facilities for the disabled [ adaptation of buildings | adapted vehicle | braille | devices for the handicapped | facilities for the handicapped | sign language | talking book ]

collapse of | fall from | hit by object falling from | jump from | burning building or structure | conflagration fire | melting | smouldering | of | fittings | furniture |

building [ construction | construction(UNBIS) ]

public building [ administrative building | Public buildings(ECLAS) ]

Definition: A condition of arrested or incomplete development of the mind, which is especially characterized by impairment of skills manifested during the developmental period, skills which contribute to the overall level of intelligence, i.e. cognitive, language, motor, and social abilities. Retardation can occur with or without any other mental or physical condition. Degrees of mental retardation are conventionally estimated by standardized intelligence tests. These can be supplemented by scales assessing social adaptation in a given environment. These measures provide an approximate indication of the degree of mental retardation. The ...[+++]diagnosis will also depend on the overall assessment of intellectual functioning by a skilled diagnostician. Intellectual abilities and social adaptation may change over time, and, however poor, may improve as a result of training and rehabilitation. Diagnosis should be based on the current levels of functioning.

Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on Dangerous Substances and Preparations | Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives on Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in respect of Dangerous Substances and Preparations | Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives for the Elimination of Technical Barriers to Trade in Dangerous Substances and Preparations

public access building

buildings' electronic access equipment | building's equipment for electronic access | building's electronic access control system | building's electronic access equipment

Definition: States of subjective distress and emotional disturbance, usually interfering with social functioning and performance, arising in the period of adaptation to a significant life change or a stressful life event. The stressor may have affected the integrity of an individual's social network (bereavement, separation experiences) or the wider system of social supports and values (migration, refugee status), or represented a major developmental transition or crisis (going to school, becoming a parent, failure to attain a cherished personal goal, retirement). Individual predisposition or vulnerability plays an important role in the ...[+++]risk of occurrence and the shaping of the manifestations of adjustment disorders, but it is nevertheless assumed that the condition would not have arisen without the stressor. The manifestations vary and include depressed mood, anxiety or worry (or mixture of these), a feeling of inability to cope, plan ahead, or continue in the present situation, as well as some degree of disability in 9the performance of daily routine. Conduct disorders may be an associated feature, particularly in adolescents. The predominant feature may be a brief or prolonged depressive reaction, or a disturbance of other emotions and conduct. | Culture shock Grief reaction Hospitalism in children

For buildings to be sustainable, the whole lifecycle of buildings has to be addressed, from architectural planning, structural engineering and design to construction and material choices to operation, modification and renovation to the ultimate disposal.

Poland also points out that the costs have been kept to a minimum and the effectiveness of the investment has been increased through the implementation of technical solutions such as, for example, building a general aviation terminal for both general aviation and passenger traffic, housing the majority of airport services (border guards, customs offices, the police, firefighters, management) in a single building and adapting other existing buildings to optimise their use.

– (FR) I voted in favour of the report by my Finnish fellow Member Mr Virrankoski proposing to approve Draft amending budget No 6/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, which includes the following: strengthening of the framework programme for Competitiveness and Innovation – Entrepreneurship and Innovation by increasing the commitment appropriations by EUR 3.9 million; an increase of EUR 2.24 million in commitment appropriations to cover, among other things, part of the rent and related costs of a new ‘Arc’ building for Eurojust; adjustments to the number of posts in three executive agencies; creation of the necessar ...[+++]y budgetary structure to accommodate the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), which is the fifth joint undertaking to be set up under the Seventh Framework Programme, and allocation of EUR 30 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 1.9 million in payment appropriations.

The restoration and adaptive re-use of the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Honoured as an exemplary approach to the restoration of, and finding new uses for, an iconic building of European and world importance.