Art of the gold rush [[electronic resource] /] / Janice T. Driesbach, Harvey L. Jones, and Katherine Church Holland

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455074203321
• Autore: Driesbach Janice Tolhurst
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c1998
• ISBN: 1-280-49212-0; 9786613587350; 0-520-93515-2; 0-585-17648-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JonesHarvey <1935->; HollandKatherine Church
• Disciplina: 759.194/07494
• Soggetti: Art, American - California - 19th century; Gold mines and mining in art; Electronic books.; California Gold discoveries Pictorial works Exhibitions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, Calif., Jan. 24-May 31, 1998; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Calif., June 20-Sept. 13, 1998; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Dec. 30, 1998- Mar. 7, 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the Exhibition -- Introduction -- First in the Field -- Scenes of Mining Life -- Portrait Painter to the Elite -- The Hessian Party -- Souvenirs of the Mother Lode -- Mining the Picturesque -- In the Wake of the Gold Rush -- Sentiment and Nostalgia -- Biographies of the Artists -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Artists Represented in the Exhibition -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The California Gold Rush captured the get-rich dreams of people around the world more completely than almost any event in American history. This catalog, published in celebration of the sesquicentennial of the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, shows the vitality of the arts in the Golden State during the latter nineteenth century and ; documents the dramatic impact of the Gold Rush on the American imagination. Among the throngs of gold-seekers in California were artists, many self-taught, others formally trained, and their arrival produced an outpouring of artistic works that provide insights into Gold Rush events, personages, and attitudes. The best-known painting of the Gold Rush era, C.C. Nahl's Sunday Morning in the Mines (1872), was created nearly two decades after gold fever had subsided. By then the Gold Rush's mythic qualities were well established, and new allegories-particularly the American belief in the rewards of hard work and enterprise-can be seen on Nahl's canvas. Other works added to the image of California as a destination for ambitious dreamers, an image that prevails to this day. In bringing together a range of art and archival material such as artists' diaries and contemporary newspaper articles, The Art of the Gold Rush broadens our understanding of American culture during a memorable period in the nation's history.

