Taking into consideration the BOSPHOROUS BRIDGE IN TURKEY, I need answers for the following questions:

1. What characterizes this project in terms of size and complexity?
2. What strategic purpose (Public or Private) the project serves?
3. What are the main companies involved? Identify joint ventures, Public Private Partnerships, PFI or SPV initiatives in project financing?
4. What success stories in project management can you identify?
5. Where did the project fail? Where are the lessons learnt behind these failures? Where they were documented?
6. How was the project managed in terms of cost, time, scope, procurement, communication, stakeholder and risk?

Setting:

Since the preliminary estimate and further investigations indicated that Claire's project is feasible, it is now time to move from the initial concept to final design. In order to do so, Claire will need to consult an architect and an engineer. Thankfully, Claire had an old friend, Tony Tect, who owned a local architecture firm and was willing to help. Claire explained her ideas to Tony and he said he would be happy to produce some drawings for Claire within a few weeks.

Meanwhile, Claire asked Bob Builder if he could advise her about the selection of a design engineer. Bob recommended she talk to Angie Neer from Eager Engineers & Partners. The engineering firm was in Charleston, WV, as was Tony’s office. Tony and Angie had completed several projects together before and knew the value of working hand in hand during the design phase.

Two weeks passed before Claire, Tony, and Angie met to discuss Tony's drawings. After Tony presented his design, Claire made some minor suggestions, but in general was very pleased. Angie then commented on the design, which started a discussion that went on for another hour. Claire wasn't initially comfortable, but later she realized that such discussion is necessary in order to increase the constructability of a structure. Thus, it was advantageous to have structural decisions made early in the design phase and not when the building was already under construction.

After the meeting, Tony sat down on his desk and began to incorporate all the changes into the design. Angie returned to her office to get started on the design for the site preparation. Since Tony agreed to arrange the necessary permitting, Claire had the chance to concentrate fully on preparing the marketing information for the project. However, she realized that she needed to know more about construction project delivery. She had no idea what type of Construction Firm she should utilize for this project. She decided to get some advice from the developer, Bob Builder.

Bob replied to her with the following memo:

In construction Claire, you have several options for your delivery strategy, including: Design-Bid-Build (DBB), Design-Build (DB), and Construction Management (CM). DBB is a very common way to deliver a construction project using a traditional organization. DBB calls for a complete design before site work begins and then a single general contractor assumes all the responsibility for constructing the entire project usually on the terms of a lump-sum contract.

This answer did not really help Claire to understand which type of project delivery method would be most appropriate for her situation. Also, the methods of awarding a contract and the type of contract were confusing to Claire, as she has no prior experience being an owner. Before she could consider making a final decision, she needed more information and recommendations. Claire sent Bob an e-mail asking for a more detailed analysis. This is where you come in to help Claire make an informed decision.

Write a professional memo for Claire including the following information:

• List the pros and cons of each of the three-project delivery methods Bob mentioned, while applying them specifically to Claire's situation.
• Within the memo, draw a diagram to illustrate the organization of the management and contracting relationships for DBB, DB, and CM.
• Which project delivery method do you recommend to Claire? Why?
• Based on the delivery method you recommended, should Claire use a contract that is awarded competitively or a contract that is awarded by negotiation? Why?

In addition to the main contract for the entire project, Bob informs you, the intern, that there will definitely be a sub-contract with a specialty contractor for the site-work on the project.

• Should the agreement with the site sub-contractor be a lump sum or a unit-price contract? Why?
• Should this contract with the site sub-contractor be awarded competitively or negotiated?

Keep in mind that you like working for Big Builders and you are considering applying for a job at this company once you have your bachelor's degree. Therefore, you want to impress Bob with a professional report.

Crank Ltd

Crank has been in business since the 1920’s and have three locations in the UK. Their Head Office and main manufacturing site is in Leicester. This site makes complex tubular assemblies for defence organisations, oil and gas and transportation. There is a site at Southampton making tubular shafts for golf clubs, and a site in Glasgow manufacturing aerospace Duct assemblies up to 8″ diameter.

The procurement organisation is currently decentralised. At Leicester, there is a Purchasing Manager, whereas at Southampton and Glasgow, each site has a Chief Buyer in charge of small procurement teams. There is a new Chief Executive of Crank who fervently believes that he needs a new approach for the Group in the way procurement is structured. Over the past month, he has, quietly, been obtaining some salient facts.

