What project management innovation did Brunelleschi implement during the Florence
Cathedral dome construction to improve worker productivity? - ANSWER Providing safety
controls to reduce worker injuries
Providing a canteen at dome level
Development of a pay system in which workers were paid dir...
What project management innovation did Brunelleschi implement during the Florence
Cathedral dome construction to improve worker productivity? - ANSWER Providing safety
controls to reduce worker injuries
Providing a canteen at dome level
Development of a pay system in which workers were paid directly for quantiy of material
installed
Phillibert de l'Orme's book Nouvelles inventions pour bien bastir et a petis fraiz is one of
the first places that the following technique is mentioned: - ANSWER Short plank pegging
, Indigo Jones used the book by what Vicenza architect to influence his designs into England? -
ANSWER Andrea Palladio
As comfort became more of a factor for building owners, the Louvre Palace in Paris was
the sight of the first ....? - ANSWER Effective fireplace
Where was the first custom built indoor theater built? - ANSWER Vicenza, Italy
Who developed the first slide rule by placing two logarithmic scales next to each other? -
ANSWER William Oughtred
The boom in commercial shipping in the seventeenth century generated a need for .......?
- ANSWER better port facilities
During the mid-sixteenth century, surplus wealth was often invested in .......? - ANSWER Civic
Buildings
Who was one of the first scientist to differentiate between the properties of a material and
the properties of a structure? - ANSWER Galileo Galilei
What did Christopher Wren use in Saint Paul's that was reputedly the first use of a material
and technique? - ANSWER Cast Iron tall railings
Including a growth in technical advances, most building construction during the
seventeenth century was based on .....? - ANSWER Experience and common sense
The first table of suitable dimensions for floor girders and joists, published in 1668, was
used for .....? - ANSWER setting minumum sizes of timber elemests
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