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Construction Cost Estimate for Relocation of Monte Pelao Tank Pump Station, Guanica, Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)On December 28, 2019, the seismic sequence to the South-Southwest of Puerto Rico began with a magnitude 4.7 Mw tremor, and what is considered the main event of this sequence occurred on January 7, 2020, a ... -
Construction Debris Management Plan for Sustainable Structures
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)Construction, maintenance & operations (M&O) and demolition of structures are engineering activities that could have an adverse impact to the environment when a Waste Management Plan (WMP) is not implemented before, ... -
The Construction Manager-General Contractor method for construction of transportation projects in Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)The Transportation infrastructure always needs investment. Fiscal problems at government require the use of innovative solutions to optimize the use of public funds. The traditional contract method, currently used, ... -
Construction Services Company – Purchases Process and Warehouse System Improvements
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)In the manufacturing industry, engineers focus on positively impacting all areas related to product output. When the output is tangible, several methodologies and assessments can be implemented to improve the production ... -
Construir otras realidades desde el diseño
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Según la perspectiva de la construcción social de la realidad, aquello que nombramos realidad es un fenómeno construido socialmente, ubicado desde temporalidades específicas, espacios específicos, lenguajes específicos y ... -
Contaminación en las playas: Cómo reducir la basura en las playas utilizando información relevante
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)La basura en las playas resulta a causa de actos naturales que ocasionan que los materiales contaminantes sean arrastrados por las corrientes marinas, desperdicios provenientes de comunidades aledañas a la playa y/o por ... -
Continuous Improvement in a Warehouse of Short Bark Industries
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)In the company Short Bark Industries is manufacturing military clothing and accessories. This company has a problem in the organization and excess inventory in the warehouse. For this they need to implement two Lean ... -
Continuous Improvement in the Retention and Employment Placement – Link Between Both Processes
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)For the last decade, the socialeconomic factors as violence, underground economy, the poverty level of living, high unemployment, generations depending on subsidies fund from the United States, has negatively impacted ... -
The Continuous Improvement Practices in the Puerto Rican Service Industry Formed Through Mixed Methods
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Continuous Manufacturing Variability Study
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)Continuous manufacturing variability is measured with the help of analysis of variance methodologies and statistical process control (SPC) tools such as control charts. The objective of this project was to assess ... -
Continuous Navy Ships Process Improvement: Six Sigma, Lean Thinking, and Theory of Constraints
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)Long waiting time in the equipment repair process in Norfolk Naval Shipyard is an actual problem. The main cause of this problem is the poor knowledge of the continuous process improvement techniques as Six Sigma, Lean ... -
Contra la demolición del Hotel La Concha
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Varias imágenes fotográficas que muestran la oposición a la demolición del Hotel La Concha. -
Control de Calidad del Proyecto CDBG-R3
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)El programa CDBG-R3 está teniendo una baja calidad de los entregables y están ocurriendo conflictos de intereses. El inconveniente es la dualidad de tareas de los inspectores que realizan inspecciones y el control de calidad ... -
Control licenses area optimization
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)When working in a company that contains processes regulated by state and federal agencies, any task performed by staff is critical. Especially when the company supplies products that are consumed by people. A controlled ... -
Control of Temperatures in Mass Concrete with Emphasis in the Use of HDPE Pipes as Part of a Cooling System - a Case Study at the Charles W. Cullen Bridge, Delaware
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)This paper discusses different approaches used today to manage temperatures in mass concrete and provides comments about their feasibility as a function of particular job conditions such as access, weather and ... -
Control por "feedback" y "feedforward" aplicado a un proceso de múltiples entradas
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 1994-12)Feedback and feedforward control applied to a multivariable process In this paper we analyze three control systems for a multivariable chemical process. We also present the design of a feedback control system, a feedforward ... -
Control Strategy design of a Continuous Direct Compression Process for Oral Solids Dosages using Resident Time Distribution Studies
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)In a continuous process any deviation from the intended process parameters can cause an unreliable product and economical losses.Residence time is a measure of how much time any given material or ... -
Controlled Environmental Area Room B Relayout for Acuity X4 Subassemblies Manufacturing Line Transfer
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)Boston Scientific is part of a competitive environment and strives to find methods to reduce cost, waste and improve quality. A methodology for reduction is Lean manufacturing. This methodology is used to reduce “muda” ... -
Conversando con: la diseñadora Ana Rebecca Campos Rivera
(School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)Entrevista a la diseñadora Ana Rebecca Campos Rivera por Yazmín M. Crespo Claudio, Directora del Departamento de Arquitectura Escuela Internacional de Diseño y Arquitectura de la Universidad del Turabo. -
Coronary Guide Wires Abbott Vascular
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Abbott Vascular produces guide wires which are designed to navigate vessels to reach a lesion or vessel segment. Once the tip of the device arrives at its destination, it acts as a guide so that larger catheters can ...