Browsing by Author "Graham, Charles W."
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Larson, Kenneth Paul (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)During 1991 electrical usage and physical characteristics data were collected on 166 randomly selected mobile homes in Central Oklahoma. Individual spline, or segmented linear regressions on each home provided a unique ...
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Kurien, Seenu Anna (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The construction industry in recent times is seen to be highly competitive and dynamic. To remain progressive in such an environment construction companies need to be aggressive in terms of getting business. This is where ...
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Wu, Jie Ying (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Though the idea of pre-impact recovery preparedness planning has recently been promoted by federal and state governments, very little research has been done to evaluate how it affects the process of disaster recovery. This ...
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Francis, Paul (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Partnering is a tool used in the construction industry to reduce claims and litigations and also to deliver a quality product in a cost efficient and timely manner. This research analyzes the impact of the partnering process ...
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Yusoff, Nooraini (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)The purpose of this research was tc investigate the feasibility of utilizing selfhelp housing approaches to im prove the low-income housing delivery system in Malaysia. Squatters were identified as the unit of measurement ...
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Kim, Jin (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)This study posits that there may be a systematic bias in measuring the transits endogenous impact on land values in a built up area due to discrimination by location in the city. Studies of transit value-added effect ...
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Choudhury, Iftekharuddin Mohammed (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of immediate outdoor environments-- defined as private outside space-- of a single-family, detached dwelling on residential satisfaction. People usually judge their ...
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Joung, Young (2010-01-20)Although pervious concrete was first used in the nineteenth century, it has only recently begun to increase in popularity. As urban areas expand, the problems associated with runoff management have become more challenging. ...
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Factors causing variation between the LEED final and pilot checklists in green health-care projects Tyagi, Priyanka (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Among most of the LEED registered and LEED certified health-care facilities, there is a credit variation between the LEED pilot checklist and the final checklist. The credit variation between the LEED pilot and final ...
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Kim, Suk Kyung (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)The primary purpose of the study is to explore the connections between residents' perception of safety and their crime experience, and the existence of gates and fences in multi-family housing communities in urban areas. ...
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Graham, Charles W. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)Exploratory data analysis procedures were used to study the primary data obtained from a nation-wide survey of 569 factory-built housing companies. The independent variables in the research included (initially) 25 measures ...
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Bhattacharjee, Suchayita S. (2009-05-15)The thesis addresses the problems faced by contractors during the recovery and rebuilding process after hurricanes that struck the southeast region of the United States in 2004-2005 hurricane seasons. It also deals with ...
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Cooper, Aaron McGill (2009-05-15)Since 1998, the United States Green Building Council, via the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, has established the premiere set of guidelines for construction ethics from the standpoint of ...
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Mohamed Kamal El Sayed Ibrahim, Azza (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Informal settlements are a form of housing found in many parts of the world. Self-help housing in informal settlements has different influences that are denoted in the customs and preferences of the residents, which in ...
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A new mineralogical approach to predict coefficient of thermal expansion of aggregate and concrete Neekhra, Siddharth (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)A new mineralogical approach is introduced to predict aggregate and concrete coefficient of thermal expansion (CoTE). Basically, a modeling approach is suggested based on the assumption that the CoTE of aggregate and ...