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Overview of Sunrise Property FundThe Sunrise Property Fund will be aiming at investment areas in the residential and commercial properties in Australia. The investment areas where the company will be primarily focusing is on the commercial property where the fund structure would be primarily investing into the commercial properties and leasing the same (Hoesli & MacGregor, 2014). The source of revenue for the company will be coming from...

The Pantheon and its Role in ArchitectureThe Pantheon, Rome 126CE The Pantheon has remained to be largely preserved monument in the ancient Roman Empire. It was originally built by Agrippa in the year 27 BC during the reign of Augustus rule. The building is has a circular dome shape, (Hetland 2007). The Pantheon is composed of rectangular portico which has three lines of granites which form a circular design forming a hemispherical dome. It h...

Identification of the Issues and Risks Associated with New Royal Adelaide HospitalThe functions of a tangible contract management help in management of obligations in an effective way. It saves times and efforts of both parties. On the other hand, contracts can dictate the aspects of the key business strategies. There are several contractual parties seen to spend time as well as resources. The documentation of procurement provides a significa...

Characteristics of Moderne ArchitectureArchitecture is not only an art but also a science which deals with the general development of buildings and everything that pertain to their organization and maintenance. Historically, architecture has evolved over the centuries with the evolution of technology, advancements in the study of architecture as a subject assimilation and adoption of different cultures (Langmead and Johnson, 2000). Observation...

Pre-PlanningDemolition is the process of pulling down a structure either for the purposes of creating a new property or if the existing structure has reached the end of its lifespan (service life) or if the structural soundness and functional performance of the existing structure are in doubt (Thomsen, et al., 2011). In construction industry, demolition is a common activity before commencement of actual construction of the new structure a...

Expected Turn in events if some of the key parties made contrary decisionsThe Citicorp tower at the time of its completion in Manhattan ranked seventh tallest building worldwide. The building was designed by leading structural engineer William J. LeMessurier, structural consultant to architect Hugh Stubbins. The fifty-nine story crisis would have been handled differently regarding the circumstances at the time. Obviously, there had been a crit...

Discussion of BI systemThis report aims to present a proposal for a specific BI system for Star Max. A business intelligence proposal alignment with the strategic objectives is provided in this report. An analysis of the Business Intelligent Systems of the competitors of the company is delivered in this report. A brief overview of the existing IS/IT infrastructure evaluation is provided in this report. The architecture of the proposed business...

Case Study 1The issue is to check that whether the partnership act will be bind with the contract developed by Lance and whether the other partners of the firm can initiate any action against him? The partnership is a form of business where two or more person comes together to do a business and to share the profit earned out of the same. In Australia, every state has it is own legislation to deal with this business structure (Business.gov.a...

Introduction to the AssignmentThe e-commerce has been the most popular and effective way for buying and selling products and services over the internet. Such website showcase thousands of products along with details of the products with eye-catching price tags. The e-commerce websites not only used by the customers to buy products, many SME also sell and promote their products in the websites. Additionally, such websites also enables C2C and B...

Types of Agency Relationships and Legal Limitations of Power of Attorney1(a) When a client comes or enters into an agency contract with a licensee, the agency agreement will definitely constitute the powers that the principal is permitting the agent. However, the agent cannot exercise any authorities away from those given under the agreement. In Bob’s case, Specific Agency is created, and it gives the representative a limited power to on...

Basic Characteristics of an EA FrameworkEnterprise architecture can be regarded as a holistic approach to management, planning as well as documentation activity, which also introduces the EA3 cube framework as well as implementation methodology. It identifies the different lines of business in five sub architecture levels, which are initiatives in the field of strategy, initiatives, business services, systems as well as information flows. The ...

DiscussionSustainable infrastructure refers to creation of constructions and ensuring that operations are carried out in a manner which does not affect the social, economic and environmental processes needed in upholding diversity, functionality and human equity of natural system. The use of Building Information Modelling technique ensures that the processes that are being used are accountable and resourceful through the building life cycle co...

The Essential Elements of a ContractContract  is an official agreement which could be oral  or written . They can be executed by using  informal and formal terms . They could be either spoken or  written. It is a promise which is made amongst  two or more parties . It has six significant components viz.  for it to be valid . They are acceptance, offer, intention, consideration in order  to create a legal rel...

