Short description: procedure of writing a project proposal to seek funds for water projects
How to write a project proposal
Project proposals are documents requesting for financial assistance to convert a bright idea into a development project. Project proposals are presented to NGOs and other donors for funding or implementation. Since development agencies usually have highly qualified and experienced staff to evaluate project proposals, these must be written in a clear, short and comprehensive style. Keep in mind that project proposals are actually sales documents trying to convince a donor to finance a project. Project proposals must therefore be written convincingly but without overstatements. Also avoid technical jargon, complicated words and long sentences.
Guidelines for writing a project proposal
1.The front page
2. A Summary
3.The table of contents
4.The need and background
5.The technical solutions
6. Training community members
Training of community members is the main key to make development projects sustainable. Much emphasis should therefore be given to a series of about 5 workshops to be implemented in the project area as follows:
- The 1st workshop should discuss and agree on the Survey and Design Report with the community. Should such a report not be available, it can be made during the 2nd workshop.
- The Implementation Agreement stating the donor's conditions for giving financial assistance to cost-sharing with the community on training and construction works is explained and signed.
7.The construction of the 200 water projects
These are described briefly while referring to the annexes for technical details. In this example, the construction works consist of three types of structures, namely;
- 50 hand dug wells for all types of water consumption will be sunk into the shallow ground water identified in the riverbanks of ephemeral (seasonal) water courses, also called dry riverbeds, sand rivers, luggas and wadis. A well sunk at the deepest point in a 20 metre wide riverbed, as in Mwiwe, yields 139,000 litres of water which amounts to about 772 litres per day in a dry season of 180 days without recharge from upstream or floods. 50 wells will thus supply about 7,000 cubic metre of water twice annually.
- 50 subsurface dams will be built of soil from onto natural underground dykes to 30 cm below the surface of sand in riverbeds, increase their yield of water. A subsurface dam built of soil built in a 20 metre wide riverbed can increase the yield of water from a well from 139,000 litres to 1,141,000 litres, which is 6,339 litres of water per day in a dry season of 180 days without recharge from upstream or floods. 50 subsurface dams will thus supply 57,000 cubic metres of water twice annually.
- 50 small circular charco earth dams or semi-circular hillside earth dams to provide water for livestock and garden irrigation will be built manually and with farm implements along public roads to harvest rainwater run-off from these roads. On average a community can construct an earth dam with a storage volume of 600,000 litres during 300 working days (2 cubic metre/person/day) in a dry season. However, due to evaporation and seepage only about half the volume, 300,000 litres will be available that is 1,667 litres of water per day without any rains in 180 days. 50 earth dams should therefore supply 30,000 cubic metres of water twice annually.
- 50 hand dug wells will be sunk into seepage lines downstream of the 50 earth dams to provide water cleaned by the seepage for domestic use. Since about 150,000 litres of water is lost to seepage a quarter of it, 37,500 litres, may be extracted from a well which is 208 litres per days in a 180 days period without rains. 50 wells should therefore supply 1,875 cubic metres of water twice annually. Summarized, these 200 water projects are expected to supply about 190,000 cubic metres of water from two annual rainy seasons in a year.
8. The work plan
Is also called an implementation schedule, for construction of these 200 water structures should be made according the annual seasons due to these reasons:
- Communities cannot be expected to provide free labour during rainy seasons when they are busy in their fields.
- Hand dug wells should be deepened when the shallow ground water level is at its deepest which is towards the end of dry seasons. However, the upper part of the well shaft and the well head can be constructed anytime of the year provided the shaft is made to sink through the apron.
- Subsurface dams should not be constructed in rainy periods when flood water can destroy the construction works.
- Earth dams built manually are very labour intensive and should therefore only be constructed when communities are not busy in their fields which are a few months before rainy seasons.
Concept papers from NGOs to donors
Concept papers are proposals which NGOs have compiled to short and comprehensive documents to be presented to bilateral donors (e.g. Danida and Sida) and multilateral donors (e.g. UN agencies) for financial support. NGOs compile their concept papers on basis of either their own proposals or proposals which they may have received from community groups, women groups, etc. Often a positive evaluation report on an existing development project is used to produce a project proposal, which may thereafter be used as a basis for formulating a concept paper to be presented to a donor for funding of that project proposal.
The cost of producing concept papers and project proposals cannot be reimbursed. The financial viability of producing these documents can only be found if financial support is secured for the proposed project and a reasonable fee for administration of the project is agreed upon. Although there is no fixed administration fee for implementation of projects, it is understood that a norrmal fee amounts to about 17% of the total implementation cost, inclusive procurement of transport, equipment and materials as well as emoluments of project staff and consultants.
The purpose of executive summaries is to present the contents of concept papers in a clear and short text covering maximum one A4 page. The text should give a busy reader an overview of the content of a concept paper in a few minutes. If an executive summary fails to invoke a readers interest it may be discarded, often without informing the presenter.The content of executive summaries should follow the contents of the concept paper and its project proposal along the following guidelines:
1. Background and need for the proposed project. Describes where the project area, its inhabitants, their livelihood, constraints and potential.
2. Background and experience of the NGO to implement the proposed project.
3. Describes the NGOs organization, its objectives, its capacities and experience. Description of the proposed project, communities, input and output, etc.Describes the community activities and cost-sharing, coordination with local authorities, training of local staff, expected outputs and sustainability after completion of the project.
4. Technical details
5. Implementation schedule. Describes local and external staff as well as requirements of housing, transport, offices and equipment.
6. Logistical framework
7. Monitoring and evaluation. Describes who and when the internal and external monitoring and evaluation shall take place.
8. Assumption and risks. Describes what the project is assumed to benefit from and what could go wrong if these assumptions fail to mature.
50 of the proposed 100 hand dug wells for domestic water shall be sunk in riverbanks where investigations have identified natural depression in riverbeds where flood water is stored in the voids between the sand particles. The proposed 50 subsurface dams shall be built manually of clayey soil onto natural underground dykes identified downstream of the wells for the purpose of raising the water level and increase the yield of water in the wells.
The proposed 50 earth dams shall be built manually combined with animal draught in depressions and valleys along public roads which will function as catchment of rainwater for the dams.
The other 50 of the proposed hand dug wells shall be sunk into seepage lines downstream of the earth dams. The wells will provide clean water for domestic water while water in the dams will be used for watering livestock and irrigating small vegetable plots.
The investigation methods for identifying suitable sites for hand dug wells and subsurface dams in riverbeds shall be in accordance with the instructions given in a handbook Water from Dry Riverbeds. Site identifications of sites for earth dams and well along road shall follow another two handbooks Water from Roads and Water from Small Dams.
Present an implementation schedule with the upper horizontal line of the graph listing the annual quarters or months of the implementation period, while the activities are listed vertically on the left side of the graph. The implementation periods of the activities are marked in the respective squares as shown below.
Example of an Implementation Schedule
|Activities||1st Q 2009||2nd Q 2009||3rd Q 2009||4th Q 2009||1st Q 2010||2nd Q 2010||3rd Q 2010||4th Q 2010|
|Establish project base||X|
|Procure transport facilities and office equipment||X|
|Contract and employ staff||X|
|Mobilize communities and carry out surveys||X||X||X|
|Conduct campaigns and training courses||X||X||X||X|
|Construct and evaluate pilot structures||X||X||X||X||X|
A Logistic Framework shows how to verify progress on agreed objectives based on the assumption of some factors. Logistical frameworks give a comprehensive and quick overview of progress, or lack of it, by project managements, consultants and donors.
Example of Logistic Frameworks
|Improve the living standard for ...inhabitants in ...||
Increased quantity and quality of water
Data from water sources
|Cooperation from people and authorities, Doctors and nurses|
|Train people to be self-sufficient with water supplies||Workshops and training courses||Number of participants||Participation from people and authorities|
|Sufficient water supply structures||Design and construction works||Number of structures and supply records||Participation from people and authorities|
|Objective 1. Quantity and quality of water||Supply data from water sources||Supply records versus Baseline Study||Cooperation from people and authorities|
|Objective 2. Training||20 workshops and 20 training courses||Certificates and office records||Participation from people and authorities|
|Objective 3. Sufficient structures||100 wells, 50 earth dams and 50 subsurface dams||Completion certificates||Participation from people and authorities|
|Objective 1. Quantity and quality of water||1 Surveyor/engineer, 4 technicians,20 builders and 20 trainees||Diploma, CV and recommendation letters||Suitable candidates|
|Objective 2. Training||1 Community Trainer and 3 Assistants||Diploma, CV and recommendation letters||Suitable candidates|
|Objective 3. Sufficient structures||3x 4WD vehicles, 2 tractors w. trailers, 10 motor cycles, 30 bicycles, offices,building materials.||Tender procedures, receipts and accounts||Financial capacity|
Budget must reflect the exact cost of the various components listed in the Concept Paper and attached Project Proposal. Failure to miscalculation, roughly estimates or forgetting some of the expenditures will usually result in severe budget constraints which most donors will not appreciate.
Example of a Budget
|Activities||Estimated cost of today in USD||Reference to page number in the project proposal|
|20 workshops à 1000 USD||20'000|
|20 training courses à 3000 USD||60'000|
|20 pilot projects à 2000 USD||400'000|
|Community water supplies|
|100 hand dug wells à 1000 USD||100'000|
|50 earth dams à 1500 USD||75'000|
|50 subsurface dams à 1500 USD||75'000|
|Establishment of project database|
|4 office, 4 houses and 1 workshop||300'000|
|Procurement of transport, etc||300'000|
|Operation costs for 2 years|
|Water, electricity, etc, for buildings||20'000|
|Tools and equipment||20'000|
|Salaries and allowances for staff||300'000|
|Fees for monitoring and evaluation||100'000|
|Total of above costs||1'790'000|
|17% administration fee||304'300|
- E. Nissen-Petersen, ASAL Consultants Ltd. Kenya. www.waterforaridland.com


