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    How Soil Destroys Buildings

    How Soil Destroys Buildings

    Expansive soils cause more property damage per year than earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes combined. Expansive soils are a slow-moving geologic phenomenon, which makes them not very news-worthy. However, they still cause a tremendous amount of damage to buildings and the public infrastructure we rely on every day.

    Subjects:
    Building Services Engineering, Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, and Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Foundations Soil mechanics Swelling soils
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    Managing Building Adaptation: a Sustainable Approach

    Managing Building Adaptation: a Sustainable Approach

    Do you have a passion for buildings and want to contribute to a sustainable environment? Then this is your chance to make a difference! The biggest sustainability challenge for cities worldwide is adapting existing obsolescent buildings and making them future-proof. In this course, you will learn about adapting buildings for sustainability. This course first introduces you to the challenging management task of redeveloping buildings for future use. Then you will learn how different management tools can be used to convert old buildings for sustainable reuse. Prior experience with studies or jobs related to the built environment is not essential for this course, but will be a great advantage. This MOOC is especially relevant for students who are interested in Real Estate, Project Management, Urban Planning, Architecture, Construction, Engineering, and Sustainability. The course is taught by a multi-disciplinary team of instructors and professors with relevant practical and theoretical experience. You can use the practical knowledge you obtain during this course to tackle many challenges related to the built environment.

    Subjects:
    Building and Real Estate
    Keywords:
    Buildings -- Remodeling for other use Sustainable buildings
    Resource Type:
    Courseware