Each of us must have used tape measures in our lives more than a dozen of times. But have you ever wondered about the loosen end of your tape measure. You must have thought it should be a fault of the tape measure that the hook is loosen and it's the last time you buy a cheap tape measure. But ...
What is a System of Measurement?Systems of measurements are different types of measurements consisting of units and rules to govern them. These have been historically changed, regulated, and well defined to assist us in scientific and commercial trade purposes, especially between continents and nations. Major systems of measurements are,International System of Units (SI), also called the metric system.The British imperial ...
Developing a criteria to evaluate and select the best Inverter Air ConditionerWith the introduction of energy saving type Inverter Air Conditioners to the consumer market as a Mechanical Engineer I needed to look in to the Pros and Cons as well as to develop an Evaluating criteria for them.For the conventional type Air Conditioners Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) was the ...
How long does a wire transfer take?Wire transfers are used to send or receive money electronically. The speed of a wire transfer depends on many factors. A wire transfer between domestic U.S. bank accounts is usually completed within 24 hours. However, wires between the United States and international accounts take around 1–5 days.What is a Wire Transfer?A wire transfer can ...
Here are few examples of Evaluation Criteria for Bid Evaluation,Case 1 : Security Service for a Oil InstallationShould have experience in providing security services for at least 5 years for similar capacity institutions and documented proof should be presented.The supplier should be registered as a security service provider for the next year in the Ministry of Defence or such Authoritative ...
Today, the weight gain of average people has become a serious concern in developed as well as developing countries. Furthermore, this has led to study and discuss on health and fitness of world population more often.Lack of proper exercise is the first reason behind these problems. Although the young generation tends to go to gymnasiums, all they want is to ...
Chinese Five-Spice Tablespoon to Ounce ConverterType a value in the Tablespoons field to convert it to Ounces: Tablespoons(tbsp.): Ounces(oz.): Chinese Five-Spice Tablespoon to Ounce Conversion Table TablespoonsOunces 1 0.235 2 0.470 3 0.705 4 0.940 5 1.175 6 1.410 7 1.645 8 1.880 9 2.115 10 2.350 11 2.585 12 2.820 13 3.055 14 3.290 15 3.525 16 3.760 ...
Technical Evaluation Committee in a procurement procedure have many responsibilities.All the members of a TEC, individually and collectively responsible for the decisions taken by the committee.And a Procurement Time Schedule (PTS) will be prepared by the Procurement Entity (PE) before starting the procurement procedure. Another responsibility of the TEC is to do the evaluation within the duration set up according ...
Saffron is a rare to find spices which is one of the highest priced in the whole world. It is mainly because only three threads(stigma) can be taken out from a single flower and it is taking almost three hundred flowers to produce 1g of saffron.I always fancied to buy some of this rare spices whenever I get a chance. ...
We bought a Indesit Front Loading Full Automatic Washing Machine few days ago. After unpacking and levelling the washing machine I connected water supply and the drain pipe as instructed.Then as per instructions it needed to Test Run with laundry detergent and without laundry. As it was a full automatic washing machine I thought it will measure the required water ...
In Bid Evaluation Procedure, What is Lowest Evaluated Substantially Responsive Bid ?The term Lowest Evaluated Substantially Responsive Bid can be taken in to two parts and described as follows,First part : Lowest EvaluatedLowest evaluated does not need to be the lowest of the submitted bids. But it is the lowest among the others after rejecting non-complied bids. That is, the ...
As practicing Engineers and Associate Professionals of the Green Building Council of Sri Lanka, both me and my wife are much interested in green building concepts.Here are what we found on our last trip to Illukkumbura.We saw these on the way to Illukkumbura circuit bungalow of the forest department in the Knuckeles forest reserve along the Matale Rattota to Illukkumbura ...
Recently we had the chance to visit the beautiful Langkawi Islands of Malaysia. I would say truly amazing beaches, geo forests, tropical climate, world's steepest cable car ride, lot of extreme and fun things to do and finally duty free shops everywhere.And one never forgetting experience we had was Para-Sailing at Langkawi beach. It was extremely novel and mesmerising experience ...
At my working place, I have more than 500 individual A/C's installed and under my maintenance. At this point someone might think who does keep more than 500 A/C's without going for options like Central Air Conditioning systems.But there is a special reason for this high number of individual units. That is the nature of building locations and it is ...
Recently my wife bought herself a night cream from Oriflame Lanka (Pvt) Limited. She got it through a office colleague.And when she showed it to me, I was rather surprised to see that it was "Made in India". It was actually three times costly than a normal cream in the market.And my wife intentionally went for it as she wanted ...
It is an undeniable fact that education plays a major role in a person's life. Each day hundreds of researches are carried out to find better ways of educating and teaching. Along with implementing more productive education systems, there is an age old question about which is best; single sex schools or mixed schools. In my opinion, I strongly believe, ...
If you have a damaged/corrupted app on your Mac, here's a quick fix for you:1. Open Launchpad2. Drag the app to the Dock3. Double tap the app on the Dock4. Select Options -> Show in Finder5. Select the required app and Drag it to Trash6. Double tap the app on the Dock7. Select Options -> Remove from Dock8. If the ...