The more important ones are

• Each site operates as a ‘Profit Centre’ and the Site Director has to deliver a targeted Return on Capital Employed;

• There are no Group purchase contracts;

• Five major purchases account for 61% of total Group expenditure – they are all raw material including different specifications of tubing;

• There are more than 40 suppliers for the five major purchases;

• No formal tendering has taken place, on any site, for more than two years;

• Capital equipment is purchased by the Group Chief Engineer;

• The company has embraced modern logistics practices including JIT and OTIF (On Time In Full);

• There is no savings plan for purchasing;

• The purchasing teams do not liaise.

The Chief Executive intends to consider an alternative purchasing structure that can deliver benefits for the Group and each operational site. On the basis of your knowledge and the salient facts above what advice could you give him?

Tasks

(c) What alternative structures could be considered?

(d) What are the potential obstacles to change?

(e) What business benefits could accrue from a changed purchasing structure?

Is it possible to post into an asset account and a revenue account? Give two examples with debiting and crediting an asset account?

Law library research assignment

purpose: To familiarize yourself with the law library system and website.

Course Outcome:   You will be able to apply research rules and techniques using web based legal online research.

Program Outcome: You will demonstrate critical thinking skills to prioritize, anticipate and analyze problems, and then to evaluate and implement solutions.

Go to either the Pierce County Law Library or the King County Law Library website and look around then answer the following questions. (2 points each)

• What kinds of information can you find?
• Is the information all free?
• Are there continuing legal education courses available (CLE's)? Are there any offered for paralegals?
• Would this be a site you would go to for in-depth legal research? Why or why not?
• Does the website offer research assistance? What fees do they charge for the service?

Prepare a computer algorithm that evaluates the critical depth of a regular channel using the false position technique or a method of your choice. Verify the program with the following data:

(a) Circular section, Q 5 m3 /s, d 2.5 m

(b) Rectangular section, Q 125 ft3 /sec, b 12 ft

(c) Trapezoidal section, Q 120 m3 /s, b 10 m, m1 m2 5

(d) Triangular section, Q 250 ft3 /sec, m1 2.5, m2 3.0

Consider the work place acoustical and lighting problems of a typical office where 15 staff are working in a big hall, divided into small cubicles separated by 1.5m high partitions (from floor level) between them. Enumerate at least 6 lighting and acoustical problems (3 for each ) and suggest their solutions (for all the 6 problems )

Draw the enveloped shear diagram and enveloped moment diagram for a simply supported beam with a uniform dead load of 1.00kip/ft, a uniform live load of 1.50kip/ft and a concentrated live load of 175 kip. the dead load is applied to te entire span. the live load may be positioned anywhere on the span.

A- Explain the term "waste reuse" and mention the main difference between waste reuse and waste recycle

A- Briefly describe what you know about Ozone depletion and Global warming.and Name the major risks caused by a SOx on humans? -What air pollution control device is better in removing SO4? Draw the device and label all the important components.

A- List all the three Exposure Pathways to consider in risk assessment.

Draw the Inverted Hierarchy of Waste Minimization and give one example for the reuse and recycle part of the hierarchy that can be implemented in TU campus. (Note: the arrow showing the least favoured and the most favoured options is a part of the hierarchy and should be shown in the drawing)

Air at 20°C and a velocity of 8 m/s flows over the 4-m length of a 4-m wide single surface of a square plate whose temperature is 80°C. (For properties of air, use k = 0.02735 W/m·K, Pr = 0.7228, ν = 1.798 x 10-5 m2 /s ) Given the above information, do the calculations to answer the two MC questions below. Please clearly show/discuss your solution method and calculations. A. __________The rate of heat transfer, Q̇ , from this surface is most nearly: a) 7380 W b) 8980 W c) 11,200 W d) 14,500 W e) 20,400 W

B. _______The length of the surface for which the flow is likely to remain laminar is most nearly: a) 0.9 m b) 1.1 m c) 1.3 m d) 2.5 m e) 3.7m

I buy used computers and salvage the parts to build "refurbished" computers. I want to build 1000 computers, and have found suppliers of old working computers which have the following components inside, which cost the following, and are available in the following numbers:

Each of my computers will require one mother board, 2 - 4340 chips, 3 - 686 chips, and 1000 GB of hard drive storage. Set up the linear programming solution to determine how many computers I should purchase, and from whom.

Today, April 1st 2020, I put $1000 into the bank. Every month thereafter I
added the same amount, plus $20 more than the month before (i.e. $1020, $1040,
$1060, etc.) If the sign on the door of my bank says they pay 6% nominal yearly
interest, how much will I be able to take out of the bank on January 1st, 2023. Draw a
cash-flow diagram.