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Hello all welcome to todays blog, I am Danny Hodgson a Master Chimney Sweep today we will be exploring some of Netwon Abbot, Devons history.
South Devon has industrial heritage. Quicklime was a commodity in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was used to make mortar, plaster and limewash, and was frequently used as a dressing for the land to reduce the acidity of the soil.
It was made in lime kilns by burning locally quarried limestone. Most were built between 1700 and 1850, they are stone structures and many worked until the 20th century. There are over 100 known lime kilns in South Devon; they’re particularly common around the Kingsbridge and Dart estuaries with 22 known on the Kingsbridge, Salcombe estuary alone.
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate: CaCO3). The Romans developed the burning of limestone to make lime for use in building as a mortar, although there is little evidence of their kilns in this country.
During the Middle Ages, with the increase in building, the demand for lime had grown. However; until the middle of the eighteenth century most lime kilns were temporary structures near to the site where the lime was required. These were typically left to ruin after use.
Burning limestone, gives you quick lime, calcium oxide. Mixed with water this produces slaked lime or calcium hydroxide. When slaked lime or quick lime was added to the land it raised its pH this improved its fertility. Slaked lime was also used as lime putty for building. This is soft when first mixed, but with time absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere and hardens as it reverts back to calcium limestone
Lime kilns were used from medieval times right through to the 18th and 19th centuries. They were used in earlier times for the production of mortar for building purposes, and sometimes, for the production of lime for agricultural purposes.
Lime for building is derived from chalk or limestone (carbonate of lime).
The process is very simple. It consists in heating the stone in kilns constructed in the open air, in the vicinity of places providing the fuel and the raw limestone, for there is no point in transporting the untreated bulk material.
The limekiln is about eighteen feet in height and is lined with bricks able to survive the fire. An opening at the bottom provides access. Either an arch of limestone is built over the fuel and then the kiln filled above this; or alternate layers of limestone and fuel are packed into the kiln. The fuel is then ignited, and the heat can be prolonged by shutting the top opening of the kiln chimney with grass. The heat decomposes the limestone into pure lime (quicklime) and carbonic gas.
7After the process is complete, the lime is broken up and removed from the kiln then it is shipped.
The common feature of early kilns was an egg-cup shaped burning chamber, with an air inlet at the base, this is made of brick. Limestone was crushed to fairly uniform 1 to 2.5 inch lumps – fine stones were rejected. Dome shaped layers of coal and limestone were built up in the kiln on grate bars across the burning chamber. When loading was complete, the kiln was kindled at the bottom, and the fire gradually spread upwards through the charge. When burnt through, the lime was cooled and raked out through its base. Fine coal ash dropped out and was rejected with the “riddlings”.
Only lump stone could be used, because the charge needed to breathe during firing. This oit a limit on the size of kilns and explains why kilns were all much the same size. Above a certain diameter, the half burned charge would be likely to collapse under its own weight, extinguishing the fire. So, kilns always made 25-30 tonnes of lime in a batch.
Typically the kiln took a full day to load, three days to fire, two days to cool and a day to unload, so a one week turnaround was typical of this process. The degree of burning was controlled by trial and error from batch to batch by varying the amount of fuel used. Because there were large temperature differences between the centre of the charge and the material close to the wall, a mixture of under-burned, well-burned and dead-burned lime was normally produced. Typical fuel efficiency was low, with 0.5 tonnes or more of coal being used per tonne of finished lime (15 MJ/kg).
The development of the national rail network increasingly made the local small-scale kilns unprofitable, and they gradually died out through the 19th century, replaced by larger industrial plants. At the same time, new uses for lime in the chemical, steel and sugar industries led to larger scale plants. These also saw the development of more efficient kilns.
Thank you for reading.
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The revised Approved Document Part L Volume 1 and 2, first published in December 2021, will be formally adopted on 15th June 2022 with a grace period until 15 June 2023 for previously approved planning permissions. Approved Document L Volume 1 deals with dwellings and includes a 30% decrease in carbon emissions along with an improved method of modelling for buildings. This document is designed to work in tandem with the recently issued Approved Document Part O.
The key difference is the way in which calculations are carried out. Using the previous Approved Document, carbon emissions from a poorly constructed building could be off-set using renewables such as PV panels in order to achieve a ‘pass’. However, the revised document includes an increase in the ‘backstop’ for walls, ceilings, etc.
For example, the ‘backstop’ u-value for external walls has been increased to 0.26 W/(m2K) and a roof to 0.16 W/(m2K). However, adopting these as a minimum standard will not lead to a ‘pass’ for the building as a whole – this will be dependent on the energy calculation for the entire building.
As a guide, a ‘notational new dwelling’ (based on table 1.1) has been provided. In this example, an external wall will have a minimum u-value of 0.18 W/(m2K). Using a standard masonry cavity wall construction and typical mineral wool insulation, a minimum full fill cavity of 150mm would be required (dependant on supplied specification). This, in principle, increases the overall external wall thickness, impacting the usable internal space.
For roof insulation, a minimum u-value of 0.11 W/(m2K) has been adopted. Again, using typical mineral wool insulation and assuming a ‘cold roof’ construction, this would result in an insulation thickness of 400mm. Further, air permeability has also been assumed at 5 m3/(hm3), requiring attention to construction detailing and site supervision to ensure an acceptable result. The ‘notational new dwelling’ approach still assumes the installation of a PV system and WWHR (wastewater heat recovery) which will add significantly to the build cost for the project.
In order to avoid the use of costly renewable energy sources, a ‘fabric first’ approach may still be used, however, it would be necessary to significantly exceed the assumed values within the ‘notational new dwelling’, which in turn impacts on construction costs and usable space. Advice would need to be sought from a qualified energy assessor when carrying out the calculations.
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BIM adoption around
How far are we?
All around the world, implementation and usage of BIM occurred in the 1990s. However, the US started earlier – since the 1970s. Many state departments have established their requirements and published them to symposiums such as the National Institute of Building Sciences. But there is no relationship between these standards – they are discovered independently. In 2003, the GSA (US General Services Administration) afresh a formula of the National 3D-4D-BIM Program. This program provided policy mandating BIM adoption for all Public Buildings Service projects.Recently, the US government has released a proposal that includes $200 billion in federal money over the next decade to incite an additional $1.3 trillion in spending from cities, states and private associations on sizable infrastructure projects. The US is one of the largest global markets with output reaching over 1.1 billion US dollars in 2017.
First made BIM as a public mandate in 2005 in Norway and then in 2007 in Finland and Denmark. Like the GSA, they were also focused on controlling initial costs. But on the other hand, other factors were important for their adoption as well, including valid investment at the national government level in innovative technologies, the potential of BIM to persuade to better-performing buildings and lower energy costs, interest at the nationwide level in becoming innovation leaders and global commanders in the building industry.
The Government declared the arrangement of the Digital Building Platform – BIM task group conceived by several industry-led organizations to develop a national BIM system. The government is playing an enormous role in BIM promotion and is all set to make it mandatory for public infrastructure projects by 2020.
potential for current properties
What are the benefits
of a digital twin for
the real estate?
A digital twin is the next stage of real estate innovation. The answer comes to light from the benefits it brings – immediate and long-term. It brings savings on maintenance costs, makes the building more sustainable and raises the living standards of tenants.
Speed up decision-making Through cloud solution allowing building owners and operators to access the virtual twin any time and make use of the statistics.
Reduce maintenance costs by easing labor costs related to facility management – the technology will help the specialist to identify the fault location via tablet/smartphone and understand exactly what the problem is.
