0011.
- WF Waite, JC Santamarina, S Dai, WJ Winters, J Yoneda, Y. Konno, J Nagao, K Suzuki, T Fujii, DH Mason, E Bergeron (2014). Instrumented Pressure Testing Chamber (IPTC) Characterization of Methane Gas Hydrate-Bearing Pressure Cores Collected from the Methane Production Test Site in the Eastern Nankai Trough, Offshore Japan. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, B11B-0014.
- N Mahabadi, S Dai, Y Seol, J Jang (2014). Water Retention Curve and Relative Permeability for Gas Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, B11B-019.
- The Sapporo Scientific Team - Georgia Tech: S Dai, J Jang, M Terzariol, E Papadopoulos, and JC Santamarina; AIST: Y Konno, J Yoneda, and J Nagao; JOGMEC: K Suzuki, T Fujii; USGS: WJ Winters, D Mason, WF Waite, and E Bergeron (2013). Pressure core analysis tools used to characterize hydrate-bearing sediments from the Nankai Trough. Fire in the Ice, 13(2), 19-22.


The expansion of the Port of Køge will be a partnering project involving Køge Municipality and Port of Køge as the project owners, Grontmij | Carl Bro a/s as consultants, and Aarsleff a/s as the construction contractor. DKK 950 million have been set aside for the expansion. Income of approximately DKK 440 million is expected from receiving soil from the Greater Copenhagen region, and turnover at Port of Køge is also expected to rise dramatically.
Port of Køge aims to expand capacity from 2 million tonnes in 2006, to 4 million tonnes during the 8-12 year construction period.
The port expansion will be achieved by establishing a landfill site for receiving contaminated soil. A special company, Køge Jorddepot, under Køge Municipality has been created, as private companies are not permitted to receive contaminated soil.
Environmental impact assessments were carried out before the project was approved, and a regional plan has been prepared for the establishment of the landfill site.
Click on the image to view the regional plan (in Danish) as a PDF file.


Water may not be safe to drink, cook or clean with after an emergency such as a flood. During and after flooding, water can become contaminated with microorganisms such as bacteria, sewage, heating oil, agricultural or industrial waste, chemicals and other substances that can cause serious illness. People with private drinking water wells in flooded areas can take precautions and have their water tested and disinfected after a flood. Well disinfection will not
provide protection from pesticides, heavy metals and other types of non-biological contamination. If such contamination is suspected, due to the nearness of
these contaminant sources, Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry (POU/POE) – whole house or at the tap water treatment – can be used. To learn more about POU/
POE treatment systems contact a water treatment professional. If a treatment system has already been installed, contact a water treatment professional after a flood to make sure the treatment system is continuing to work properly.


Quality project consisting of 4,200 m2 of offices with green roof access on a part, and storage areas accessible via the back of the project. The surfaces are divisible and the project is located in a pleasant and green working environment, close to the city.
- Fire detection
Ideally located near Luxembourg-City, the project benefits from easy access to highways and also to the City of Luxembourg.
• Less than 10 minutes from Luxembourg
• Easy access to A3, A4, A13 and A1 motorways
• Quick access to Howald Station
• Parking P + R Kockelscheuer
• Luxembourg Airport within +/- 20 minutes
- Bus Kockelscheuer, Plateau / 164 mTrain Howald, Gare / 3.1 kmAirport Luxembourg Airport / 9.1 km


As fresh water resources continue to decrease, prospecting for groundwater using geophysical techniques takes on added importance, especially in arid areas. Hydrogeological monitoring of the fresh water/salt water interface is essential for maintaining water quality standards.
THOR Geophysical's hydrogeologists combine all relevant measurement methods and ensure a detailed interpretation with respect to the local geology.
Seismics (with in situ data processing) have proven to be a very effective groundwater prospecting tool. When groundwater is associated with faults or fracture zones, electromagnetic techniques, such as VLF or the Slingram method, and magnetic measurements are used to map structural aquifers. Furthermore, electrical sounding methods are applied to determine groundwater quality as well as aquifer depth and thickness.
Many years of experience, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, have given THOR Geophysical a strong foundation in high quality and cost effective groundwater prospecting