SiteA bushfire prone are is an environment accessed and investigations done on the probability of fire outbreak by a state.  The considerations of determining a bushfire prone area vary in different states.  Each state has set rules and regulations regarding the construction of houses in such areas.  These regulations are made to ensure in the case of fire outbreak, the structures do not get burnt up or the intensity of heat to ...

BackgroundFrom the 1950s, Toyota or lean production scheme doctrines have progressed consistently. The principles were successfully executed by the Toyota Motor Enterprise.  Toyota manufacturing system has two pillar models which are the Just In Time (JIT) flow theory and the Smart automation concept (Aziz, 2013), the details are illustrated in figure 1. Figure 1: Beginning of Lean Production Source: (Aziz, 2013) The word ‘...

Classification of BuildingThe project is situated on Hamilton Island in Victoria State, Australia. It involves design and construction of a residential building of class 2. It is hereby evaluated for compliance and deficiencies. Firstly, relevant clauses of compliance are highlighted and then the building is checked for full, partial or zero compliance. Thereafter, the deficiencies are noted and recommended for improvement.  No defic...

Construction of Gordon DamThe Gordon dam the main double concrete curving arch dam with the spillway that is controlled across the river Gordon. It is situated in south west of Tasmania in Australia and the confiscated reservoir is known as river Gordon. The site is deep narrow gorge where the river Gordon on the path of west to Macquarie harbor, has cut via north south oriented range mountain dividing it into Hamilton range to the north and t...

Significance of Low Energy Roofing SystemsAnybody who has lived on the uppermost floor of any building in the Australia or other parts of the world with similar climate may have experienced discomfort that results from higher temperatures especially during the summer seasons. Majority of the buildings in Australia are built using concrete with flat configurations of tar roofings.These surfaces normally absorb the incident radiations that are d...

Early architecture in AustraliaAustralian architecture is considered to be consistent with architectural trends in the broader western world in combination of special adaptation to compensate for distinctive Australian climate and cultural factors. Australian’s early history consist ingenious Australian only for semi-permanent structures production available from readily available materials. During the early years of Australia, the colle...

Information Management and Data IntegrationModern business operations require organizations to provide data and information in real time to both internal and external subscribers in order to facilitate efficient business operations. With this in mind, infrastructure and data become a major concern for the said organizations. Enabling this process can prove to be an expensive undertaking and one that is error prone and thus susceptible to failure...

Background of Gigantic CorporationGigantic Corporation is an IT based company, which is primarily based in Australia. The company helps in providing various forms of IT based solutions to other companies. They help in providing software and hardware solutions. The organisation is also responsible for establishing business relations, monitor control and thus maintain services and solutions related to information technology systems (Snapp et al., ...

Key Assertions at Risk in Relation To InventoryThis paper is primarily aimed at identifying and explaining two key assertions which are at risk with regard to inventory as well as identifying and describing two procedures of substantive audit which should be carried out by the auditor in responding to each and every identified risk of assertion. In addition to this, the paper gives an explanation and description of the requirement of ASA 701 w...

System Inputs and OutputsDye injection systems are used in both large and small scale applications. The system is used to dye clothing based on set instructions. The amount of dye input in the pipe with flowing water determines the concentration of a color on the cloth. The mixer mixes the dye and the water together to ensure proper consistency of the two inputs before releasing the liquid into the pipe. Such a system requires a controller to ...

Peripheral Controllers and I/O Ports ConfigurationCoding: /*     GPS Information extraction using ATmega 1281 */define F_CPU 8000000UL #define SREG    _SFR_IO8(0x3f) #include <avr/io.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdbool.h> #include <util/delay.h> #include <avr/interrupt.h> #include "LCD_20x4_H_file.h" #include "USART_...

Who is the plaintiff?Question: Who is the plaintiff? In the year 1991, Baystate Technologies Inc, a business organization sued Harold L. Bowers (HLB) Technologies. HLB filed counterclaims against Baystate and it became the famous case related to copyrights infringement so Harold L. Bowers is the plaintiff in this case. Question 2. who is the defendant? According to the information mentioned above, it can easily be inferred that Baystate Tec...