Create an ecosystem of buildings with the possibility to deploy a single application across a range of properties – digital twins will forecast the impact of buildings on one another.
Increase user satisfaction by timely troubleshooting and improved customer service for tenants.
Foster sustainability with the possibility to deploy a single application across a range of properties – digital twins will forecast the impact of buildings on one another.
the building lifecycle
is so vital?
The future of the building lifecycle is based on BIM solutions which provide saving time and money not only during design and construction but in the management phase as well. In the area of lifecycle costs, it gives us the possibility to:
re-use building models and data to better manage facility operations
analyze data-rich models to optimize resources and reduce waste as well as lower lifetime maintenance and operation costs
use intelligent 3D models to help manage space and perform spatial affirmation for occupant chargebacks
The Facility Manager is no longer responsible for simply “changing light bulbs” or for maintaining elevators but is an active part of a new culture of collaboration, environmental sustainability, information sharing and innovative initiatives.
For whom BIM is useful?
In Europe, more than 80% of buildings were built before 1990 and most of them do not have building documentation in BIM format. Incomplete, missing or outdated information in existing buildings results in inefficient management of time and resources, therefore increasing the cost of maintenance and renovation processes. To bridge this gap, as-built documentation can be generated through the process of Scan-to-BIM to recapture building information in BIM format.
BIM can be beneficial to the stakeholders in all design phases. In the case of existing buildings, it has numerous potential benefits, especially when it comes to the lifecycle of a facility. The design and construction phase contributes to only 30% of costs, whereas the operation and maintenance phase averages around 70% of the total life cycle costs. Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) through BIM can be used to evaluate the economic performance of the building over its entire lifetime. When focusing exclusively on cost reduction, the life cycle costs of different design alternatives can be compared to understand and identify the most profitable/economic design configuration.
“Moreover, according to The Stanford University Centre for Integrated Facility Engineering’s report on a study of 32 projects from across the US, Europe and Asia, BIM could increase the accuracy of cost estimation up to 3%, eliminate up to 40% of unbudgeted changes and reduce the time taken to generate cost estimations by 80%.”
Save money & time with BIM
The majority of financial benefits in renovation projects can be achieved through increasing the energy performance of the building. According to a study by The Boston Consulting Group, digitizing the building sector by using BIM to conduct a building-wide energy analysis can save up to 20% of energy costs. This number increases when looking at renovations of older buildings because of their traditionally energy-inefficient nature. Using BIM for building energy analysis in these situations helps improve energy efficiency and reduce material waste, as it helps to identify areas of improvement. Additionally, energy and water requirements can also be determined resulting in better optimization and reduction of overall life cycle building costs.
A well-maintained BIM model can help designers and engineers to evaluate the likely impact of major repairs and retrofitting, by accessing detailed information on previously used materials, such as identifying the optimal recovery options for demolition waste. One such example is Belmont House in Guisborough, UK. Belmont House comprises of three floors measuring over 4100 square meters. By capturing and using data of the existing structure and integrating it with the design for refurbishment, it was possible to re-use approximately 70% of the existing structure. BIM optimized the adaptation of the original building and reduced a significant amount of waste in the process.
The majority of financial benefits in renovation projects can be achieved through increasing the energy performance of the building. According to a study by The Boston Consulting Group, digitizing the building sector by using BIM to conduct a building-wide energy analysis can save up to 20% of energy costs. This number increases when looking at renovations of older buildings because of their traditionally energy-inefficient nature. Using BIM for building energy analysis in these situations helps improve energy efficiency and reduce
material waste, as it helps to identify areas of improvement. Additionally, energy and water requirements can also be determined resulting in better optimization and reduction of overall life cycle building costs.
A well-maintained BIM model can help designers and engineers to evaluate the likely impact of major repairs and retrofitting, by accessing detailed information on previously used materials, such as identifying the optimal recovery options for demolition waste.
In the construction industry, the concept of a single source of truth is the practice of storing project information in one place without duplication, specifying a clear path that leads to the required sets of data. Unlike just documentation, SSOT eliminates potential issues of misinterpretations and disorganization. SSOT is a necessity in the construction industry, mostly because inefficient management and low level of collaboration are major obstacles when dealing with existing buildings and can impact the project negatively as high as 60%. (Smart Market Brief: BIM Advancements)
Creating a digital replica or “Digital twin” of a built asset provides significantly valuable information to all stakeholders to enable a single source of information, to improve trust and transparency.
SSOT reduces the fear factor of moving forward with the wrong information. According to the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) (2019), the digital twin of physical assets helps organizations to make better-informed decisions, leading g to improved outcomes; for example, meeting tight deadlines, improved quality of construction while staying in budget and reduced rework. BIM provides platform compatibility with integrated project planning which has had a major impact on the speed of resolving design issues and clashes - which reduces construction delays, saving both time and money.
BIM has changed the way the AEC industry works, by creating a digital format for the interoperability of information during the life cycle of a building. Which also includes renovation, addition and demolition, operation, and maintenance of a facility. BIM promotes O&M through virtual models, that function as a single source of information produced and refined during different phases of construction. This correlation of data allows BIM to avoid conflicts that usually occur due to the lack of coordination between the project´s teams, providing better results and reducing risks that translate into time loss, and money (60). Collaborators can also open up to new possibilities to make O&M of the facility more efficient by merging data sets from multiple sources and creating a smart system.
By making intelligent use of BIM integration into the building’s asset and facility management system and using this combined resource, NTT Facilities, a Japanese building service provider company reduced an estimated 20% on O&M costs. This approach was used considering the inspection, repair, and maintenance of the company’s R&D premises. Another smart technology is the augmented-reality; important information can be accessed on-site with the help of AR by superimposing a BIM model over the actual view. Interaction between the real and the virtual world can help to identify hidden or missing features on-site such as, electrical and mechanical components, maintenance and repair manuals, etc.
”VINCI Facilities has already found that BIM helps achieve time savings of up to 40 % on tasks such as retrieving documents, tracking equipment to be inspected, or checking stocks of a spare part.”
“Although the AEC/FM industry is in the early days of BIM use, significant improvements have already been realised – compared to traditional 2D CAD or paper-based practices”.
Going from a model – BIM model - to Facility Management
Major destruction for Management is researching for information, identify where the data is, bringing the correct place of equipment out – it consumes most of the time for workers. The most important thing is to keep the data electronically. In this way, we can obviously reduce the manual data entry, make sure that the data transfer is controlled as well asalways stored in correct places, and that is reducing time, consequently, costs of the entire process.
Microdesk has looked at the numbers of different examples with their customers to see the benefits of implementing BIM for operations in comparison to usage of a typical FM process (table below). We can directly see the conclusion. Without the use of BIM, we waste time (money) on every step. Let´s look on the example of Asset Information Entry and Update – e.g. locating necessary information for making repairs took a significantly longer amount of time – the difference was up too 1616 hours. Through the BIM model integration, facility staff have access to information that a traditional asset management system could not capture or was not easily accessible. . Furthermore, around studies of MICRODESK with their clients, they have found that the combination of BIM and FM helped to achieve a net 5% savings in annual operations expenditures.