Industry Ed with Richard: Incorporating Wood Beams in Design
The beams need to be spaced about 4 – 6 feet apart, in order to reproduce the structural look.
I don’t like beams along the wall; I think the look is inauthentic. However, half beams can be made to look like they’re sitting on the wall and extending over the post. If a client insists on flanking beams, I would steer them towards that option.
You want to ensure that the beams are proportional to the space. As a general rule-of-thumb, you want them to be taller than they are wide. However, if the space has a low ceiling, or if there simply isn’t room for the beam system your client wants, there is a compromise.
- · 8′ ceilings – 6” wide x 4” tall
- · 9′ ceilings – 6” wide x 8” tall
- · 10′ ceilings – 8” wide x 10” tall
- · 11-12′ ceilings – 10” wide x 12” tall
Adding beams, either during the build or after it is finished, makes this style more accessible.
You have two options when it comes to wood beams – solid or engineered.
Of the two options, solid beams require the most work. They need to be worked into the design from the beginning of the build, and there isn’t much opportunity to change the design once the framing has commenced. Special equipment – lifts, braces, etc. – is needed to install them.
The other option- engineered beams- is much less of a headache. Engineered beams are lighter and easier to install.
Another consideration with designing wood beams is when in the process the beams will be added. Structural beam and post systems will need to be installed by the framing carpenter at the same time as framing materials.
The benefit of engineered beams, like the ones we make at The Olde Mill, is that they can be added later, either after the home is built or at any stage in the renovation process. This gives you flexibility when it comes to planning your job’s timeline.


Is this it? The future site of your dream home! Tree-lined 8.8 acres in East Penn School District, overlooking the natural hillscape of Zionsville and bordered by a babbling creek and a natural spring. Your future home site has already been Perc tested for a standard system and well water. A right of way and road access has been established. Water runoff control and the base layer of the shared portion of the driveway have also been approved and installed. Bring any builder and let’s make your dream home a reality.
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Area Ratio of Significant Land Subsidence
PSBR model type
15.3 By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world
Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Target 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
Biodiversity Action Plan
D42010 Conduct surveys on the location, area, and scope of the existing degraded ecosystems before 2015, and formulate countermeasures to restore the degraded ecosystems. Key performance indicator of the action plan (the gray background means non-quantitative indicators):
Each agency plans the priority order and methods of restoration of various degraded environments
Restore various degraded environments or areas
The land subsidence makes the low-lying areas easier to flood when it rains, causes long-term accumulation of water in coastal areas or seawater intrusion into the aquifer which can lead to soil salinization and the loss of fertility, affecting the value and utilization of land. Land subsidence is an irreversible phenomenon. To highlight the efforts of various agencies to prevent and control land subsidence, the area of significant subsidence is defined as one of the evaluation indicators.
Definition and Calculation
"Area of significant subsidence" is defined as the area where the subsidence rate exceeds 3cm/year in the benchmark survey data. Subtract the prior elevation of all the leveling rods in the surveying area from the current elevation to obtain the subsidence value and then use the interpolation method to draw the subsidence rate contour map, and use the GIS to calculate the area of the zone within the contours exceeding 3cm/year (the surveying error of benchmark leveling loop is 2cm).
In 2018, the area of significant land subsidence was 419.6 square kilometers (1.17%). Compared with 2017, there is an increase of 0.07%.
As the government aggresively promotes the prevention and control of land subsidence, the continuous subsidence rates in subsidence areas have slowed down in recent years. The area of significant land subsidence across Taiwan has decreased from 1,539.1 km2 (4.27%) in 2001 to 395 km2 (1.10%) in 2017. However, in 2014 and 2015, due to poor precipitatios, the amount of groundwater recharged was less than the amount of groundwater used and evaporated, which caused a more serious land subsidence in the Yunlin area, resulting in an increase in the area ratio of significant land subsidence.
Data Management Authorities
Hydrology Division, Water Resources Agency, MOEA (Minister of Economic Affairs)


