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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., ...

Proposed SolutionIn this report, the solutions for solving issues faced by BPM Pty Ltd. has been presented so that excellence can be achieved in their business processes. The organization being chosen for this study is a medium sized business that provides recreational packages for clients. The report is focused on illustrating the requirement of developing a Business Process Architecture (BPA) and the advantages that can be gained by the orga...

The Deemed to Satisfy Provisions for Fire Safety Regulations 1. This statement means that every building in Australia must have certain components and design elements/factors and be constructed using high quality materials and by following specific procedures so as to meet particular functional and performance requirements of the Building Code of Australia (BCA), particularly fire safety requirements. For example, ceiling heights of habitable ro...

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 ...

Role of the Government in Providing SecuritySocial contract theory stipulates that in the early times, people were born in to a society without laws. Human being is the only social animal endowed with reason. Governments are formed when people form a social contract among themselves. In the modern days, people entrust the authority to the government through forming a contract among themselves. In most countries, laws are made by the legislativ...

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...

Objectives of the researchAnswer: Since advent of technology during the Industrial Revolution, several technical and mechanical process have emerged and evolved over time. The industrial revolution was a dawn of modernization on the face of the planet. Lives of billions were affected in a positive way, all across the globe, and this fact still beholds true. Millions of people have managed to improvise their knowledge in different technologies a...

Strategic Information System PlanningStrategic Information system planning refers the process of integrating information system and database information through more advance and efficient network based data collection, database management and data processing operation in order to improve the data and information handling within a business organisational structure (Cassidy 2016). The cardinality of different data sates id relies on the Enterpri...

Thesis Statement for a 5-10 Page Research Paper50. Click on the passage that would work better as a thesis statement for a three-to-five-page college paper. Remember that a thesis should be a central idea that requires supporting evidence; it should be of adequate scope for a three-to-five-page paper; and it should be sharply focused. Because it has become outdated, the electoral college should be replaced by a system that allows the US presi...

Analyzing the needs of the Rose bridgeIn the first assignment, the conceptual design and the needs of the rose bridge was analyzed by majorly focusing on the design process, needs definition, feasibility study, performance measurement, system operation requirement, and system planning. Some of the of the Rose bridge system analyzed in assignment one include the site planning, identification of the longitudinal section of the ground, identifi...

Responsibilities of Professional Engineers in Transportation FieldProfessional engineers are bound by a statutory responsibility, which incorporates a Code of Ethics and necessitates that they put open welfare over every other intrigue. Authorized specialists must finish particular scholastic and work encounter prerequisites to acquire their licenses. As per the Professional Engineers Act, the present routine with regards to building in the ar...

The Accident and Government PenaltiesSafety has always been the primary concern of any organisation present all around the globe. This is the reason behind why the Australian federal government is so vocal regarding the various different safety related incidents happening within the country. The chosen company for this report is the Canberra construction company of Australia. This paper shall focus upon the case of the death of truck driver an...

Labor ShortageUndoubtedly, the construction industry experienced a boom over the last few years and this is expected to have an impact over the next three years on primary level (Ashworth & Perera, 2018). Despite this growth, over 70% of contractors reported that find it difficult to recruit skilled and qualified construction workers to fill the increasing vacancies in the sector (Chileshe, Karuppannan, Trasente & Sivam, 2017). The...

Art and architecture in human livesThe above quoted lines of Thomas Merton, the famous art critic speaks volume about the significance which the various forms of art as well as architecture hold in the lives of the people. The various forms of art have formed an important part of the lives of the human beings since the traditional times and it is a reflection of this particular fact that since the traditional times the people have indulged i...

Introduction to BIM and its applicationDifferences of BIM Adoption between Developed and Developing Countries Case study of Australia and Libya This chapter essentially introduces the concept and the overall view on the research topic.  In essence, it tries to make the reader understands the whole concept and the background regarding the study (Ghaffarianhoseini et al. 2017 p.1046). Furthermore, the chapter analyses the overall literatur...

History of Modular Design in ArchitectureModular design is a type of design technique where a system is subdivided into smaller components referred to as modules. These modules are created independently away from the site (usually prefabricated in a factory) and then delivered to the site for installation or assembly. This design approach has been in existence for over a century now and has gone through numerous transformations to meet specifi...

Challenges in Adopting BIM and Lean ConstructionAdoption of Business information modeling and lean construction will remain a challenge unless these barriers are approached promptly. Building companies are challenged with the need to creatively integrate the procedure of construction and addressing challenges facing the development of projects. However, due to the lack of clear understanding and the absence of holistic execution guidelines, nu...

Conceptual Design of Hoover DamThis paper presents the analysis of the design process of the hoover dam, located in  Nevada/ Arizona, and united stated focusing on the conceptual design phase of the dam. The conceptual design of the dam normally considers the analysis requirement of the dam during the construction, functional analysis, a requirement so f systems operation, measurement of the performance, system planning, identification, m...

Scenario 1: Snowden Leaks National Security Material1. Ethics of Whistleblowing are in play 2. Recording individual’s private information without their consent is unethical due to sensitivity of private information like financial details and health information. For that matter, Edward in this case has just acted as a whistle blower exposing the unethical act of the National Security Agency (Vandekerckhove, 2016) 3. NSA act of gathering...

Background and evolution of duty of care in Tort LawThe duty of care is a necessity under Tort Law. However, this concept has not been developed overnight. In the past few centuries, the duty of care has been evolved and became a lead base of negligence under Tort Law. By the end of the 17th century, negligence has started coming into the eyes of people in the form of an individual wrongdoing. People in such a scenario were started asking...