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As a significant role for traffic management, city planning, road monitoring, GPS navigation and map updating, the technology of road extraction from a remote sensing (RS) image has been a hot research topic in recent years. In this paper, after analyzing different road features and road models, the road extraction methods were classified into the classification-based methods, knowledge-based methods, mathematical morphology, active contour model, and dynamic programming. Firstly, the road features, road model, existing difficulties and interference factors for road extraction were analyzed. Secondly, the principle of road extraction, the advantages and disadvantages of various methods and research achievements were briefly highlighted. Then, the comparisons of the different road extraction algorithms were performed, including road features, test samples and shortcomings. Finally, the research results in recent years were summarized emphatically. It is obvious that only using one kind of road features is hard to get an excellent extraction effect. Hence, in order to get good results, the road extraction should combine multiple methods according to the real applications. In the future, how to realize the complete road extraction from a RS image is still an essential but challenging and important research topic.
Road extraction from digital images is of fundamental importance in the context of automatic mapping, effective urban planning and updating GIS databases. Very high spatial resolution (VHR) imagery acquired by airborne and space borne sensors is the main source for accurate road extraction. Manual techniques are fading away as they are time consuming and costly. Hence, road extraction method that is significantly more automated has become a research hotspot in remote sensing information processing. This paper proposes a semi-automatic approach to extract different road types from high-resolution remote sensing images. The approach is based on edge detection and SVM and mathematical morphology method. First the outline of the road is detected based on Canny operator. Then, Full Lambda Schedule merging method combines adjacent segments. Then the entire image was classified using Support Vector Machine (SVM) and various spatial, spectral, and texture attributes to form a road image. Finally, the quality of detected roads is improved using morphological operators. The algorithm was systematically evaluated on a variety of satellite images from Worldview, QuickBird and UltraCam airborne Images. The results of the accuracy evaluation demonstrate that the proposed road extraction approach can provide high accuracy for extraction of different road types.