Delay analysis in construction contracts / / P.J. Keane & A.F. Caletka

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140461503321
• Autore: Keane P. J (P. John)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , 2015
• ISBN: 1-118-63113-7; 1-118-63110-2
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 690.068/5
• Soggetti: Construction industry - Cost control; Construction industry - Planning; Production scheduling; Construction contracts
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1 Introduction; ; 1.1 General; 1.1.1 Purpose of this book; 1.1.2 Guidance; 1.1.3 Construction planning and programming; 1.2 Construction delays; 1.2.1 Identifying delays; 1.2.2 Analysing construction delays; 1.2.3 Delay claim life cycle; 1.3 Burning issues in delay analysis; 1.4 Presentation and case study; Chapter 2 Construction Programmes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Planning, programming and project controls; 2.1.2 Elements of a successful project; 2.2 Planning and programming2.2.1 Project planning; 2.2.2 Work breakdown structure; 2.3 CPM programming techniques: the fundamentals; 2.3.1 Activity durations; 2.3.2 Activity relationships; 2.3.3 Event date calculations; 2.3.4 Forward pass; 2.3.5 Backward pass; 2.3.6 Total float; 2.3.7 Constraints; 2.4 Baseline validation; 2.4.1 Joint baseline review; 2.4.2 Programme approval; 2.4.3 The project baseline; 2.5 Other planning techniques; 2.5.1 PERT - Project Evaluation and Review Technique; 2.5.2 Gantt charts (bar charts); 2.5.3 Line of balance; 2.5.4 Critical chain method/theory of constraints; 2.6 Why use CPM planning or scheduling techniques?2.6.1 Project management; 2.6.2 As-planned programmes; 2.7 Project controls and the project control cycle; 2.7.1 Progress monitoring; 2.7.2 Process and analyse information - Earned Value Method; 2.7.3 The cost and schedule performance curves; 2.7.4 Time control; 2.7.5 Programme updates; 2.8 Records, records, records ...; 2.8.1 Electronic records: management and storage; 2.8.2 Electronic records in practice; 2.8.3 Document controls; 2.9 Predatory programming practices; 2.10 Guidance; Chapter 3 Identification of Construction Delays; 3.1 Establishing a basis for identifying delay3.1.1 General requirements; 3.1.2 Validation of an as-planned programme; 3.2 Factual evidence and as-built programmes; 3.2.1 As-built programme preparation; 3.2.2 Summary; 3.3 Identification of delay events; 3.3.1 Delay identification; 3.3.2 Recording delays; 3.4 Identification and analysis of disruption; 3.4.1 Disruption and delay; 3.4.2 Calculating disruption; 3.4.3 Establishing cause; 3.4.4 Total cost claims/global claims; 3.4.5 Measured mile; 3.4.6 Graphical presentation; 3.4.7 Summary; Chapter 4 Analysis of Construction Delays; 4.1 Introduction4.1.1 The use of CPM techniques; 4.1.2 Project planning software; 4.1.3 Identifying delays: cause or effect?; 4.2 Selection criteria and guidance; 4.2.1 The SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol; 4.2.2 The core statements of principle; 4.2.3 AACEI Recommended Practice No. 29R-03: Forensic Schedule Analysis; 4.2.4 Which technique to use under given circumstances; 4.3 Summary; Chapter 5 Delay Analysis Techniques; 5.1 Introduction to delay analysis techniques; 5.1.1 Additive methods of delay analysis; 5.1.2 Impacted as-planned; 5.1.3 Time impact analysis; 5.1.4 Collapsed as-built; 5.1.5 As-built based methods of analysis
• Sommario/riassunto: The most significant unanticipated costs on many construction projects are the financial impacts associated with delay and disruption to the works. Assessing these, and establishing a causal link from each delay event to its effect, contractual liability and the damages experienced as a direct result of each event, can be difficult and complex.This book is a practical guide to the process of delay analysis and includes an in-depth review of the primary methods of delay analysis, together with the assumptions that underlie the precise calculations required in any quantitative delay analysis. T

Les décisions d'orientation : Notions fondamentales / Yann Forner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910498501503321
• Autore: Forner Yann
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Villeneuve d'Ascq, : Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2021
• ISBN: 2-7574-3407-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): DanversFrancis
• Soggetti: Education; prise de décision; orientation scolaire; orientation professionnelle; style de décision; stratégie de décision; indécision; intérêt professionnel; valeur; connaissance de soi; connaissance des métiers; exploration; planification; besoin de réussite; locus de contrôle; perspective temporelle
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Comment prenez-vous des décisions pour votre carrière ? Quelques mots-clés permettent d’organiser une réflexion fondamentale : informatique, maturité professionnelle, indécision, styles de décision, motivation à la réussite, intérêts et valeurs. L’analyse de quelques logiciels de décision aide à comprendre ce que peut être une bonne méthode de décision. Utilisez-vous toujours la même méthode ou ; procédez-vous différemment à chaque fois ? Ressentez-vous (rarement/souvent) de l’indécision et à quoi la rattachez-vous ? Une fois la décision prise, faites-vous (peu/beaucoup) d’efforts pour la réaliser ? Vous sentez-vous plutôt poussé de l’intérieur par un besoin ou plutôt tiré de l’extérieur par des activités que vous aimeriez pratiquer ? Ces réflexions pourront inciter chacun à progresser dans ses propres décisions, inciter l’enseignant et l’enseignant-chercheur à aider leurs élèves et étudiants et inciter le spécialiste de l’orientation à reconsidérer ses pratiques. How do you make decisions for your career? A few key-words help to organize a fundamental reflexion: computer science, vocational maturity, indecision, decision-making styles, achievement motivation, vocational interests and values.