Congratulations, you have reached the final module. At this point in your academic career you have learned a great deal and are well prepared for your professional life. However, there is one thing still that you should practice some more prior to graduation, and that is research. Even if you are just graduating and starting a job do not think that your education is done. The education you have received has brought you up to the current standards and practices. The world does not stop just because you have graduated. It will now be up to you to stay on top of trends and technologies to remain competitive with your peers. To that end this last module is aimed at getting you to practice the techniques that you will have to employ to keep that edge. This time rather than me telling you what you should know, I am going to tell you what you need to find out.
Firstly, let's set the scope of what needs to be covered. You have started a new job where the general contractor will be providing all of the heavy equipment, and your boss has asked you to find out what will be the best equipment for the tasks at hand. This is a rather unusual project since it is being funded by Bill Gates, and he is only interested in completing as quickly as possible, and is willing to buy any equipment needed, new.
The equipment that you will need to locate is the following:
What you boss means by best, in this case, is the equipment that will do the job, but just do the job. Equipment that can be quickly brought in to do the work, but does not require extra space due to the site restrictions.
Again, he does not care about price, just equipment that most closely matches the specifications of the job at hand. Odds are that there will only be one or two controlling factors in the equipment selection, so you will have to decide what is the critical specification that needs to be met.
One last thing, you have just over heard Bill mumbling about two smaller cranes might be quicker than one big one. If you can find a way to place two cranes (with a smaller reach) on the site at the same time, along with being able to bring the precast walls into their reach, you will be able to get future work for your company with Bill.
Note: What you need to do, is lookup on the web, and find equipment that will do the job. You need to provide either a pdf of the specifications for each piece of equipment or a url link to the specifications. You also need to write a sentence or two explaining the criteria that you used to select this equipment, i.e. boom reach, lift capacity, etc.
Keep in mind that you cannot operate equipment while it is over the railroad, unless it is designed to operate on rails. You also may take down part of the perimeter fence to bring in equipment, but it must be in place while the equipment is operating (consider the swinging of the crane boom). Lastly, you need to have enough space to have any fixed crane boom laying down during assembly.
This is an individual assignment. Once you have determined the equipment you need, submit your list on Sakai. One work of caution, read over the instructions for the assignment on the assignments page prior to starting, this way you can make sure that you are recording all the details that need to be submitted along with the list. The rubric for this assignment is here.
Class website (Use this link to if you are taking the course on e-learning.)
Github.io version of course website (Do not use this link if you are taking this course in Summer A or B.)
IPython.org (IPython is the opensource software used in the development of much of this course.)
CSS stylesheet
###Useful Tip:
If you use Firefox or Chrome then installing one of the following extensions will make viewing images in lectures easier.
* Firefox - [Thumbnail Zoom Plus](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/thumbnail-zoom-plus/?src=search)
* Chrome - [Hover Free](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hover-free/hcmnnggnaofmhflgomfjfbndngdoogkj) (Not to be confused with Hover Zoom.)
/* class = "max box" for img tags
Audio Player:
<audio controls data-autoplay preload>
<source src="https://github.com/damontallen/Construction-Lectures/raw/master/Intro/FILE%20NAME.mp3"
type='audio/mp3'>
<p>Your user agent does not support the HTML5 Audio element or the files are missing.</p>
</audio>
*/
class = "max box" == style="max-width:300px; max-height:300px; border:1px solid blue; float:left; margin-right:3px;"
important == <strong><font style="font:italic bold 16px arial;"> Text here </font></strong>
Example <important class="missing">Video Placeholder</important>
Picture Examples:
(Right side)
<a href = "http://i.imgur.com/h7H0m0b.png"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/h7H0m0b.png" alt = "Elevated Slab with Worker" title = "Elevated Slab with Worker" style="max-width:300px; max-height:300px; border:1px solid blue; float:right; margin-left:10px;"/></a>
(Left side)
<a href = "http://i.imgur.com/EWHj3eh.png"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/EWHj3eh.png" alt = "Braced Slab" title = "Braced Slab"style="max-width:300px; max-height:300px; border:1px solid blue; float:left; margin-right:3px;"/></a>
(hover over image)
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/aTxezXX.png" id="Top Down Slab">
<img title="Top Down Slab (Bracing in the 60 ft direction)" alt = "Top Down Slab"
src="http://i.imgur.com/EL2FYDQ.png"
onmouseover="this.src='http://i.imgur.com/aTxezXX.png'".
onmouseout="this.src='http://i.imgur.com/EL2FYDQ.png'"
style="max-width:300px; max-height:300px; border:1px solid blue;
float:right; margin-left:10px;"/>
</a>
Video:
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