lifestyle, shaped by the culture and customs of the people living in a city, and the settlement pattern resulted from that, is one of the foundations of native housing. careful analysis of lifestyle helps developing new housing design principles which are compatible to changes in living conditions and styles. city of khorramshahr, because of the deconstruction caused by war and the reconstructi...

Swine producers in the United States who are looking for lower cost structures in which to raise pigs have increasingly turned to so-called hoop barns or hooped shelters as facilities in which to house grow-finish swine. Hoop barns have been rapidly adopted. For example, by 2001, Iowa farmers had erected more than 2,100 hoop barns for finishing pigs. Hoop barns can be used successfully to finis...

This paper presents the methodology and findings of an international survey carried out in l>89 on the existing information needs and technical facilities of professionals in the field of construction and housing (448 responses from 92 different countries). The survey aimed at the determination of future information services, and five guidelines for future database development in the area were ...

A number of organisations have concluded that Australia has suffered from a housing shortage in recent years, which is also predicted to worsen in the future. The housing shortage is in turn identified as a primary cause of rising house prices in recent years, with an increase in new housing construction offered as the solution to low affordability. The National Housing Supply Council (NHSC), e...

Recent California legislation extends the application of prevailing wage regulations to subsidized low-income residential construction projects. Econometric evidence based on micro data covering 205 residential projects subsidized by the California Low Income Housing Tax Credit since 1996 and completed by mid-2002 demonstrates that construction costs increased substantially under prevailing wag...

The application of grouting technology in housing construction is to inject liquid grout into the cavities and cracks construction. After it solidifies, stability can be improved. Grouting not only very convenient but also environmental-friendly, relatively low-cost. Therefore, widely used In this paper, types its advantages are analyzed, specific strategies put forward, hopes improving quality

Following the promulgation of the new nation-state in 1932, the Saudi Arabian government embarked upon modernizing its traditional society. Political stability and improved economic conditions made possible by the increasing oil revenues, resulted in unprecedented demographic increases and rapid urbanization. The government spearheaded the process of introducing modern building techniques and c...

This study examines the fiscal impact of new housing on California governments. Specifically, we looked at both one-time and new ongoing revenues and expenditures at the city, county, and state levels. We estimated costs and revenues using an average, per-household-based approach in which the total costs or revenues associated with current residents were divided by the number of current househo...