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• What should engineer LeMessurier do?
• What would you do knowing that the building was occupied?
• Would you change your answer if the completed building was not yet occupied?

How we can determine the ESAL for the design period? Elaborate your answer with a numerical example.(SUbjectt is pavement and foundation engineering

Statistical concepts for engineering management:

Consider the data in the table on the bottom
a. Generate a model for y as a function of x
b. Is this model useful? Justify your conclusion (based on i) R2 adjusted, ii) Hypothesis test for model coefficient, iii) overall model adequacy test and iv) regression assumptions)
c. If needed, modify model as appropriate and generate the new model.

x y
5 6
6 9
7 11
8 13
9 14
10    15
11   15
12   13

What is Generalised extreme value (GEV) and what is it used for give examples aswell

You have a 20 ton pile of aggregate you'll be using to design a concrete mixture and you need to determine the particle size gradation of the aggregate. What steps can you take to try to ensure that the sample of aggregate you're measuring particle size analysis of is representative of the entire pile?

In rational method, the peak runoff is given by Q = C_f. C. i. A. The intensity i can be obtain from IDF curves. Discuss why a duration equal to time of concentration is used to determine the intensity

Discuss the evolution and significance of the profession of architecture.

State the reason as how water table affects the foundation?

Your 15-year old relative, Jordan, hears you talking about resource management at a family event and asks you to explain what that means. You very kindly offer to, after the event, compile a mind map to explain the concept, and to email it to Jordan.

- Sulphur dioxide is being emitted at a rate of 2.5 kg/s from a stack with an effective height of 160m (H). The average wind speed at stack height is 2.0 m/s in an atmospheric stability type B. a) Estimate the magnitude and location of the maximum ground level concentration. b) Estimate the magnitude and location of the maximum ground level concentration if the wind speed is doubled. c) Estimate the magnitude and location of the maximum ground level concentration if the stability type changes to C

Explain a detailed step-by-step method to install a Slurry Wall SOE.

Assumptions and given data:

1. The SOE is constructed in an urban setting with an excavation depth of 60ft and it will be a permanent structure.
2. The water table is located 20ft below the ground surface.
3. Topmost 40ft of excavation is entirely sand (N value < 30)
4. Below this sand is a soft-to-medium clay to a depth of 60ft and below it is the Bedrock.
5. The external groundwater level must be maintained.

Provide the following in the explanation:

1. Equipment used to install the slurry wall.
2. Procedure for excavating downstage after the slurry walls are installed.
3. Give details about the concerned construction risks and advantages of slurry wall construction.

Please use Excel for calculations:

Find out the maximum stress and out unconfined compression strength and cohesion of soil

then Draw Mohr Circle (Use graph and drawing compass NOT FREE HAND DRAWING)

How did the anticommunist crusade affect organized labor in the postwar period? Answer in two paragraphs with 5 sentences min.

The Dept. of Transportation is comparing two alternative pavement designs with the following cost characteristics. Determine the least expensive alternative with a method of your choice. i=5% per year compounded annually.  

Construction Cost at year 0

Maintenance Cost from years 1-20

The planning for the community building session is almost complete. The last details are how to conduct the plenary sessions for sharing information across groups to develop key priorities and themes that will need to be addressed.

There are 2 sessions that need to be planned. One is to review the work done by intact work teams. In this larger session, the goal is to spot patterns and identify themes that can be used to plan actions. These patterns or themes will come from the stop–continue–start charts developed by each functional group. In this way, not only will the changes that need to happen be identified, but aspects of effective work (those things that work well and should be continued) can also be reinforced.

The external consulting team strongly recommended a "cross-functional, by-level grouping" for the first step. Their aim is to promote understanding of priorities and show how different issues at different levels of the organization can be aligned. The internal consulting team is excited about being the primary facilitators for these sessions. Everyone recognizes that a structured approach will be critical (for timing and to control decision–making inputs). The approach called Nominal Group Technique (NGT) seems to be ideally suited to this task.

You want to prepare yourself for conducting the session. Use the library, Internet, or other resources to research NGT. Because each grouping will be of a differing size, you want to tailor the overall steps of NGT to the situation you will facilitate. To do this, you must create a meeting session plan (a document of 4–5 pages) that will answer the following questions:

• What is the goal of the session?
• How will the nominal group technique be used to achieve this goal?
• How will the members of the team work together (guidelines for effective participation)?
• What specific steps and tasks will be involved in achieving the goal?
• How much time will be allocated to each step or task? What voting mechanism is most appropriate for the size of the group and the specific stage of the process?