An important means of achieving affordable housing is by running an efficient business. Good business planning, organization, and control are essential to keeping costs as low as possible. Because affordable housing construction may require regulatory changes and relief from the community, it becomes very important that resultantcost reductions are not offset by business and job […]
INSTALLING PADDING
Padding, which is usually 6 ft. wide, should run perpendicular to the carpet to prevent padding and carpet seams from lining up. If the padding has a slippery side, face it up so carpet can slide over it as you position it. Once you’ve rough-cut the padding, carefully position the pieces so they butt to […]
STEP 4 PREPARE FOR THE WORST
Earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes don’t come our way very often, but their brute force can be devastating—even fatal—if we’re not prepared. Look at what Katrina did to Louisiana and Mississippi. Disasters don’t just strike “other people.” Sometimes they happen to us. I remember inspecting a house in California after the 6.8 Northridge earthquake. The house […]
Multiobjective stochastic waste-load allocation
The WLA problem, by nature, is a multiobjective problem involving several conflicting objectives. The treatment-equity constraint (Eq. 8.59c) is incorporated for the purpose of fairness. Without it, any attempt to maximize waste discharge (or to minimize treatment cost) could result in allocating large quantities ofwaste to the upstream users, whereas the downstream discharges could be […]
Thermostats
■ BY SEAN GROOM I nstead of turning down the thermostat on the way to bed and again on the way out the door, you can cut home-heating costs and count on a reliable, comfortable temperature with one of today’s programmable thermostats. Basic models ($30 and up) store different settings for weekdays and weekends. More […]
Rough Terrain Forklift Safety
To operate a forklift, you need to be certified. To obtain certification, you need to be trained and actually operate a forklift. The points below are intended as a refresher for those who are already certified, and as an introduction to those intending to be certified. • It is the weight of the forklift and […]
Installing baseboard
Baseboard hides the joint between the drywall and the floor, so most finish floors are installed before the baseboard. On carpeted floors, baseboard can be installed ahead of time, but hold it up about У2 in. so the carpet can tuck underneath. Baseboard comes in many different styles, ranging from simple flat stock of various […]
STEP 3 GET TO KNOW ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Houses are a lot like automobiles. Both work well if they’re cared for and maintained. In order to maintain your car, you need to know simple things, such as where and how to add oil or brake fluid, how to put air in the tires, and how to check the radiator. Sure, you could have […]
Optimal stochastic waste-load allocation
Deterministic waste-load allocation model. Although any number of pollutants may be considered in the overall quality management of a river system, in this example, application a biochemical oxygen demand-dissolved oxygen (BOD-DO) water-quality model is considered. In LP format, the deterministic WLA model considered herein can be written as N Maximize ^^( Bj + Dj) j=i […]
Vardo
The Vardo is not much more than a full-sized bed flanked by a couple of work surfaces over 35 cubic feet of storage space. It can be pulled behind virtually any car or removed from its trailer to rest in most any truck bed. It is pictured on these pages with an optional fireplace. ШіЩ […]