Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-126). Also available on the World Wide Web.

The purpose of the thesis work is to increase knowledge about older wood materials. The quality of the material and how to take care of it, restore it and reuse it, will be investigated. The aim of the report is to help reduce the amount of wood waste that the construction sector is responsible for and indicate the differences that exist between wood today and wood from the past. Due to the broad subject, there is a focus on wooden windows, which are used as examples in the report. The focus is carpentry wood andolder wood material before the middle of the 20th century. To achieve the goal, several interviews were conducted with experts in the field as well asa case study where older windows were replaced and what the consequences of that led to. The results show that wood production and the quality of timber have changed greatly. Before the year 1950, many natural forests that existed with slow-growing trees were used and much greater emphasis was placed on the quality of the material. Today's woodproduction is dominated by fast-growing trees and the trees are treated like a "bulk product". The trees are cut down all at once and sorted by area of use, rather than its individual characteristics. With the help of technological advances, the pursuit of efficiency in production has contributed to greater financial gain. Older wood materials turned out to have a higher quality compared to today's fast-growing timber. Properties of the older wood are higher density, denser annual rings, more resistant to moisture and above all a larger amount of heartwood. On the other hand, today's fast-growing woodmaterials are faster and easier to process. To carry out a restoration work of a window, competent craftsmen are required, of whichthere is currently a shortage. The demand for recycled wooden windows and interior doors has recently increased. Caring for older wooden windows is done by regular painting, scraping, and caulking of windows. The window replacement that wasinvestigated resulted in high costs and more emissions of carbon dioxide during the manufacture of the new windows, but energy consumption in the villa was reduced as the thermal insulation was improved.

Os estudos e práticas em iniciativas econômicas solidárias consideram diferentes dimensões da economia solidária: autogestão, gênero, empoderamento, participação de entidades de apoio e fomento e adequação sociotécnica (AST). A AST constitui-se neste contexto como mecanismo, método e ferramenta para alcance de objetivos relacionados à autogestão. Autogestão abarcada neste estudo como processo educativo. O objetivo principal da pesquisa é identificar e examinar os fatores que mais contribuíram e mais dificultaram a produção autogestionária de janelas de madeira ao longo do processo de incubação de um empreendimento econômico solidário. As estratégias gerais da pesquisa foram: pesquisa de levantamento pós-fato, estudo de caso e pesquisa-ação tendo como elemento favorecedor do estudo a participação do pesquisador como assessor do processo de incubação da marcenaria no período de 2006 a 2010. O objeto empírico da pesquisa é a produção autogestionária de janelas de madeira na Marcenaria Coletiva de Mulheres do assentamento rural Pirituba II, Itapeva/SP. Os procedimentos de coleta de dados foram: a observação direta, análise de vídeos e fotos, a sistematização de conhecimento referente ao processo de incubação e a análise de documentos. Em suma, trata-se de um estudo descritivo, exploratório e aplicado no qual foram examinadas variáveis relacionadas à autogestão e à AST. Resultados alcançados pela pesquisa foram: a caracterização da produção de janelas na Marcenaria Coletiva de Mulheres integrada a descrição do contexto histórico do empreendimento e da descrição das trabalhadoras a partir da noção de identidade social, linha do tempo com variáveis e hipóteses explicativas para exame da autogestão considerando grau de identidade do grupo em torno de valores de cooperação e solidariedade no trabalho, participação democrática nos processos decisórios, fundo coletivo e posse e cessão de uso dos meios de produção e linha do tempo com variáveis e hipóteses explicativas para exame da adequação sociotécnica considerando autoria de projeto e fabricação de produtos, capacidades adquiridas, equipamentos e dispositivos e parcerias realizadas. Como conclusão geral do estudo foi verificada a autogestão como processo de transição e avanço gradativo na prática do empreendimento. / Studies and practices in economic solidarity initiatives consider different dimensions of social economy: self-management, gender, empowerment, participation of entities from support and promotion and adequacy sociotechnical (AST). The AST is in this context as a mechanism, method and tool for achieving goals related to self-management. Self-management embraced this study as an educational process. The main objective of the research is to identify and examine the factors that contributed most difficult and most self-managed production of wooden windows in a supportive economic enterprise in the incubation process. The strategies of the research were: survey research after the fact, case study and action research as having element to facilitate the participation of the study the researcher as an advisor of the incubation process of the woodwork in the period from 2006 to 2010. The object of the research is empirical self-managed production of wooden windows in Woodwork Women\'s Collective rural settlement Pirituba II, Itapeva / SP. The procedures for data collection were: direct observation, analysis and videos, the systematization of knowledge regarding the incubation process and document analysis. In summary, it is a descriptive, exploratory and applied in which were examined variables related to self-management and AST. Achievements of the research were to characterize the production of windows in Joinery Collective Women integrated description of the historical context of the project and the description of workers from the notion of social identity, timeline with variables and explanatory hypotheses for examination of self-management considering the degree of group identity around values of cooperation and solidarity in work, democratic participation in decision making, and collective fund ownership and right of use of the means of production and timeline with variables and explanatory hypotheses for considering the appropriateness sociotechnical authorship of the design and manufacture of products, acquired skills, equipment and devices and partnerships undertaken. As a general conclusion was verified self-management as a process of transition and gradual advance in the practice of development.

