A Brief Report of Hotel Collapse Causing Casualties in Suzhou, China

The collapse of a 30-year-old hotel building in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on 12 July 2021 raised legitimate questions about the identification of old buildings’ condition and risks stemming from remedial operations. This short communication reports and investigates the causes of this accident, which led to 17 deaths and 5 injuries. Subsequently, it describes the rescue actions undertaken, including logistic means, operational strategies, and procedure sequencing. The causes of the accident were attributed to: (i) the poor quality and fragility of the building, (ii) illegal renovations and extensions, as well as (iii) the laxism of relevant departments that failed to timely check the risk level of the building before these renovations. Thanks to efficient organization and management, the rescue operations were completed within 42 h. Based on this preliminary analysis, some recommendations are proposed to prevent similar incidents in the future.

La influencia de la industrialización en la obra de Gerrit Rietveld. Del módulo al Kernhuis

The appearance of new paradigms in the early 20th century due to the impact of industrialisation unleashed a reformulation of the strategies used for building from the beginning to the creative phase. This paper examines in depth how architect Gerrit Rietveld used industrialisation and the strategy used in his work at the time of the so-called Functionalist Period by analysing his different projects. Without an exhaustive analysis of all his work, the aim was to get to know another facet of the Utrecht architect apart from his best known neoplastic compositional facet, related to his preoccupation with responding to social needs by the efficient organization of space, making use of industrial products and with a special interest in the constructive aspect of his projects. Finally, Rietveld’s figure is associated with that of Habraken and the connections between both Dutch architects are analysed.

Open source software as a mature library system in Armenia

The article touches upon the importance of long-term digital preservation of Armenian cultural heritage through creation of digital repositories using Open-Source Software in Armenian libraries. The research highlights the advantages of Open-Source Software in context of providing free access to digital materials, as well as its high level of functionality in order to empower libraries with new technologies for more efficient organization and dissemination of information.

Basic principles of local public administration in the context of the decentralized administrative system

The decentralized administrative system presupposes the existence, along with the national community, of territorial communities (local and regional), which is one of the main foundations of any democratic regime. Their efficient organization and functioning is directly dependent on the correct theoretical substantiation and the adequate transposition through the fundamental laws and the relevant normative framework of the basic principles regarding the local public administration. Doctrinal, but also according to advanced administrative practices, decentralization and local autonomy are the fundamental concepts that regulate the organization and functioning of decentralized communities / local public administration. In this sense, for the modernization of the local administration, it is necessary to ensure the adequate transposition of the principles of decentralization and local autonomy through the prism of the identification in the matter of administrative independence, the application of some fundamental financings.

Improving methodology of automobile operating companies activities simulation modeling

This article is devoted to the study of the use of mathematical hardware in the efficient organization of the system of servicing motor vehicles. Herewith, simulation modeling methods enable obtaining information about the state of the system analyzed with the application of its programmed model. This information is then used in the design of system management. In addition, proposals have been developed to improve the car maintenance process within the framework of generating random values corresponding to the distribution of probabilities by type of service over the period of entry into the car maintenance system.

Simulacija registracije udeležencev na izobraževalnem dogodku

The paper addresses the problem of efficient organization of the registration process to assure short queues and waiting times at the registration of participants at the conference event. A simulation model of the participants’ registration in an educational event was developed using AnyLogic PLE software. Data was collected from a particular event in 2019. Based on the developed simulation model, an appropriate allocation of registration points at three different entrances was defined to assure short queues. The model was developed for a specific venue - Cankarjev dom, and can be used for other events at this venue as well. With specific adaptations, the model can be used in the time of COVID -19 pandemics, as it allows simulating the process taking into account the proposed social distance.