Alexa Inscore, Leanne Pemberton, Claire Troll, Sagan Chaudoin, Emily Lipe Dr. Gebken TCM 320 11 November 2014 Legal Research Assignment - Weather To prove entitlement, it must be shown that events beyond the contractor’s control delayed the time given in the contract. The most efficient way to prove weather delays is to update the baseline schedule regularly. The baseline schedule is used to measure project progress and contract performance. According to the Business Dictionary, “Any change caused by change in scope of the project invalidates the original schedule and necessitates a new baseline schedule” (Business Dictionary). The date the project started and was finished, the weather, employers, and how much work got done, and anything else that affects the lifecycle of the project needs to be constantly recorded in the baseline schedule. As current weather conditions recorded in the updated schedule are compared to what were previously recorded as “normal” weather conditions. It is important to look at the National Weather Service and analyze what type of weather the area will be faced with. This will determine what are considered “normal” conditions, and how any type of weather will affect construction operations. Continuously chronicling weather conditions is “not only necessary for the cost management system, but also extremely important to prove entitlement for compensation” (Parvin 4). Examples where this entitlement concept was the basis for a lawsuit can be found
John Knowles, author of A Separate Peace, utilises symbolism to further explore weather as a motif. Gene, the narrator of the novel states, “I think we reminded them of what peace was like, we boys of sixteen”(24). During the summer session the boys are “careless and wild”(24). Being an outgoing and relentless character, Finny symbolizes and is “the essence of this careless peace”(24). The summer session symbolizes the youthful innocence of the Devon boys.
The city of Springfield, Massachusetts were blessed with the basing of a baseball minor league franchise in their city. But the class A team is faced with great revenue generation challenges that will make or mar the organization. The new team might likely take advantage of the fact that closest sports franchised teams are all located 90 miles away from Springfield. This might create a ticket and concession boom for the team and other benefits like employment and taxes for the city. The city has a considerable moderate family income and a recent growth index in the healthcare, financial, and other small and medium enterprise sectors is an advantage
According to the National Weather Service, a significant winter storm is predicted to arrive on Saturday, and is anticipated to continue through the day on Sunday. The storm could drop up to 18 inches on Boston. The company may face widespread and perhaps prolonged power outages and system damage caused by the powerful storm. However, the snowfall and high wind may prevent access to making repairs. This not only will create huge workload but also will potentially hurt company’s image.
Not only did weather affect the plot, but huge natural disasters also affects the plot. On page 81, it says, “I looked and saw the entire portable being swallowed up by the mud, it’s roof now where it’s porch steps
Obtaining a weather briefing for flight planning aircraft performance is one of the most important duties of a professional pilot. I began my flying career in 2004, many years before the information technology we have today. Obtaining a weather briefing before a flight would take several minutes to accomplish. Depending on the route and conditions of the flight, gathering all the required information could be quite exhausting. Today, weather briefings, desire route of flight, and performance calculations can be done quickly and easily from one source. This writing assignment will demonstrate how this information was gathered in 2004 and how it is done today in a fraction of the time. My example consists of a typical day pilots face when preparing for a flight and the impact of the mobile revolution.
This type of precipitation is very common when there is a midlatitude warm front. The Taiga region receives very little frontal precipitation in the winter. The Boreal, Prairie, and Atlantic Maritime regions experience frontal precipitation throughout the year but moderately. The Southeastern region of Canada which is Ontario, Quebec, and parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, receive frontal rainfall throughout the whole year. This is where it mostly occurs. As you can see, this type of precipitation occurs very frequently in Canada whereas, the other forms only occur in a certain season and very little at
The objective of this study was to compare observed rainfall amounts, maximum air temperature, minimum air temperature and maximum wind speeds at daily periods from two different types of automatic weather stations. An automatic weather station (AWS) is defined by the WMO (1992a) as a meteorological station where observations are made and from which the data is transmitted automatically. The AWS was designed to accurately measure and record standard meteorological variables. The design of AWS’s may vary from measurement rates, methods on how the data is retrieved or the intervals of when the data is reported (Tanner, 1990).
The deadline for the completion of the project remains unchanged 4 months, but the challenge is raised by the fact that the deliverables of the project completion have changed. Specifically, the following two issues have aroused to generate new complexities:
Extreme weather phenomena result in numerous instances of property damage, human displacement, and loss of human life in the United States and globally each year. In recent years, there seems to have been an increase in anomalous weather conditions, such as floods, droughts, severe storms, and high temperatures, among other types of events. Extreme weather episodes affect a range of sectors including agriculture, and food security, water, health, and tourism (Cooney, 2012). Some areas, such as developing countries, are more vulnerable than others due to lack of funds, planning, and infrastructure (Cooney, 2012). However, more needs to be done in all areas in order to prepare for the rising number of these
For several decades, USPS Fort Worth was subjected to an elevated portion of Interstate Highway I-30 constructed parallel to the building’s Lancaster Street frontage. This portion of the highway was eventually demolished and relocated to an area one block south of the site. By then, the damage to the post office was already done—and extensive.
The staff in the External Affairs department combined has several years of experience that will be beneficial to staying on schedule, which is key to ensure that deadlines are met and maximum productivity is accomplished. An anticipated start date of May 16th will begin the process of the project with an anticipated completion time approximately 180 days later ending on November 15th. There will be several meetings over the course of the schedule for review of pictures, testimonials and other documents. Over 92% of all projects associated with our department have either been
For a tornado to form there must be a cold front, and low-level moisture. Tornadoes are associated with big and strong thunderstorms. A column of warm and humid air will rise quickly. How it begins to rotate is not understood by scientists, but what they think is that two different winds with different altitudes and speeds. This creates a wind shear. The column of air sometimes gets caught in a super cell updraft. The updraft will tighten and speed up. When it begins to rain and hail, the precipitation will push down the column of air to create a tornado. Tornadoes mostly occur on the southern half of the U.S. More thunderstorms take place which a necessity for a tornado to form. Normally they move from southwest to northeast. The
Our mission for this report is to analyze if there is any correlation between temperature and precipitation between two locations for KOA (Kampgrounds of America). The purpose is to give KOA the analysis of this data to help them decide what location will be a better opportunity for the company, but also one that will be profitable. The two locations include Hot Springs, AR and Big Sky, MT. In this report we will discuss the methods used to analyze this data and present a solid discussion about both locations and their potential to become an investment for KOA.
A common understanding of this weather menace must be established before delving into its dangers. Layman’s terms suggest that fog is a low hovering cloud which limits the visibility at ground level in a wide variety of intensity. From personal experience, fog may prevent you from locating your own home, or may simply cause the air to feel moist. Fog forms when the difference between air temperature and dew point is generally less than 4 °F. Fog begins to form when water vapor condenses into tiny liquid water droplets suspended in the air, usually also clinging to pollutants or naturally occurring particles (ex: dust, salt, etc.) Water vapor is added to the air by: wind convergence into areas of upward direction, precipitation, daytime heating which evaporates water from the surface of large bodies of water, oceans or wetlands; transpiration from plants, cool or dry air moving over warmer water, and lifting air over mountains. Think of fog as a lower rendition of the cloud form stratus; meaning it is a lower deck that occurs when a cool air mass is confined under a warm air mass.
People often confuse between climate and weather- the two really are quite different. Weather describes the atmospheric condition over a short period of time that is from day to day or week to week. While climate describes average conditions over a long period of time. Step out and you experience many facets of weather. Air temperature and pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, cloud type and cover and the amount and form of precipitation are all the characteristics of the momentary conditions we call weather.