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The Basics of Resource ManagementBarringer and Ireland (2015) stated that the resources are considered as an economic and productive factor which helps in accomplishing an activity, or to undertake an endeavor for achieving the desired results. The three basic resources are capital, labor and land, which are immensely important for the growth of any organization. Other resources include; entrepreneurship, expertise, time, management, energy, i...

Capacity, Consent, Consideration, Offer and Acceptance, Intention, and Legal Character Answer to question (a) Under the Contract Law of New Zealand, there are six essential elements under which the contract can be done. The six elements are capacity, consent, consideration, offer and acceptance, intention and legal character. Capacity means eligibility of the parties i.e. the age and mental status of the parties. The character of a contrac...

Agency-principal relationship and responsibilitiesWhat you need to do: Answer the CPPDSM4007A Assessment questions below by writing in the space provided. You will need to have adobe reader version DC on your computer to be able to fill in and save any documents, please see the course tutorial for more details. Alternatively, you may like to use Microsoft Word and print out your answers to each question. What you will need: Research ...

Four Main Stages of Occupation in Valle PerdidoGuanaco is a camelid that is native to South America. Guanacos are known to occupy the arid mountainous regions. Due to the calm attitude of guanacos, they were domesticated for use as pack animals. On the other hand, Llamas are camelids that are traced back to North America 40 million years ago (Avilés, Montero, & Barros-Rodríguez, 2018). However, they later migrated to South Am...

Procurement Route and Contract Selection for the ProjectThe construction industry greatly rests on the provisions of the construction law, which is a branch of law and is an amalgamation of various other laws like planning, employment, commercial and tort law (Bailey, 2014). The applicability of these related laws differ from country to country. In construction, the selection of procurement route and contract type is a very important aspect ...

Location and History The Southern Cross station was initially known as Spenser Street because of its location. In this, the location of the railway is in the middle of two streets: La Trobe and Collins (Kramer, 2006). In this, the middle of the two streets is known as Spenser Street, where the train station is located. The station is usually busy and is ranked as the third busiest station in Melbourne. Considering that the station began t...

The Pyramids of Ancient Egypt In the ancient times, lavish grand structures were built by the individuals because they were considered to be divine beings or were powerful figures of their time. In ancient Egypt, the Pharaohs were considered as incarnations of their various Gods and Goddesses, thus the money spent or the people who were engaged in building the structures was justified according to their sense of judgment although a lot of p...

AimConstruction of a garden shed containing a glass/greenhouse. The weather in Barrington is quite cold during the winter season, therefore, the glass house will provide warmer climatic conditions for edible plants that require such conditions. A green/glasshouse is a structure that covered with mainly a transparent material like glass or transparent plastic. This structure provides a controlled/regulated weather and climatic conditions for...

Background of the caseThe abovementioned case is an iconic judgement in the area of contract law of Australia as it indicates what an ‘Offer’ is and when it becomes a binding contract. An offer made by one party to conduct a certain activity or do something in association with another act that needs to be taken care of by another party is what an Offer is. When an individual or a party agrees upon such kind of proposal made by the ...

BackgroundQS2301 & Associates Pty Limited 1A University Drive CALLAGHAN NSW 2308 [Date] For the Attention of: Process and reasons for building measurement and preparation of BOQs and why there are rules for measurement I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in our services regarding reviewing your project and the undertaking that involves taking the measurements for you and other works. Like discussed bef...

Suitable Business Entity for CLF Construction CompanyCLF Construction Company is selected as an imaginary business for this paper. This company will be opened in Texas within 6 months. It will be a purely civil engineering, which excels in building commercial and residential sites. The company is planning to spread throughout the world and that is why they need a business plan for the same. This plan will consider the suitable ways by whi...

Authority to Act in Real Estate Transactions Area Name of the Acts/Regulations real estate agents and licensing Agents Act 2003(ACT), Agents Licensing Act (NT) property sales Conveyance (Sale of Land) Regulation 2017 (NSW) · Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)  Property management Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (RTA), Australian Consumer Law and Fair...

