The second is economic: sea walls cost between # 1 million and # 5 million per kilometre and normally have
a design life of 50 years.
GE Hitachi first submitted plans for the ESBWR, which would have
a design life of 60 years, in 2005.
By providing classrooms of the very highest standards and with
a design life of at least 60 years, buildings from Portakabin help to ensure that there is no compromise on the quality of the learning environment.
If you want to have the financial freedom to
design the life of your dreams — whether that means having a house and popping out 1.5 kids, or chucking in the lot to travel full - time — then here are 5 financial lessons you should be practicing by the time you hit your 30s.
This can include optimising the use of concrete in construction by maximising
design life of buildings and infrastructures, encouraging reuse and recycling, reducing waste and benefiting from concrete's properties to minimise energy needs for heating and cooling of buildings.
This philosophy accepts the fact that the exposed membrane will not be perfect for
the design life of the roof.
You would think that a row of 10 - year old Sequoia or «redwood» trees, with prospects of living hundreds of years, would hardly be able to grow fast enough to shade a nearby residential solar panel array, which has
a design life of only 30 years.
Is there a difference between a «lifetime of 20 years» and a «
design life of 20 years»?
Not exact matches
The developers for one Los Angeles house hired Kravitz
Design to give this $ 38 million mansion the rockstar treatment, as featured on a recent episode
of CNBC's «Secret
Lives of the Super Rich.»
This guest post written by Melanie Biehle, creator
of Inward Facing Girl, where she blogs about contemporary art,
design, photography, and
life in Seattle.
Design thinking is a way
of approaching
life and shouldn't be done solely by those
designing the new product or service, Porcini advises.
«The idea
of being able to use biology to
design and engineer
living things that can do things like cure disease or eliminate organ waiting lists, or even revert climate change, or help us
live on other planets — that's more what was exciting about it,» he says.
I've dealt with sensitive teeth for much
of my adult
life, but I can usually get my tooth pain under control by using a toothpaste that's
designed for sensitive teeth for a few weeks.
Everything we create is
designed to help people unlock their potential, achieve their goals and create a
life they can be proud
of.
«The expectation at work has been to
live by the standards the men set up,» says Adi Tatarko, the co-founder and CEO
of Houzz, a
design and e-commerce website now valued at more than $ 1 billion.
While,
of course, to some extent this has to be true, especially in
life - threatening situations - your employee can lead an evacuation down a fire escape but can't necessarily
design standards for what is an acceptable or unacceptable level
of smoke inhalation - it's important to simultaneously push against it, to let your employees know what they need to get done but not necessarily how they should go about
designing their day and carrying out their duties.
The imaginative — albeit symbolic futuristic illustration — smart car model is
designed to exist as an extension
of a home's
living space, blurring the lines between utility, form and function.
«Working alone doesn't afford you any kind
of definition between your personal
life and your work
life,» says Cullin, who runs a Web
design company, Jade Rapture.
The three - pronged tower,
designed by New York firm The
Living, will act as a source
of shade throughout the summer.
Sachs said that most ground - up developers create as flexible a
design as possible, to accommodate all types
of living situations.
This pooper scooper combo is highly rated by Pet
Life Today in a review that comments on the lightweight but durable construction as well as the convenience
of the snap - together
design.
Buddhism was a tremendous influence in Jobs's
life, and it's said that Zen philosophy helped inspire the simplistic
design of Apple products.
Through her organization, Colombino has been working to improve the
lives of those most affected by the earthquake by creating and incubating a Haitian business and corresponding fashion brand, Deux Mains
Designs.
This allows a simpler
design to compartmentalize the different areas
of the ship, which will help reduce maintenance and manning costs over the
life of the ship.
The city's efforts to position itself as a hub
of the global high - tech entrepreneurial community will be showcased this week with its five - day Digital
Life Design (DLD) festival, driven by the mission to create a network
of innovation, digital prospects, science and culture.