New traffic light tech to help smartphone users cross the road
New traffic lights on trial in Holland illuminate the pavement to stop smartphone users walking out into traffic
A Dutch municipality has introduced pedestrian traffic lights specifically designed to help smartphone users avoid stepping into traffic by displaying a colourful strip of light on the pavement.
Built by Dutch firm HIG Traffic Systems, the new +LightLine light comes with a LED strip that illuminates the pavement with a horizontal strip before the road crossing. Smartphone users looking at their phone will see the colour of the strip beneath their feet before stepping out into the road.
The traffic lights are being trialled in the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk and switch the light on the ground between red and green. When the light is about to change colour, the LED strip will blink repeatedly to alert pedestrians.
Kees Oskam, a councillor in the municipality said more and more pedestrians are distracted by their phone at the expense of paying attention to traffic. “We can’t easily reverse this trend, but we want to anticipate it.”
Mark Hofman of HIG, told a Dutch news site OmroepWest: “Smartphone use by pedestrians and cyclists is a major problem. Trams in The Hague regularly make an emergency stop because someone looks at their smartphone instead of traffic.”
Would a similar solution work in the UK? Would it be better if smartphone users looked both ways before crossing? Tell us in the comments below...


Investments in the CBA lead to success
Two Portland Community Benefits Agreement pilot projects for the Portland Water Bureau, the Kelly Butte Reservoir and the Interstate Maintenance Facility, have met or exceeded all utilization goals for diverse apprentices and journey workers – except for the female journey worker goal. The female apprenticeship of 9% was surpassed on the Kelly Butte project at 28% and on the Interstate project at 34%.
Investments in the CBA lead to success.
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The specimen will be tested under one and two components of horizontal excitation (see following section). The shake table test will be conducted using the two horizontal components of the Albatros station from the Montenegro 1979 (Luzzi, Puglia, Russo, 2016).
Two sets of records are provided (see download):
- The original records as downloaded from the ESM database;
- The scaled records that will be used for the shake table test.
1.1 Original records as downloaded from the ESM database
The first two records are the two horizontal components of the earthquake as downloaded from the database. The E-W component and the N-S component of the original records have PGAs of 0.21g and 0.18g, respectively. The original .rar file as downloaded from the ESM database is provided. Note that in these files the acceleration is provided in cm/s2. Original .rar file contains multiple files, of which the key ones are the following:
- ULA..HNE.D.19790415.061941.C.ACC.ASC – Horizontal component in the east – west direction [cm/s2];
- ULA..HNN.D.19790415.061941.C.ACC.ASC – Horizontal component in the north – south direction [cm/s2].
1.2 Records scaled and adapted for the shake table test:
The records to be used for the shake table test have derived from the original records as follows:
- For the test, which is conducted at half-scale, the time axis of the record will be shortened by a factor of sqrt(2). The original time step of the records is 0.005s. For the testing of the scaled structure, the time step will be reduced to 0.005/sqrt(2)=0.003536s.
- The acceleration components have been scaled individually to match the PGA limit of the shake table of 0.875g in the longitudinal direction (y-direction) and of 0.625g in the transverse direction (x-direction).
- Transverse direction component has been changed from north – south to south – north orientation to be applied in the positive x-direction.
- Acceleration in these files is provided in m/s2.
The scaled records have the following filenames:
- Montenegro_Albatros_EW_100p_shake_table.txt (applied in the positive y-direction, see Figure 1);
- Montenegro_Albatros_SN_100p_shake_table.txt (applied in the positive x-direction, see Figure 1).


A central theme of my research is that prejudices in professional practice have resulted in the development of less-than-optimal transportation networks. This theme is visible both in historical research on the evolution of urban transportation planning and in contemporary research on public transit policy and planning. I also conduct research on surface transportation policy and finance.
The notes below highlight some of my past publications. Click here for discussion of ongoing and future projects.
Urban Transportation History
My research on urban transportation planning history examines both the early professionalization of transportation planning and the contest between transportation planners and highway engineers over the direction and shape of urban freeway development, the most important urban transportation planning event of the last century.
Brown, Jeffrey. 2006. “From Traffic Regulation
During the 1910s and 1920s, transportation planners cloaked themselves with the mantle of science and presented themselves to the public as neutral, expert problem solvers who could address the growing problem of automobile congestion. Rather than being neutral analysts, they defined the transportation problem in a very narrow way that reflected the concerns of their downtown business group clients. But, by virtue of their possession of traffic data and their training in special analytic techniques, they successfully staked a claim to status as the acknowledged experts on transportation issues. In so doing, they transformed transportation planning from a multidisciplinary exercise concerned with links between transportation, urban development, and the quality of urban life into a narrow technical one concerned primarily with facilitating motor vehicle travel, and in so doing they exerted a profound influence on the course of urban development. Among scientific transportation planning’s important legacies are survey techniques that generate the traffic data still used to inform decision making, principles of traffic regulation and street classification that are institutionalized in municipal codes throughout the country, and the idea that transportation planners should have rigorous technical training. But also among its legacies are a tendency on the part of many practitioners to resist the involvement of non-expert others (elected officials, interest group representatives, and especially the general public) in the decision-making process, a tendency to use data as weapons in conflicts over decisions with these non-expert others, and a narrow professional focus on guaranteeing easy traffic movement, at the lowest possible cost, that led directly to the most disruptive urban freeway projects.
Brown, Jeffrey. 2005. “A Tale of Two Visions: Harland Bartholomew, Robert Moses, and the Development of the American Freeway.” Journal of Planning History 4 (1): 3-32.
Engineers viewed freeways as efficient traffic conduits, and their plans reflect this functional view. Planners, on the other hand, viewed freeways not only as traffic carriers but also as powerful tools that could be wielded to reshape urban development patterns. The article uses the plans of Harland Bartholomew and Robert Moses to illustrate these competing visions and to assess their implications for the development of the freeway and its long-term influence on our cities. The engineers’ traffic-service vision emerged victorious through the creation and financing of the interstate highway system, but this victory carried with it a high price for many American cities, including community disruption, environmental degradation, and continued traffic congestion, among a host of other consequences.
Conventional wisdom in both the
scholarly and practitioner community suggests that transit can only succeed in
the high-density environments characteristic of older, industrial-era cities
and is doomed to serve a very marginal, and largely ineffective, role in other
kinds of urban environments. Given that most cities do not exhibit traditional
characteristics, the conventional wisdom suggests a grim future for public
transit, particularly in the
Brown, Jeffrey and Gregory Thompson. 2008. “Service Orientation, Bus-Rail Service Integration, and Transit Performance: An Examination of 45 U.S. Metropolitan Areas.” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2042: 82-89.
This article examines the roles played by service orientation (radial versus multidestination) and transit service mix (bus only versus bus and rail) on transit riding habit, service productivity, and cost effectiveness in 45 U.S. metropolitan areas with between 1 million and 5 million persons from 1984 to 2004, and finds that metropolitan areas with multidestination service orientation and a mix of bus and rail services perform best on all three measures.
Brown, Jeffrey and Gregory Thompson. 2008. “Transit
Ridership and Urban Decentralization: Insights from
Conventional wisdom suggests that the increasing
decentralization of population and employment in
Brown, Jeffrey and Gregory Thompson. 2008. “Examining the Influence of Multidestination Service Orientation on Transit Service Productivity: A Multivariate Analysis.” Transportation, volume 35 (2), pp. 237-252.
This article uses multivariate statistical analysis to explore the influence of transit network structure on service productivity in 73 U.S. metropolitan areas, and finds that decentralized network structures perform just as well as, or better than, more centralized network structures in serving the increasingly dispersed set of travel destinations so characteristic of most U.S. metropolitan areas.
and Jeffrey Brown. 2006. “Explaining Variation in Transit Ridership Change in
This paper examines changes in ridership (per capita) between 1990 and 2000 among all US Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) with more than 500,000 persons. The multivariate analysis shows that transit is growing most rapidly in the non-traditional markets of the West but that much of the regional variation is a function of the particular service coverage, frequency, and orientation decisions made by transit agencies in this region. Service coverage and frequency are the most powerful explanatory variables for variation in ridership change among MSAs with 1 million to 5 million people, while a multidestination service orientation is the most important explanation for variation in ridership change among MSAs with 500,000 to 1 million people.
Thompson, Gregory, Jeffrey Brown, Rupa Sharma, and Samuel Scheib. 2006. “Where Transit Use is Growing: Surprising Results.” Journal of Public Transportation 9 (2): 25-43.
This paper is a descriptive examination of whether transit’s fate is tied to the last vestiges of old urban forms or whether it is finding niches in the new, largely suburban urban forms that increasingly have manifested themselves since the 1920s. Following the conventional wisdom, the hypothesis is that most growth is in census regions with the strongest vestiges of older urban forms centered on CBDs. However, our results show that for MSAs with fewer than 5 million people, transit use has been growing faster than very rapid population growth in the West region, but not elsewhere in the country. We conclude that transit growth is not tied to old urban forms.
My research on public transit policy innovation explores the potential for transit pass programs targeted at universities to generate new ridership for transit agencies while also providing a low-cost, high-benefit alternative to universities that are struggling to meet their transportation needs. This research also has implications for settings beyond the university, including at major employment sites.
Brown, Jeffrey, Daniel Baldwin Hess, and Donald C. Shoup. 2001. “Unlimited Access.” Transportation. 28 (3): 233 - 267.
This paper introduced the concept
of Unlimited Access to describe transit programs that allow students, faculty,
and staff to ride public transit without paying a fare when they board a
vehicle. In such programs, the university negotiates with the transit agency
for a bulk purchase discount that in essence transforms their university
identification into a transit pass. This article presented the results of a
survey of 35 such programs throughout the
Brown, Jeffrey, Daniel Baldwin Hess, and Donald C. Shoup. 2003. “Fare-Free Public Transit at Universities: An Evaluation.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 23 (1): 69-82. Awarded Chester Rapkin Award for Best Article in Journal of Planning Education and Research.
This study presented the results
of an evaluation of the pass program at the
Public Transit Finance
Brown, Jeffrey. 2005b. “Paying for Transit in an Era of Federal Policy Change.” Journal of Public Transportation 8 (3): 1-32.
Public transit agencies rely on a
combination of local, state, and federal subsidy to provide their services.
However, federal policy changes have introduced uncertainty into the public
subsidy picture. In 1998, Congress passed TEA-21 which eliminated federal
operating assistance to agencies in
Other Transportation Policy Publications
Brown, Jeffrey. 2002. “Statewide Transportation
Planning: Lessons from
The paper used the experience of
one state, California, to provide guidance to state departments of
transportation (DOTs) that were (and still are) struggling with how to meet
federal mandates that they engage in multimodal transportation planning with
metropolitan planning organizations and other governmental agencies.
Hess, Daniel Baldwin, Jeffrey Brown, and Donald Shoup. 2004. “Waiting for the Bus.” Journal of Public Transportation 7 (4): 67-84.
How much is time worth? In a natural experiment, college students riding public transit to UCLA were presented with the opportunity to pay for time savings: they could pay 75¢ to travel right away, or wait an average of 5.3 minutes for a free ride. Eighty-six percent of riders chose to wait rather than pay. Their behavior suggests that the disutility of time spent waiting for a free ride is less than $8.50 per hour. Riders overestimated their wait time by a factor of two when it was imposed by the transit system, but accurately estimated their wait time when they chose to wait for the free bus ride.
Brown, Jeffrey. 1998. “Race, Class, Gender, and Public Transportation Planning: Lessons from the Bus Riders Union Lawsuit.” Critical Planning. Vol. 5, pp. 3 - 20.
This paper examines the Bus Riders Union lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, one of the most famous civil rights lawsuits in transportation.