Os estudos e práticas em iniciativas econômicas solidárias consideram diferentes dimensões da economia solidária: autogestão, gênero, empoderamento, participação de entidades de apoio e fomento e adequação sociotécnica (AST). A AST constitui-se neste contexto como mecanismo, método e ferramenta para alcance de objetivos relacionados à autogestão. Autogestão abarcada neste estudo como processo educativo. O objetivo principal da pesquisa é identificar e examinar os fatores que mais contribuíram e mais dificultaram a produção autogestionária de janelas de madeira ao longo do processo de incubação de um empreendimento econômico solidário. As estratégias gerais da pesquisa foram: pesquisa de levantamento pós-fato, estudo de caso e pesquisa-ação tendo como elemento favorecedor do estudo a participação do pesquisador como assessor do processo de incubação da marcenaria no período de 2006 a 2010. O objeto empírico da pesquisa é a produção autogestionária de janelas de madeira na Marcenaria Coletiva de Mulheres do assentamento rural Pirituba II, Itapeva/SP. Os procedimentos de coleta de dados foram: a observação direta, análise de vídeos e fotos, a sistematização de conhecimento referente ao processo de incubação e a análise de documentos. Em suma, trata-se de um estudo descritivo, exploratório e aplicado no qual foram examinadas variáveis relacionadas à autogestão e à AST. Resultados alcançados pela pesquisa foram: a caracterização da produção de janelas na Marcenaria Coletiva de Mulheres integrada a descrição do contexto histórico do empreendimento e da descrição das trabalhadoras a partir da noção de identidade social, linha do tempo com variáveis e hipóteses explicativas para exame da autogestão considerando grau de identidade do grupo em torno de valores de cooperação e solidariedade no trabalho, participação democrática nos processos decisórios, fundo coletivo e posse e cessão de uso dos meios de produção e linha do tempo com variáveis e hipóteses explicativas para exame da adequação sociotécnica considerando autoria de projeto e fabricação de produtos, capacidades adquiridas, equipamentos e dispositivos e parcerias realizadas. Como conclusão geral do estudo foi verificada a autogestão como processo de transição e avanço gradativo na prática do empreendimento. / Studies and practices in economic solidarity initiatives consider different dimensions of social economy: self-management, gender, empowerment, participation of entities from support and promotion and adequacy sociotechnical (AST). The AST is in this context as a mechanism, method and tool for achieving goals related to self-management. Self-management embraced this study as an educational process. The main objective of the research is to identify and examine the factors that contributed most difficult and most self-managed production of wooden windows in a supportive economic enterprise in the incubation process. The strategies of the research were: survey research after the fact, case study and action research as having element to facilitate the participation of the study the researcher as an advisor of the incubation process of the woodwork in the period from 2006 to 2010. The object of the research is empirical self-managed production of wooden windows in Woodwork Women\'s Collective rural settlement Pirituba II, Itapeva / SP. The procedures for data collection were: direct observation, analysis and videos, the systematization of knowledge regarding the incubation process and document analysis. In summary, it is a descriptive, exploratory and applied in which were examined variables related to self-management and AST. Achievements of the research were to characterize the production of windows in Joinery Collective Women integrated description of the historical context of the project and the description of workers from the notion of social identity, timeline with variables and explanatory hypotheses for examination of self-management considering the degree of group identity around values of cooperation and solidarity in work, democratic participation in decision making, and collective fund ownership and right of use of the means of production and timeline with variables and explanatory hypotheses for considering the appropriateness sociotechnical authorship of the design and manufacture of products, acquired skills, equipment and devices and partnerships undertaken. As a general conclusion was verified self-management as a process of transition and gradual advance in the practice of development.