In October the department store chain said it would no longer sell a broad range
of home and bath products
designed by Martha Stewart
Living Omnimedia but would continue to sell a smaller batch
of Martha Stewart items, including window treatments, rugs and party supplies.
I marveled at the brilliance
of Frederick Law Olmsted, who, in 1858, had the presence
of mind to
design this amazing release for city
living.
But it's a helpful re-framing for the great many people who don't take that advice out
of fear
of upsetting those who
designed the current world you'd like to upend or those who made plans for your
life you'd like to defy.
As an environmental sciences professor at Huston - Tillotson University in Austin, Jeff Wilson
lived for a year in a dumpster as part
of project
designed to rethink home
design and sustainable
living.
So much
of what we do is about changing people's
lives through great
design.
Snap, the company formerly known as Snapchat, on Friday revealed its first non-app product: Spectacles, a pair
of camera - equipped glasses
designed to let users easily take photos and videos
of life as they experience it.
But, there is
life after death: «Today, in an act
of radical
design surgery, Randhurst is being remade into an open - air, mixed - use development that will have many features
of a traditional downtown, including shops, movie theaters, offices and a hotel,» the Tribune writes.
Her impressive guests specialize in
design, careers, wellness, writing, coding — you name it — and many
of them have already shaped thousands
of lives with their work.
Code.org is
designed to help educate children across the country on the basics
of coding to better understand the technology and world they
live in.
With a combined revenue
of $ 56.9 million in 2014, California's six African American - led companies range from
life science consultancies to interior
design services.
The layout
of the spaces we inhabit, from schools to offices to homes, influences the way people
live, so Cary has spent most
of his career expanding his
design practice into humanitarian work.
Citing the view
of many scientists that we are
living during an age
of mass extinction, Antonelli posited that we can affect, through
design, how long we may or may not have left.
«Those that go through the coffin thing see the end for a moment, and it drives them to
live their
lives by
design, not by default, and succession planning is part
of that,» Carson said.
Indeed, the fact that Fluid
Life has
designed its offices to keep everyone thinking big is just one reason the firm — along with 44 others — joined the ranks
of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the first time this year.
It takes the position that the existence
of code proves
design in
living things, and the atheist position is not scientific because every single code we do know the origin
of is
designed.
Squarespace began the process
of designing its new 98,000 - square - foot headquarters two years ago with architecture firm A + I. Opened in March 2016, the only color in the minimalist space is the green plant
life.
«As part
of Salesforce, we will be able to help bring customers» vision to
life with a truly novel combination
of strategic leadership,
design thinking, brand strategy, industry - leading engineering and software.
Since it's not a new console but a refresh
of an existing one,
designed to
live squarely in the Xbox One - verse
of current - gen content, it's raison d'être can be summed as follows: graphics, graphics, graphics.
Advances in AI have led to researchers creating realistic audio and videos
of political figures that are
designed to look, and talk like real -
life counterparts.
At an early
design meeting, Griffin laid out a vision
of modular construction that will allow Green Built to build homes for people in different economic circumstances, and at different stages in their
lives.
The four - story home
designed by Pope will be where the Bezos family
lives, according to the Washingtonian, which obtained construction plans from the Washington D.C. Department
of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
The new version
of Glass will include a faster Intel processor, a longer battery
life and improved wireless connectivity in addition to some subtle
design changes, the WSJ reports.
While they all have their limitations — battery
life is still holding back the entire category — I found five watches I think rise above the rest, thanks to beautiful
design, comfort, or ease
of use.
They're looking for accomplishments that fall outside conventional rubrics: «maker» portfolios
of designs and inventions; entrepreneurial achievements; a rich volunteer
life; and, more broadly, an ability to creatively manage the sometimes - difficult elements
of the
life they were born into.
Xbox One X is the best looking
of the bunch with its matte black finish, streamlined edges, and
living room - friendly
design, and has the most power.