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In short, yes it is possible and it is made a whole lot easier if it is a portable building. A log cabin for example that can be effectively moved if need be would fit the build. The actual construction and materials often don’t cause any issues. Being a forest though, a log cabin would fit well. Guttering and so should also be built in or on the building using something like aluminium guttering. Plumbing and so requires more though, but again still possible through the use of a septic tank, however, planning permission would have to be sought.
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Not only are tiled roofs beautiful, but they offer several benefits. Not only do they last longer than other types of roofing materials and have the ability to withstand more damage, but they also provide an incredible amount of protection from weather-related disasters such as hurricanes or tornadoes with their heavy material that helps prevent flying debris during these storms.
How much does it cost to have a tiled roof installed on my home in Miami, FL area?
As with all projects we undertake, the only way we can accurately answer this is by carrying out a site survey to properly work out the full extent of the work needed.
Why should I choose this type of roofing material for my home’s exterior design?
A tiled roof is an excellent choice for the exterior design of your home. Tiles are durable and versatile, able to withstand even extreme weather conditions without being damaged or broken.
They also have many different styles that you can choose from, including clay tiles, concrete tile roofs in varying colors with textured surfaces such as terracotta or slate-style tiles which allow water to bead off them; glassy finishes on Spanish ceramic roofing materials make it virtually impossible for dirt particles and other debris to adhere themselves onto its surface. Roof tiles are an excellent choice for any property owner looking for a high-class finish that will last for years to come.
Tiled roofing is a perfect way to keep your home looking its best. It can also help you lower your energy bills and make it more comfortable for those living or working in the property.
If you are interested in installing new tiled roofing on your property, contact us today. We provide high-quality services at competitive prices with many years of experience under our belt – including commercial properties!
Roofing Companies near me
We cover most of Miami and welcome your enquiry. Please get in contact today, and we will work out exactly how best we can serve you!
Our Roofing Services Include:
- Metal Roof Installation & Repair
- Shingle Roof installation & repair
- Tile Roof installation & repair
- Flat Roof installation & repair
- Asphalt Roof installation & repair
- Commercial Roof installation & repair


Trajectory for Low Energy Buildings
Publication date: Monday, 04th February 2019.
On 1 February 2019 Energy Ministers agreed the Trajectory for Low Energy Buildings, a national plan that sets a trajectory towards zero energy (and carbon) ready buildings for Australia.
The Trajectory identifies opportunities for the building sector in the context of a broader trajectory for the sector, and in summary proposes:
- Setting a trajectory towards zero energy (and carbon) ready buildings
- Implementing cost effective increases to the energy efficiency provisions in the National Construction Code (NCC) for residential and commercial buildings from 2022
- Considering options for improving existing buildings in late 2019.
The Trajectory, and its underlying reports, seek to inform the future activities of the Building Ministers' Forum and the Australian Building Codes Board when developing and implementing updates to the NCC, and to inform further Energy Council activities around building policy measures.