This thesis deals with processing of a certain part of project documentation for making a new-build house of a guest house. The given object is situated in a flat field in a village Provodov-Šonov, cadastral land Šeřeč which belongs to the Královéhradecký region. The guest house meets the village’s requirements. The guest house is designed as a four-floor building with one underground and three over ground floors. The overall capacity of the guest house is 61 accommodated people. There is a wall construction system. The wall in the underground floor is made from concrete blocks and in the over ground part there are limestone-sand blocks. The object is isolated with desks from mineral fibre. The ceiling construction is designed from prestressed iron-concrete panels. The roof is laid out as flat.

The thesis project is a residential building. The proposed building is located in the urban area in Holešov on plain plot suitable for the construction of a residential building. The building is designed as a four-storey basement building, which is roofed with a flat roof. There is designed a total of 14 flats of all categories. The building is designed from the concrete into the permanent formwork Velox, is founded on the foundation strips, roofing is designed as a flat roof of leaning wedges.

Master’s thesis theme is mountain hotel project. The hotel has one lower basement and four aboveground floor. It has trditional look and the roof is double-pitched. Floor projection looks like letter "L". Main part has measurements 25,3 x 14,1 m and it has four floor. Extension is on northwest side of main part. It has measuremnts 11,85 x 9,5 m and three floor. Facede of basement and first floor is from stone facing mansory. Facade od second floor of main patr of buildings id timbered looks like curb. Third and fourth floor are attic, gable is vertical timbered. Facade of second floor of extension is plaster on ETICS. The gable od extension is vertical timbered. Roof covering is alpen shingle from larch wood. Foundations of house are shallow. The construction system is walled. The lower basement is built from masonry BS Klatovy BD30 and other wall are from masonry Porotherm . Floor structures are from monolithic reinforced concrete, thickness 220 mm. House stairs are prefabricated double-flight. Partition wall are mostly built from mansory Porotherm 11,5 P+D. Lintols above windows and doors in facadeare made by reverse of floor slab and inside of disposition are made by ceramics lintols Porotherm. Floor structures are floating with impact insulation in whole house. In living rooms wear layers are from oak parquet block and in common rooms, toilets, bathrooms and technical rooms is ceramics paving. Wall’s surfaces are made from patent plaster and in lower basement are made from two-coat work with white coat. Toilets and bathrooms are tilled with ceramic tiles. All distributions of building equipment are covered with gypsum plasterboard ceiling. All windows and doors in facade are made by wooden profile Solid comfort SC78 and glazed by triple glazing unit (Uw,max=0,9 W/m2.K), exception is main entrance door, It is made by aluminum profile and it is automatically opened.

Master’s thesis deals with complete project documentation of newly built object of library and mediatheque located on the site in České Budějovice. It is a three-storey building divided into three parts, one-storey, two-storey and three-storey. It is partly basement. The underground part is devoted to main storage spaces of library services, management offices and social facilities for staff (toilets, changing rooms, washrooms). This part of the building has own entrance for employees. In the 1st floor is located the main library area along with exhibition spaces and the main entrance for visitors with self service cloakroom. In the 2nd floor are designed library spaces for visually impaired persons with fund of audio books, CDs and DVDs, a lecture hall with a projector and own kitchen and space for reading magazines and periodicals. From this floor is possible access to the outdoor terrace, which has own terrace furniture store nearby. In the 3rd floor is located a literary café with its own facilities. In each floor are also designed sanitary facilities for use by persons with limited ability of movement and orientation. All floors are connected by stairs and passenger lifts. In terms of construction, the building is designed as a frame, in the underground parts made of reinforced concrete, the overhead of glued laminated timber elements. The ceiling structure designed over the underground floor is monolithic reinforced concrete slab. The ceilings in the upper part are designed as a wooden beamed made of the glued laminated timber elements. The building has a pent roof created by wooden trusses assembled with punched metal plate fasteners. The foundations are designed as belts and footings. The study, detailed documentation, thermal-technical evaluation of selected structures and fire safety of the building are processed. For processing of the thesis were used software AutoCAD 2010, Teplo 2011, Area 2011, Ztráty 2011 and Fire NX 802 PRO.