A fire broke out at the MGM Grand Hotel (figure 1.) on November 21st 1980 and resulted in the deaths of 85 guests and hotel staff. Roughly 600 others were injured during the fire and also 35 fire fighters had to seek medical attention during and after the incident. The high-rise MGM Grand hotel building‚ first constructed in the early 1970s. The building consisted of twenty-one stories of guest accommodation situated above a large ground complex which included a casino‚ showrooms‚ and convention
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At 2215 hrs‚ on November 28‚ 1942‚ Fire Alarm Headquarters from Box 1514‚ situated at Stuart and Carver streets‚ received an alarm. When the responding apparatus arrived they found a small car fire at the corner of Stuart Street and Broadway. After the fire was extinguished the firefighters were about to return to quarters when their attention was called to smoke emanating from the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub a few doors away. Upon their arrival at the entrance of the Broadway lounge on Broadway they
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into the cross halls‚ and opposing downward runs of stairs converging on a single landing from the legs of the H. The stairway of non-combustible construction‚ was not enclosed with fire-resistant doors. In taller buildings multiple stairways were becoming common practices. Atlanta building code of 1911 permitted building lots of less than 5‚000 square feet to have a single stairway. The steel structure of the building was protected by structural clay tile and concrete fireproofing. Interior partions
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GENERAL NOTES Initial Action ((by person detecting the FIRE)): *Activate the nearest manual activator for General Alarm (six or more short blasts followed by one prolonged blast). *Advise the Officer of the Watch *If possible‚ extinguish fire with nearest extinguisher *If unable to extinguish‚ close all doors/openings and proceed to Emergency Stations When the Emergency Signal Sounds: o All persons on board muster at their respective muster stations; o All groups conduct a
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order for 280 stairs from Community Builders‚ Inc.‚ a large housing development contractor. The accountant prepares cost estimates for producing components for 280 stairways so the sales manager can submit a contract price per stair to Community Builders. The Accountant accumulates the following data for the production of 280 stairways: Direct materials Direct labour Machine hours Direct labour hours $158‚250 112‚000 5‚000 14‚500 Number of purchase orders 60 Number of material
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No. 111 also did not match the catalog illustration! The floor plan shows that the front door should lead into the reception hall on the side of the house with the stairway (the house in Itasca matches this plan). The catalog illustration has the front door leading into the parlor on the side of the house opposite the stairway. Sloppy editing by someone at Sears. Scan courtesy of Sears Archives. The original homeowners were Frank C. and Clara Schumacher. They were married in 1912 and‚ according
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2.2 Personal Factor 2.2.1 Clothing insulation 2.2.2 Metabolic Heat 3.0 Background of selected building 3.1 Floor plans and spaces 3.2 Macroclimate 4.0 Justification of case study 4.1 Issues and recommendations 4.1.1 Living hall 4.1.2 Room 1 4.1.3 Stairway 4.1.4 Room 3 & 5 4.1.5 Room 6 4.1.6 Overall Building
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ALLIANCE BUSINESS SCHOOL Facility Layout Project Alliance College Library Submitted to: Dr. Madhumita Mazumder Submitted by: Group 1 Aakanksha Agnihotri Anurag Agarwal Saloni Singh Smeet Patel Sushmita Chakraborty Yoga Moorthy 4/6/2009 CONTENTS Sl.No. Topic Page No. 1 Introduction 1 2 Service Layout 1-4 3 Library Service Layout 5 4 Library Layout Map Exhibits Analysis of Library Layout Recommendations 6-8 5 9-11 6 12 7 Conclusion
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without walking up from the ground floor with heavy equipment‚ A higher standard for fire resistance in high-rise buildings more than 420 feet tall‚ a stronger fire proofing for buildings more than 75 feet tall‚ shafts enclosing elevators and exit stairways that have impact resistant walls‚ self-luminous exit pathway markings in all exit
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The poem Manhattan Thirties Flash is exactly what the title states. It is a quick description of Manhattan in the 1930’s. The author‚ Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was a well-known firebrand‚ Ginsberg was a leader of the "beat movement" of the 1950’s and of the cultural and political protests of the 1960’s. He often writes about spiritual survival in a dehumanized‚ repressive society. You can see the dehumanization throughout the poem for example in line one when Ginsberg writes‚ "repetitive machine
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