An Elevated Project Company
Midwest Vertical is your best work-at-height solution today. We specialize in difficult access solutions with innovative problem solving for inspections, cleaning services, and all types of building repairs.
You can count on our SPRAT certified team of field technicians to meet your needs safely, efficiently, and with outstanding service professionalism.
What is Industrial Rope Access:
Industrial rope access is an industry defined by specific techniques and equipment that give precise access to standard or difficult areas for any type of work.
A two-lined system is employed, one line is the primary line on which is loaded the working weight of the technician, the secondary line is an independent back-up line on which a safety device is employed for fall arrest.
What Are The Advantages?
Industrial Rope Access has become known for it is versatility, economic advantages, safe practices, and noninvasive means. It is the best way to safely perform work-at-heights projects for structure maintenance, inspections and repair.
Versatility – provides access to areas formerly not easily accessible and accomplished with a smaller foot print of work area. This is more than a descent system, we ascend, descend, transvers, negotiate, deviate, leverage, and practice self-rescue.
Economical – it requires less equipment, fewer technicians, and a significant reduction in venue disruption of operations and to work area occupied below.
Safety – Advanced in the early 1990s, today’s rope access is regulated with the field technicians safety always in the forefront. The certified rope access industry in America has an exceptional record of no fatalities and minimal time loss due to injury.
We are proudly Iowa’s first SPRAT certified technicians. We comply to OSHA and ANSI industry safe practices.
- SPRAT Certified Rope Access Techs
- Faultless record of zero injuries
- OSHA 10 general industry
- CPR and First Aid certified
- Implemented and reviewed Work and Safety Plan per site
Noninvasive – as architects and engineers test the limits of design and functionality, modern rope access has become an excellent alternative to costly and disruptive massive lifts, cranes, and scaffolding.
There is lower visibility of the work onsite, smaller visual distraction, and a faster pace of work production because of it. Minimal interruption to your facility activities means a better experience overall compared to suspended scaffolding, traditional scaffolding, and boom lifts.
Some examples of projects include:
- Sign and Banner Installation
- Suspended Walkways
- Building Facades
- Soft Washing and Power Washing
- Sand or Soda Blasting
- Glazing and Waterproofing
- Building Inspection
- Bridge Inspections
- Concrete & Brickwork repairs
- Building Painting
- Removal of Loose or Dangerous Material on Façade
- Structure repair or maintenance over a Body of Water
- Sloped Roof Access
- Vaulted Atriums
- Flagpole maintenance and re-roping
- Industrial Chimney Cleaning
- Vent Cleaning and Maintenance
- Wind Turbine Cleaning and Repair
- Non-Destructive Testing


First publishedon www.ITSInternational.com
The US National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) is accepting submissions for the second Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Awards.
The TSMO awards celebrate transportation management and operations that save lives, time and money.
Judges will select a winner and runner-up from the following:
•Best TSMO Project (Creative Solution) – A successful project, planning or response to a specific event, or other improvement for safety, congestion and/or travel time reliability. These practices seek to advance the transportation system via public communications, traffic management or special event management.
•Agency Improvement: Use of Capability Maturity Model (CMM) – An agency/organisation that uses CMM and how the capabilities in each CMM dimensions has been improved using the agency/organisation self-assessments and follow-on action plans.
•TSMO Workforce Development – An agency or organisation that has developed a key practice to advance workforce development or advanced workforce for the TSMO community overall.
•Best Use of Management of Data to Improve TSMO – Recognising methods being used to manage data that improve the management and operations of the transportation system.
Each category winner’s designee will travel to the 2020 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, where they will present their projects to attendees.
A NOCoE Gold Medal honouree will be chosen as the overall winner among the four category winners and will be recognised as the best TSMO project for the 2020 awards.
Additionally, one individual will win the annual TSMO Champion Award for advancing TSMO and advancing the way people and organisations think about transportation.
The awards are open to any metropolitan planning organisation, regional planning organisation, council of governments, state department of transportation and private sector organisation. Entries should highlight successful TSMO projects undertaken in the last five years that have provided a clear benefit to the travelling public.
Deadline for entries is 11 October.


World Trade Center Slurry Wall - Manhattan, N.Y.
The Kiewit-led joint venture was contracted to install an 80,000 square-foot slurry wall structure measuring 1,200 feet long and ranging in depth from 70 to 120 feet along the eastern portion of the major bathtub. The structure will surround the foundation of the new Transit Hub for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, its north-south pedestrian concourses and World Trade Center (WTC) buildings 2, 3 and 4. The wall is being installed in stages along Liberty, Church and Vesey Streets to secure the existing structure that was damaged as a result of the 9/11 attacks.
Several projects are taking place at the same time on this site resulting in limited space for building the slurry wall rebar cages and requiring materials to be removed from the site upon excavation. The project requires 50 rebar cages to reinforce the concrete foundation walls.
Once the new slurry walls are completed, the interior of the eastern portion of the site will be excavated to bedrock connecting a significant portion of the existing Hudson and Manhattan Railroad basement wall along Church Street to expand the existing bathtub structure for the eastern portion of the WTC Site. The WTC memorial and Freedom Tower will be constructed within the existing slurry wall referred to as the west bathtub, that was constructed in 1967.


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Adjustable Ms Props
Fostered with decades of industry experience and market understanding, we are offering a wide gamut of Adjustable Ms Props. Manufactured in compliance predefined industry standards under the supervision of professionals, these are used for various height requirements and are easily adjustable. Widely demanded in construction and building industry, these are checked on various parameters to make certain a defect free range is delivered. Clients can avail these Adjustable Ms Props in various specifications to meet their variegated requirements.
- Minimal maintenance
- Rust proof
- Easy to install


When it comes to residential roofing, there are a lot of choices and decisions to be made. If you’re not sure where to start, let us help.
What Type Of Roof Do You Need?
When you’re thinking about who to hire to do your residential roofing, there are a few things you need to consider. One key factor is the type of roofing contractor you choose.
There are three main types of roofs: flat, pitched and gabled. Flat roofs are the most common type, and they’re usually covered with tar or asphalt shingles. Pitched roofs have a slope on one or more sides, which means that rainwater can flow into the attic and cause damage. Gabled roofs have two slopes, one on each end of the roof. They’re more expensive to install but tend to last longer because they resist water damage better than other types of roofs.
If your home has a flat roof, you should probably hire a flat roof contractor. Flat roof contractors usually specialize in installing tar or asphalt shingles, so they’ll be familiar with the process and know how to protect your home from rain damage. If your home has a pitched or gabled roof, you’ll need to hire a contractor who specializes in those types of roofs.
Another important factor when choosing residential roofing contractors in Mobile AL is experience level. Ideally, you want a contractor who has experience installing roofs in your specific location and type of roof. A contractor who has never installed a roof on a house before may not be the best choice for your home.
When choosing a roofing contractor, be sure to ask about the contractor’s insurance coverage and licensing. A licensed contractor will have insurance that covers damages caused by their work, and they’ll also have a certificate of registration from the applicable state or province.
If you have any questions about residential roofing contractors or any other aspects of roofing work, don’t hesitate to contact your local home warranty company or the Better Business Bureau. They can provide you with impartial advice and help you choose the right contractor for your needs.
What Factors Should You Consider When Choosing A Residential Roofing Contractor?
When choosing a residential roofing contractor, you should consider a variety of factors, including experience, licensing, and reputation.
Experience: A roofing contractor’s experience will play a major role in the quality of work that he or she produces. You want someone with extensive experience in roofing construction and repair. In this case, you can also look for a “roofing contactor near me”.
Licensing: A licensed contractor is always preferable. Licensing requirements vary from state to state, but most require contractors to have a valid license and complete required training courses.
Reputation: A reputable contractor has built up a good track record over time with satisfied customers. Look for reviews online or contact local roofing contractors to get feedback about the contractor you’re considering.
Choosing the right residential roofing contractor for your needs can be difficult. But don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. To help you choose the best contractor for your specific needs, consider the following factors.


