Essays Tagged: "construction site"

Safety on construction site

You are about to visit a construction site. It will be your first visit to this site. Describe how you would approach the sit ... precautions you can take to minimise the risk of injury to others and yourself.Safety assignmentThe construction industry has a not so good reputation in health and safety having 70% of people killed ... ger.Machines·I would make sure all other moving parts are guarded unless safe by position or construction.·I would make sure I turn off any machine after I finish using it thus preventin ...

(5 pages) 116 1 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Dirtbiking

Imagine speeding through a construction site at 80 milesper hour. Not knowing what terrain is coming up next. Youcould speed aw ...

(2 pages) 46 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Case Study: Caterpillar Inc.: George Schaefer Takes Charge History of Caterpillar, SWOT Analysis, Competitive Environment, Proposed Options, and Recommendations for Growth

HistoryNothing is more familiar on a construction site than the bright yellow heavy equipment manufactured by Caterpillar, Inc. Caterpill ... Inc. Caterpillar Inc., headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, has dominated the world in earth moving, construction, and materials machinery for more than 50 years. Their global dominance; however, creat ... nd defined strategy, Caterpillar would falter.Competitive SituationRivalry among competitors in the construction machinery industry was inconsequential until the 1960's after which, competitors began ...

(9 pages) 1021 1 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

A description of the life of an architect

other architects to develop reports, maps, and plans. However, the conditions could be outside at a construction site, visiting your project while in progress. With this job comes much stress. There a ... ake a plan for a building or structure, than design it. Afterward, they decide on the materials for construction and eventually oversee the construction of their structure. The average architect works ...

(3 pages) 41 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Caterpillar Case Study.

I choose to review and the case study about the Caterpillar Company. Nothing is more familiar on a construction site than the bright yellow heavy equipment manufactured by Caterpillar, Inc. Caterpill ... Inc. Caterpillar Inc., headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, has dominated the world in earth moving, construction, and materials machinery for more than 50 years. Their global dominance; however, creat ...

(2 pages) 235 1 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The Disgrace that is The National Grand Theatre of Beijing

situated west of the Great People's Hall, occupies an area of 118,900 square metres, and sits on a construction site of 149,500 square meters. It costs 3.8 billion Yuan, an amount which could have su ...

(2 pages) 41 3 3.8 Feb/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Civil Engineering

Area Study: 2 Case Studies of Areas around China's Three Gorges Dam, using a Political Ecology Approach.

e TGDP is located almost 750 miles south of Beijing and 650 miles west of Shanghai, China. In 1994, construction began on the TGD in Sandouping Village, Yichang County, in the Hubei Province. The TGDP ... e was selected at Sandouping, along the Yangtze River, after about 15 other sites were studied, for construction of the main Xiling Gorge. The river valley at the construction site of the TGDP is "rel ...

(24 pages) 103 0 4.7 Jun/2006

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Consider the arguments for prefabrication in relation to house building and discuss some of the problems that house builders face when developing and implementing house building systems.

e essay will explore how prefabrication has formed, what it involves, and how it's perceived in the construction industry.PrefabricationPrefabrication means that all the elements are produced in clean ... tion means that all the elements are produced in clean, dry production plants. It's then taken to a construction site in a vehicle - protected from the weather - and assembled right away. The techniqu ...

(7 pages) 42 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Science Essays

The Fallen

g music competed with the chatter of excited teenagers. The steady pneumatic drill from an adjacent construction site completed the barrage.The girl's mother squeezed her hand as they passed a dingy a ...

(1 pages) 1296 0 2.7 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Resource Consultants: Interpretation Of Topography

t vicinity. It is close to flat for a radius of 30+miles. Artesian Well, being closest point to the construction site, is located approximately 25miles east of our desired spot. There are also two wat ...

(1 pages) 1113 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The Andalite Chronicles

t all started. It all started when five ordinary kids left the mall and took a shortcut through the construction site. The five kids are Jake, Marco, Tobias, Cassie, and Rachel. Suddenly, a spaceship ...

(2 pages) 1160 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Drivers Ed

divided highway etc.While driving along a highway you may come to a sign that is orange. This is a construction or maintenance sign. These signs tell travelers that there is a construction site up ah ...

(1 pages) 1146 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Advertisements         In advertisements today, women and men are depicted as

The women are usually advertising housework, make up, or shampoo. The men are covered in dirt at a construction site while carrying a piece of timber or metal. In this essay, I am going to compare an ...

(2 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Spiked Milk

arry's breath once. Manager has already confronted Larry and Larry denied drinking at work. It is a Construction Company, and construction work is considerably a very dangerous job and workers need to ... tion work is considerably a very dangerous job and workers need to be attentive all the time at the construction site. Safety at work is employer's biggest responsibility. If an accident happens due t ...

(6 pages) 34 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

Can Willy Loman be Considered a Tragic Hero? Arthur Miller Death Of A Salesman

illy also taught the boys that stealing was alright to do. He would tell them to take things from a construction site near their house, and he failed to realize what they were doing was wrong. The rea ...

(2 pages) 16 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers