The experience developed by a lot of companies with regard to Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation has proved, according to Professor María del Mar Fuentes Fuentes in her book “Total quality management”, that applying TQM principles does not guarantee success. “More and more experts –says María del Mar Fuentes—think that it is not a recipe… Seguir Leyendo Excellence: the purest quality concept
“Most human and economic losses caused by earthquakes come from an inadequate seismic performance of the frameworks. Sometimes, they come to collapse partial or totally”, Professor José Ramón Arango González maintains in his book “Introduction to the study of seismic vulnerability of the historical buildings of Granada”, which has just been published by the Publishing… Seguir Leyendo Earthquakes cause damages in buildings due to an inadequate framework performance
Students of the University of Granada will have access to the different rooms of a virtual publishing house where they will meet the publisher, the writer, the productor, etc., and they will have to respond to their requests in order to prepare a book, thanks to a teaching innovation project that reproduces in a virtual… Seguir Leyendo Students will have access to a virtual publishing house, thanks to a teaching innovation project
Researchers of the Departments of Mineralogy and Petrology and of Microbiology of the University of Granada have managed to find out the amazing applications of a common soil bacteria, Myxococcus Xanthus, in ornamental element restoration of listed buildings. The microorganism, harmless to people, allows to rebuild damaged elements of these buildings with high accuracy through… Seguir Leyendo Universidad de Granada researchers use a bacteria to restore historical building ornaments
Texts of Fernando Távora, Joao de Melo, Domingo Tavares, Sergio Fernández, Alexandre Alves Costa, José Antonio Bandeirinha, Víctor Maestre, Josa Santa Rita and Javer Gallego Roca, make up the book Architectural and urban renovation and restoration in Portugal, published by the University of Granada, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport,… Seguir Leyendo “Granada is a model city where the poetics of memory finds a total application through Architecture”, architect Joao de Melo says
The project of a railway station in Granada, which last January obtained a first-class mark, contains in its proposal, which has been presented with in great detail with planimetries and models, 12,100 square metres for the station centre, parkings that take up 32,000 square metres, 6,500 sm of offices and other surfaces devoted to facilities,… Seguir Leyendo An Architecture student carries out a project of a Railway Station for the AVE (high speed train) of Granada
The research work carried out by Professor Grindlay Moreno tackles urban centrality of port infrastructures from the process of the relations developed between port and city. In the first place, in general, some characteristic phases, verified and developed in the light of several model cases that illustrate relational processes and their effects, paying special attention,… Seguir Leyendo A research work emphasizes Málaga as a paradigm of port city in the Andalusian Mediterranean
According to the persons in charge of Norcontrol, the firm «promotes, since it was created in 1981, quality, safety and environment improvement in those companies aiming to position among those setting the standard in world economy». This company turns over 65,100 euros a year and is organized in four divisions: Industrial division comprising the areas:… Seguir Leyendo The quality of construction projects, object of study of the University of Granada and the Norcontrol Company
Francisco Revelles Marín, teacher of the University of Granada, has patented a new greenhouse which does not need plastics. According to the researcher «the invention refers to a type of greenhouse in which more solid structures can be used and they do not have to be renovated like plastics do. This way, we can make… Seguir Leyendo A teacher patents a greenhouse without plastics
Teachers Antonio García Casco, of the department of Mineralogy and Petrology, and José Durán Suárez, of the department of Sculpture, of the University of Granada have presented to the patent board the invention of a porous artificial stone that notably reduces expenses in the construction and restoration of listed buildings. The inventors of this material… Seguir Leyendo The invention of a porous stone allows to reduce costs in building construction and restoration