LOZ Building & Construction 9381 Chrysler Building Blocks (550 Piece)
LOZ Diamond Block World Famous Architecture Series Chrysler Building 9381
Collection Name: LOZ Diamond Block World Famous Architecture Series
Location/Landmark: Chrysler Building
Landmark Description: The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco-style skyscraper located on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in the Turtle Bay neighborhood. At 1,046 feet (318.9 m), the structure was the world’s tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. It is the tallest brick building in the world, with a steel structure.
Landmark Location: New York, New York, USA
Number of Pieces: 550
LOZ Diamond Building Blocks consist of colorful interlocking plastic bricks.
Playing with building blocks helps with
- Development of fine motor skills
- Building Creativity
……… and provides lots of fun and sense of accomplishment when it puzzle is complete.
All items are shipped from US in original packaging and arrive within 5 business days. Expedited Shipping is available within continental US.
This is a very high quality set manufactured by LOZ; It is 100% compatible with all leading micro bricks
Superb product for developing small motor skills with children over 5 years old
Made of ABS – the same material used by the leading brands of building bricks


In collaboration with Volvo Trucks, Peab’s subsidiary Swerock will begin test driving completely electric transportation solutions for the construction industry. This means that Swerock will run a concrete mixer truck and a hook lift truck in daily operations for 2 years. The trucks have been produced to meet the growing demands for less noise and emissions, particularly in sensitive urban areas. This is a major step in more climate smart transportation.
The concrete mixer electric truck will be based at Kållered’s quarry and, among other things, deliver Swerock’s ECO-Betong to customers in the Gothenburg area while the hook lift truck will do internal transportation around the quarry and to larger infrastructure projects nearby.
“This investment is an important step in achieving climate neutral transportation and is perfectly aligned with our environmental goals. The Peab Group’s goal is to be climate neutral by 2045, which means that we want to generate zero emissions of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Since domestic transportation stands for about a third of the total emissions of greenhouse gases in Sweden, using electric trucks can have a considerable positive effect,” says Elisabet Stadler, Environmental Manager Peab Group.
Using Volvo’s electrical trucks reduces carbon dioxide emissions by more than 8,000 tonnes annually per truck, calculated on 8,300 Swedish miles driven annually. This is compared to trucks that run on diesel. In addition, electrical trucks do not emit any nitrogen oxides or particles.
“Trucks in the construction segment typically require more power and robustness than many other segments, and electric trucks are no exception,” says Jonas Odermalm, Vice President Electromobility at Volvo Trucks. “Our commercial solutions need to meet the demands for high productivity and uptime, while delivering on the benefits of reduced emissions and less noise that comes with a full electric driveline. Tests and customer collaborations are important to the development process.”
“For our part this is an important step in approaching the trucks of the future and thereby reducing fossil emissions. We already have 15 hybrid trucks and through this project we will now test running completely electrically driven vehicles and when the concrete mixer truck delivers our ECO-Betong to our customers we will reduce climate impact even more,” says Hans Orest, Division Manager Swerock.


Spiral steel pipes have become popular in chemical, water, and electrical industrial projects because of many attributes such as ease of continuous bending, toughness, and ability to weather pressure. This article reviews some benefits of spiral welded steel pipes for your drainage project. New project managers might be interested in the qualities that make such pipes stand out from the rest in the steel pipe category.
Durability and Stability
Spiral welded pipes can withstand harsh climate and elements; therefore, ideal for use in drainage projects. Laying these pipes in areas with acidic soils does not affect their functionality. Spiral pipes can also handle alkaline conditions, which reduce the service life of your drainage pipeline. One factor that makes spiral welded pipes durable is that the fast cooling process during manufacture enables the components to be strong, which in turn enhances the weldability of the pipes. Welding defects that are synonymous with other types of tubes are eliminated because of the strong joints. The other advantage of spiral pipes is that they have higher welding power because of the diameter tolerance.
Easy to customize
Spiral welded pipes can be cut and welded to fit the requirements of a client's project. Depending on the type of drainage project, you can cut the coil into various diameters for movement of fluids at different levels. Besides, since such projects require pipes of different lengths and thickness, the spiral pipes are perfect for fitting at various sections of a drainage pipeline. Furthermore, the manufacturing process of delivering spiral welded steel pipes is uncomplicated compared to other production procedures.
Spiral steel pipes can be mass-produced to meet a broad range of demands by customers. If you get a large order of spiral tubes on a short deadline, you do not have to worry about taking long to deliver. Pipes are delivered to the site with all your specifications met; hence, minimal lead-time is needed for installation. However, note that some pipes might take longer because of the modifications and precision required to adhere to particular angles and structural integrity.
The design, engineering, and manufacturing process that yields spiral pipes are state-of-the-heart. Moreover, advancement in rolling processes, machinery construction, welding, and nondestructive testing methods have made spiral welding products endure the taste of time. These production phases ensure that spiral welded pipes can withstand fluid pressure, which is a common factor in drainage projects.
For more information, contact a metal services professional.Share


Shanxi Baoli Asphalt Co.,Ltd.
Add: East of the city logistics park,Yangling,Shanxi
Post Code: 712100
Shanxi Baoli Asphalt Co.,Ltd is the first wholly owned subsidiary of Jiangsu Baoli.It was found in Augst,2007 in Yangling,Shangxi with the registered capital of RMB 80million. As a state designated high-tech enterorise,Shanxi Baoli stocks and sells Road petroleum asphalt and mainly produces grnral modified asphalt,rubber modified asphalt,special modified asphalt and emulsified asphalt.
The company owns the storage tanks about 38000 cubic meters in all and is capable of producing 1200 tons modified asphalt and 480 tons emulsified asphalt per day.The target market of Shanxi Baoli is mainly in Shanxi,Shanxi,Inner Mongolia,Gansu,Ningxia, Sichuan and Henan provinces.In 2009,the company was awarded the “Prize for Extraordinary contribution to economy” by the local govemment in 2009.In 2010,Shanxi Baoli was rewarded again for the contribution to tax and got fund support by the local govemment for beain gain.


About the company
Company VOLARI BETOONITÖÖD OÜ was established in 2005.
In the Estonia VOLARI BETOONITÖÖD OÜ is specialized in the construction of foundations, concrete floors, solid concrete walls, concrete inserted ceilings and concrete stairs.
In the Republic of Finland we build dairy farms as main contractor.
Company turnover in 2014 was 1,9 million euros and the team consisted on average of 23 workers.
We guarantee to our customers the best quality and compliance with deadlines when performing works.