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25 Great DIY Ideas for Hiding Ugly Things in Your Home. Open any ‘house and home’ magazine and you are bound to see a picturesque display of purposely positioned and perfectly selected household items.

25 Great DIY Ideas for Hiding Ugly Things in Your Home

Often the simplicity and lack of clutter alone can make a room seem vibrant and spacious. But all it takes is a single wire protruding from behind the television set to completely disrupt your picture perfect living room layout. It’s not always easy to hide those unwanted eyesores. But this guide will show you some clever DIY ideas that might just help make your home a little bit more livable. 1.

Ever tripped over your dog’s bowl only to spew the food all over the kitchen floor? All it takes to get this luxury is to modify a dresser by fitting a sheet of plywood, with cutouts for the bowls, in the lowest drawer of the dresser. [Image Source: Freshome] 2. Aircon units can be really nasty on the eyes. One way, as in the image below, is to place a chalkboard over the unit. [Image Source: DecorHacks] [Image Source: DecorHacks]

15 Things Only Civil Engineers Know. Civil engineers have a very particular set of skills.

15 Things Only Civil Engineers Know

Skills they have acquired over a very long time in engineering school. Skills that make them a nightmare to city planners and architects. Here are 15 things only civil engineers know. [Edited Image Source: Pixabay] 15. Portland cement, high alumina cement, white cement, sulphate resisting cement. 14. Us civil engineers know that there are four types of road curves: simple, compound, reverse, and deviation. These Videos Will Help You Pass Your ARE Structural Exam. These Videos Will Help You Pass Your ARE Structural Exam For architects seeking NCARB licensure, few things are more daunting than the dreaded structural exam.

These Videos Will Help You Pass Your ARE Structural Exam

But now, thanks to a series of videos from structural engineer Dilip Khatri, even those of us who spent more time doodling than paying attention in college engineering classes can acquire the skills needed to pass the structural section of the ARE. Khatri, principal of Khatri International Structural and Civil Engineers, has a PHD in Structural Engineering from the University of Southern California and over 30 years experience in the profession, including over 20 years of teaching structural engineering. In the videos, he covers everything you’ll need to know for the exam, from test-taking strategy to shear and moment diagramming to complex problem solving, illustrating with the help of a sharpie pen. Check out the videos below, and find links to supplementary notes here: 15 Best Tips For Young Engineers. [Image Source: Modified Unsplash] The proverb goes hindsight is 20/20, which essentially means you can make better decisions later on when you have become more knowledgeable about the world.

15 Best Tips For Young Engineers

But wouldn’t it be nice to be able to make good decisions from the outset when you’re still young? The following tips were compiled for young engineers and interestingly, most of these suggestions revolve around lifelong learning. Experienced engineers weighed in and added their voice to help create this top 15 list of the best tips for young engineers. 1. Your career can easily get off track without the help and guidance of an experienced professional. 2.

When you establish instrumental connections with people within your organization, you become increasingly valuable to the people running it. 3. There continues to exist a fear of sticking out like a sore thumb. 4. Young, smart engineers realize that education at a university is just the very beginning of one’s education as an engineer. كتب الهندسة المدنية والمعمارية - Civil and architecture مكتبة تحميل مجاني 2016 PDF ? كتب PDF الابداع > مكتبة تحميل الكتب مجانا > مكتبة كتب الهندسة و التكنولوجيا > كتب الهندسه > كتب في كتب الهندسة المدنية والمعمارية - Civil and architecture مكتبة كتب الهندسة المدنية والمعمارية - Civil and architecture.

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9 Entreprenurial Architects Who Developed Innovative Products and Services. Architects love innovation; they are usually on the lookout for the latest innovation in materials and products which they can incorporate into their inevitably innovative designs.

9 Entreprenurial Architects Who Developed Innovative Products and Services

And yet, there's one place where they rarely innovate: their own business. This article, originally posted on Archipreneur as "Branching Out: 9 Architects Who Created Innovative Products," explores the world of architects who are innovating in other ways. For decades the architectural business model has remained unchanged. While other industries have taken cues from the increasingly popular start-up mentality seen in the technology sector, architects have stuck to the outmoded practice of trading time for dollars. In a competitive global economy, this model is highly susceptible to changes in the real estate market and has limited opportunities for growth. The Hitchhiker's Guide to AutoCAD Basics.