Company Overview The new business which is going to be introduced in the market is related to a consulting firm that will offer solutions to structural engineering services. This business will be operated under the name “Tetra Tech Limited”. This newly started company will offer professionalism in engineering designs for their clients. They assist the customers to plan, control and design for business, residential and commer...

Benefits of using ISO 27001 standards for risk assessmentThe risk assessment of the proposed cloud architecture will be done using the ISO 27001 standards. It is a standard method used for the security risk analysis and gives a clear overview of the security related factors. There are various benefits of using the ISO 27001 standards for the risk assessment. The advantages are the improved security measures, standard security report, identific...

Understanding and Interpretation of CriteriaThe research title of this study is to investigate the Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Australian Property Market. The key purpose of this research is to investigate impact of Global Financial Crisis on Australian Property Market. The researcher accomplishes the following objectives to complete aim of study:   To explore methods wherein the crisis of the financial market for real esta...

General sources of sound in the space and their frequency rangesCall centers serve a significant role when it comes to the daily operations of utility, financial as well as technology companies besides public bodies. Reliable and relevant information is needed among the workers in the call centers on the levels of risks as well as the hazards associated with the working environment. General sources of sound in the space and their frequency ra...

Concrete SpallingBuilding defects are very common in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. The defects can occur in either old or new buildings (Bakri & Mydin, 2014). These defects have numerous safety, cost and durability implications. Presence of these defects can affect the normal functioning of the building because its occupants or visitors will be worried about their safety (Othma, et al., 2015) and some of ...

Jack Pondage's Residential StatusIssues  The assessment of income is based on the residential status of the person. The income tax assessment act 1997 specifies the several provisions related with the changeability of the income tax in case of a resident or non-resident person of Australia (Wilkins, 2015). The present study revolves around determining the residential status of the person named as Jack. Jack has the visa from his first ...

Net present valueBudget is the tool and the blue print of the organization that depicts the transactions of the expenses and the revenue. The collective accumulation of all these things is represented by the budget. Benefits of budgets The benefits of the budgets for strategic management purposes have been outlined below. Planning orientation: The process of the preparation of the budget is one of the most important features which draw ...

Construction Site NotesI would like to express my sincere gratitude for  being able to achieve the targets for last year. I want to believe that lessons were learned from the mistakes that were previously made.. However, we do improve and learn from our mistakes. As the year begins, it comes along with new challenges and meaningful goals. Some of these targets and goals cannot be achieved without the contribution of each and every membe...

Tender Budget InformationIt is very important to select the best subcontractor when implementing a construction project because subcontractors play a very vital role in successful completion of these projects (Hartmann, et al., 2009); (Marzouk, et al., 2013). This task involves evaluating and comparing four quotations submitted by four different companies for formwork and concrete works. The purpose of this evaluation is to select th...

Types of Waste in the Construction IndustryMuch industrial research carried out shows that they are numerous activities in the construction industries, which are adding no value to them during the process of erection. A bigger percentage of those wasteful operations take too much time as well as effort, so it is upon the manager to deal with these activities that affect the construction operations negatively leading to production of dissimilar...

Assessment OverviewThis assessment has been designed to allow you to provide partial evidence of your competence in the unit CPCCBC5009A Identify services layout and connection methods to medium rise construction projects. In completing your final assessments, you will show evidence of your ability to: Evaluate commonly used methods of water storage supply and layouts. Evaluate methods of sewerage and drainage disposal and their layouts. ...

Introduction to GIS and Map ProductionGeographical information system (GIS) refers to a framework used to gather, manage as well as analyses data. GIS integrates a variety of data and helps to analyze spatial location as well as organizing information layers into picturing using 3D scenes and maps. Deeper insights thus can be revealed in data, for instance, relationships, patterns and situations hence facilitating informed and intelligent deci...

Metals in ConstructionThe building and the construction of different strictures normally considers a lot of the factors as far as the material properties are concern. The materials that are commonly used in the construction include the following: Metals, wood, bricks, blocks, glass and many more.The application of each and every material will be dependent on the characteristics of the material. Also the choice of the material will be determine...