The lower floors of the Wei-guan Golden Dragon building pancaked on top of each other in the quake and then the whole structure toppled, raising immediate questions about the quality of materials and workmanship used in its construction in the 1990s.
The strengthening technique requires low-tech equipment and workmanship, uses readily available, not expensive and industrially standardised materials.
The building's lower floors pancaked on top of each other in the 6.4 magnitude quake and then the whole structure toppled, raising immediate questions about the quality of materials and workmanship used in its construction in the 1990s.
Cost is determined by the quality of the blade steel, workmanship, material used for the handle, and ornamentation.
In the commercial grade of furniture there is wide variation in quality, from the lowest priced goods to high-grade items in which individual hand workmanship is used for processes where the quality would suffer if the machine were used.
The first category focuses on the quality of items (workmanship, materials used and design), while the second takes account of householder behaviour.
Faults of improper workmanship were represented using a beam of honey-combed concrete and other of insufficient cover.
Testimony before the GAO claims that mechanics at all major airlines are frequently threatened by supervisors that "the discovery of too many' maintenance discrepancies" will result in more work shifting to subcontractorseven though managers "generally concede that these subcontractors are notorious for their inferior workmanship and use of unlicensed staff".
We now have people who are using computers who also appreciate the old-fashioned workmanship of good furniture.
In 2011, a Times investigation of how it was using $5.7 billion in construction bonds revealed significant misspending, shoddy workmanship, inadequate oversight and cozy connections among some contractors, college administrators and members of the board of trustees.