Highly efficient Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2013 software is a useful building cost estimating software that is exclusively designed and developed by Autodesk for helping the user in making the material costing faster, simpler, easier, and accurately. This software is perfect for the cost estimators who can now create synchronized and comprehensive ongoing project views that greatly combine the important and needful information from the useful building information modeling (BIM) tools. You canuse Revit Structure, Revit Architecture, and Revit MEP software with various geometry and data from other useful tools. With Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2013, you can automatically or manually measure accurate areas and several count building components.
With Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2013, you can takeoff in several minutes automatically. You can easily perform the takeoff on the whole building information model (BIM) in just a few minutes through great integration of 2D and effective 3D designing data.
Enjoy greater flexibility than the other typical databases or different spreadsheets. You can perform great interactive examination of various 3D models with the useful Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2013for doing material cost estimating accurately & properly.
You can do dynamic counting in an accurate manner. Thus you can count and also quantify the important design data accurately, quickly and easily.


Infrastructure-related investments were bolstered during last year’s U.S. presidential campaign as both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton promised substantial increases to spending aimed at shoring up America’s failing bridges, highways, roads and railways.
While he was campaigning, President Donald Trump’s pledge to spend $1 trillion shoring up U.S. infrastructure needs was seen as a potential catalyst for the related exchange traded funds. Still, it could take some time for infrastructure ETFs to see the full benefit of Trump’s still nascent infrastructure plans.
Outside the U.S., countries are already allocating money toward infrastructure projects. For instance, Japan has invested $100 billion for roads, bridges, railways and other building projects in Asia. China has already stated it will put billions into a so-called Silk Road infrastructure project to connect Asian economies.
ETF investors can also tap into the sector through a number of options. For instance, the iShares Global Infrastructure ETF (NYSEArca: IGF) and SPDR S&P Global Infrastructure ETF (NYSEArca: GII) track the S&P Global Infrastructure Index.


Leigh Donnelly Memorial Bursary
Engineering and Technology, Engineering and Technology/Civil Engineering
Leigh Donnelly was an engineer with a number of public utilities. After his death, his mother endowed this scholarship to support engineering students.
Applicants must: have completed the first year of an engineering course; intend to major in civil engineering; and demonstrate need for financial support.
The scholarship is valued at $4,000 for 1 year, however, this may be extended.
31st October 2012


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The durable and energy-efficient TL2-RG is an excellent choice for your industrial applications. The ultra-bright, high-flux red & green LED traffic lights are housed in weatherproof, polycarbonate housings and can be mounted either horizontally or vertically for improving traffic flow and reducing risk at weigh stations, warehouses, factories, marine facilities, parking garages, toll booths, and loading docks.
2-Stack Red/Green LED Traffic Light
- Can be mounted either horizontally or vertically.
- Input: 120V
- Chromacity: Red 626nm. Green 505nm
- Operating Temperature: -40°F to 165°F
- 200mm / 8"
- Quality ISO9001-certified construction
- Long lasting 100,000 hour LEDs. 3 year limited warranty
- Full compatibility with NEMA controllers and conflict monitors
ETL Testing Laboratories
Conforms to IDA Outdoor Lighting Codes


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Building and Repair services
In order to preserve and improve the condition of a building, it needs quality maintenance and periodic repair works. Most repair works improve not only the aesthetic but also the constructional condition of the building. On the other hand, quality maintenance guarantees fewer repair works.
Often repair works have to be done for other reasons as well, for example modernization or reconstruction of the interior spaces. In this case the repair works aim to improve the living or working environment. In any case, when doing repair works they have to be in keeping with the interior and exterior of the building.
In the last few years real estate owners undertake different repair works to increase the energy efficiency of their home, office or building. With the right insulation materials placed in the right way the interior can become warmer in the cold months and cooler in summer.
Property owners make thermal insulation together with other improvements to increase the thermal effectiveness of the rooms – changing the window frames, changing the front door and the interior doors with ones with the right insulation, changing the front doors of the building and the old window frames in the common areas; the insulation of the hot and cold water pipes, as well as of the pipes in the common areas in the building which do not need heating in the cold winter months. The insulation of the roofs and attic areas are also part of the repair works related to the thermal insulation of buildings.
If you need fast and quality repair, reconstruction or insulation of your property Orange Home is ready to help you with advice, consultation and the necessary repair works.