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where is the best structure location on the hills
1. Hot Arid
2. Hot Humid
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1. toe of slope for exposure to cold air flows at night
2. Top of slope for exposure to breezes
3. middle to top for access to light winds but protect from high winds
4. middle to lower slope for wind protection |
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| process of nitrate reduction |
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fertillizer
increasing acidity |
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| measure the velocity of water in pipe for irrigation |
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| what type of lighting can be installed by LA contractor? |
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| american nursley and land association |
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| American National standard institution |
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| lumber treatments for outdoor application |
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ACA-Ammoniacal copper arsenate
CCA-chromed copper arsenate
wolmanization |
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| max depth of stockpile soil for planting |
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loose up after first grown season
remove after second grown season |
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| soil analysis to determin footing size. |
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| which measurement use for design load of wood span table |
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punds per square feet
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| what is the fact that irrigation nozzele matching to |
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| what is the critical fact for concrete compressive strength? |
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| water conservation efforts in LEED |
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1. use water efficient landscape to reduce 50% of portable use
2.eeliminate portable water use - water capture on site , graywater for irrigation,or treated effluent, or eliminate irrigation system completely. |
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| stockpiling maximum soil height |
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clay = 4 feet
Sand = 6 feet |
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| anytying not permanently attached, |
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retaining wall movement
sliding
overturn
crushing |
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wall try to move foraward
wall try to rotate about the toe of the footing due to not able to handle force from top of the wall
or settling - when excessive amount of force applied to toe |
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high compressive strength but low workability
use for interior application
sturctural application
do it all , good for exterior
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| measure for dead load live load |
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measure of force of water
Measure of flow rate |
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Ponds per square inch
gallon per minitues |
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tooled joint
troweled joint |
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concave, V
weathered, struck, |
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| the time of concentrtaion |
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| the amount of time it takes for runoff to travel from the most distant point of water shed to the outlet |
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| major load carrier of deck structure? |
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| how much drying process shrink wood |
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| removing dead flowers from a plant |
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Ailnathus altissima
Acer Platanoides
Gedra Helox have |
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Aeroin
Alluvial
Colluvial |
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Transported by the wind ex. sand
transported by stream and then form delta
a mixture of rock particles, found at the base of slope |
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| the elevation on the inside bottom of a pipe |
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K value indicates elosion factor by water
T by wind |
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wetland system found in a depression, low salinitym has plant cover less than 30%
related to lake |
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| wetland dominated by plant material |
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salinity level greater than .5%
related to marsh |
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| backflow prevention method |
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- an aire gap
a reduce pressure principal bakc¥ckflow prevention assembly
a pressure vacume breaker backflow prevention assembly
- an armospheric vacum breaker backflow prventin |
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run off calcuration
rational formula |
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Q=CxIxA
Q:flow(9cu ft/ sec)
C: Surface runoffvalue
I: intensity ( in/hr)
A: area of site |
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| fed by local lake and streams |
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Land use color
green
yellow
red
brown
purple
blue
grey |
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green = recreation acgriculture
yellow = residetial
red = retail / commercial
Brown=multi family/ high-rise
purple = industrial
blue- institutional/ public facility
grey= industrial utility |
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| the deposition of sediment in water due to soil erosoion and stormwater runoff |
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| bacteria and andvirus created by pollution when runoff inclreased |
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method of principal of composition
1.Unity
2.Balane
3.Emphasis |
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1. repetition, simplisity
2. scale,weighgt
3. contrast. hierarchy |
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