TED Talk: Watch Here. Architecture can bring people together, or divide them -- witness the skyscraper, costly, inefficient, and only serving small portions of the community. At TEDxPortofSpain, Mark Raymond encourages city governments to let go of their old notions of success and consider the balance of environment, economy, and society to design cities for social change. Mark Raymond is the … [Read more...]
Risk Management
Risk Management: Preventing-Mitigating Field Construction Problems … [Read more...]
Basics of Wood Inspection: Considerations for Historic Preservation
A Brief Summary by S&A of: APTI Article, Vol XXXVIII No. 2-3, 2007 Page 36, by Mr. Ronald W. Anthony. Introduction: 3 Primary Reasons to Conduct a Wood Inspection Concerns about moisture and it's effects. Deterioration, both physical and biological. Need to determine material properties. Highly Variable Wood Behavior Different species. Rate of tree(Measured in Growth Rings per … [Read more...]
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