Describe Hooke’s Law with the use of a diagram and at least one example.

3. Smith’s bid of $542,000 was the lowest on a construction project that was advertised. The cost of the largest construction contract which Smith had previously performed was $78,000. What should the owner do to determine whether or not to let the contract to Smith?

1. Describe the goals/aims of performing Value Engineering and Constructability reviews on a project, the main differences between both approaches, and the phase during which each of the reviews is performed (planning vs. design vs. construction).

Draft a project proposal about AN agricultural project that you are about to start. Project 1: Goats farming (start with 100 Goats) Project 2: Crop farming (about 2.5 hectares), not fenced yet The proposal must be formal, well formatted and well articulated.

0. Describe the process used including advertising procedures to award public projects in the United States. And highlight the differences from the process/ procedures used to awarding contracts/projects in the private sector

9.

a. Explain how auto exhaust, NOx and ozone (O3) are related.

b. Explain the natural process for formation and destruction of ozone in the stratosphere

c.Explain the human-caused destruction of ozone in the stratosphere.

ARCHITECTURE

Take one façade of your chosen building and assume (for this exercise) that all solid portions are precast concrete. Diagram the flow of forces showing primary and secondary forces and differentiating tensile forces from compressive ones. propose a new shape for the façade that is more efficient and expressive of the flow of forces.

It is important that you pick a façade that is not completely glass and includes some continuous nonglazed portions from top of wall down to the ground. The building should also have openings for windows and doors.

• QUESTION 1 a diagram and brief commentary (around 250 words) that describe the flow of forces in your chosen building façade
• QUESTION 2 a drawing and brief commentary (around 250 words) that describe your proposed new, more efficient and expressive shape for your façade

How are branch circuits laid out in a building’s interior, and how does this affect the interior designer?

What information does the interior designer contribute to the electrical drawings?

Use FARS to identify the following and submit in blackboard
Pedestrian and Bicyclist fatal crashes in Indiana for: Indianapolis and Terre Haute for 2015 to 2017
Factors to Investigate:
•   Age
•   Alcohol Test Results
•   Crash Location
•   First Harmful Event (i.e. cause of crash)
•   Day of Week
•   Time of Day
Map results of Indianapolis and Terre Haute separately
Produce tables of the data query
Write-up:
Describe what you found to be the leading causes of fatalities.

• What elements of the electrical system should the interior designer be familiar with?

• What electrical elements do interior designers typically show on their plans?

1. Design Professionals
   1. What do design professionals get paid for?
   2. Do they produce a product? Do they provide a service? If so, what is it/are they? Be specific in explaining your position.
   3. What do construction professionals get paid for? Be specific in explaining your position.
2. In order to be successful, the practicing design professional must provide a valuable service (Technical Expertise) and make money whjile doing so (Profit). What is more important Profit or Technical Expertise? Take a position and support your position.
   1. If you were to select Profit, explain your answer.
   2. If you were to select Technical Expertise, explain your answer.
3. After reading the article, Marketing Basics for Civil Engineers, find a website for a design firm you would want to work for. Analyze the three Cs and four Ps for that firm. Submit the link to the firm along with your analysis.   
4. How does a design firm get work? Provide 3 methods and explain why you selected these methods and how they would help a firm obtain work.
5. As you enter the profession, will you have any responsibilities for marketing? Be specific in explaining your position.
6. Go online and find an entry level position. For your answer to this question, submit the job description and company for the position you found. Prepare and submit (as part of your homework) your cover letter that would accompany your resume when you apply for this position. We are not asking you to apply for the position you identified, but to go through the process of preparing a cover letter as if you were applying.
7. Prepare your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) for one of the following scenarios that your interviewer/potential client will remember you by. Keep it to less than three lines, approximately 30 seconds. BE PREPARED TO STAND UP AND READ IT IN CLASS/ZOOM (Everyone will participate)
   1. You are graduating with your bachelors degree in less than a year. You have applied for entry level positions in your discipline. There are numerous other candidates for this position. You have to distinguish yourself from the other candidates.
   2. Imagine yourself several years into your career. You have started attending industry events where you have the opportunity to interact and meet new people and perspective clients. You see someone from a company/agency that your firm has been attempting to add as a client. You see this as an opportunity to help your company make inroads with this potential client. How are you going to ?introduce yourself and make a memorable impression?

Law Library Reading and Assignment

Purpose: To introduce you to the law library system, various resources available and the importance to legal staff (attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants, etc.)

Outcome: You will be able to demonstrate general knowledge of legal references and resource material commonly found in law offices/law libraries.

Assignment - Questions

1. What are the four categories of law?
2. What are the three classes of law?
3. Describe the three types of library organization
4. Describe how a court form can be located