Saturday, July 7, 2007

The Best Active Adult Retirement Communities in California


There are a lot of active adult retirement communities in California, but the following ones are a few of the best that you should keep in mind. Anyone interested in living in an active adult retirement community should definitely check out the following list to see which ones pique their interest. Keep in mind this is not a complete list of all the best active adult communities but a list of some of the best!

Golden OaksThe first California active adult community that is recommended is Golden Oaks. This retirement community is outstanding and anyone of any age would dream of the services offered. For example, bus service, three daily meals, housekeeping, game room, TV room, computer kiosk, hair salon, and more are offered. There are studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom suites available. Everything is included in the monthly rent and there is even a 24 hour emergency call system. This is perfect for those looking to live independently with an active lifestyle.

Regents PointLocated in Irvine, California Regents Point is a lively retirement community that offers its residents lots in the way of amenities. You can enjoy independent living and an active lifestyle while you are healthy but if you happen to become ill you will be well taken care of thanks to nursing care, continuing care, and assisted living.

Cypress CourtIf Escondido, California is your retirement location of choice then you will love Cypress Court. You will have a balcony or patio and a large apartment. People are friendly and the area is beautifully landscaped like a park. A few of the things available to you at Cypress Court include assisted living, active lifestyle, and independent living.

Summerville at Villa del ReyThis retirement community in Napa, California is in an amazing location if you like wine country! It is considered the best retirement center in the area and the private apartments are excellent. You will enjoy an active lifestyle and independent living as well as assisted living if necessary.

Carriage House EstatesIf you are looking for a retirement lifestyle that is gracious and wonderful then you will find Carriage House Estates exactly what you are looking for. You will love the independent living and the active lifestyle at this Bakersfield retirement community.
These are just a few of the retirement communities in California that are excellent choices for seniors looking to retire in an area where they feel relaxed and can enjoy their golden years.
Caitlina Fuller is a freelance writer. Sunshine, weather and ocean make California one of the best states to live in US. Many active adult communities in California top national list of active senior living communities. The first California active adult community that is recommended is Golden Oaks. This retirement community is outstanding and anyone of any age would dream of the services offered.

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Reading Level: Intermediate One of the tasks of civil engineer is the project management. Wherever a project commence, it is starting of ‘live’ of project problem until it has been completed build. Below are some of common problems that civil engineer may faced:

1. Project commenced without acknowledgment of civil engineer. It is common especially for small scale of project; such as single unit of structure like bungalow. Engineer will only alert whenever problem is happened at site; and problem is unable to resolve it by contractor. Contractor will like to build it without interruption of engineer.

2. Even though civil engineer aware about the construction work, some of un- responsible contractor will try to do some work in the time that engineer is unable to present. As for example; contractor carry out the concreting work after office hour especially in the evening, nighttime and public holiday. Once concreted, engineer is unable to inspect it.

3. Whenever construction started, un-experience contractor will do work by referring to civil engineering drawings without read in-conjunction with other professional drawing such as architecture, mechanical and electrical drawings. As a result, there will be a number of hacking during or after completion of structural works. It incurred a number of arguments and costs.

4. Even though an inexperience contractor is read engineering drawings, somehow contractor is build to their own knowledge; especially from contractor previous project. If previously contractor had been built a number of pad footing foundation, contractor obtain a piling foundation project. The contractor will try to change it to pad footing foundation by his own knowledge. Or even in pad footing foundation, contractor will change pad footing to smaller size. It will end up with structural problem.

5. Some irresponsible contractor will ignore engineer instruction. Contractor will build to his own knowledge. Contractor will always persuade client that contractor is builder. Contractor tells client that he is more site experience than civil engineer. Engineer has not much site building experience. Most of the time, client will agree with contractor because contractor shown client with physical construction works and engineer without much of physical product. These will continue until problem happened and unable to resolve by contractor. Finally, they will seek for engineer advice.

6. Contractor perform cost cutting on project work. Now days, project cost is very competitive. In order to obtain a project by bidding, some contractor may lower down the bidding cost to below the cost. When project is awarded, contractor will perform unnecessary cost cutting. This will endanger client.

7. When client is contractor and contractor is client, civil engineer will be in difficult position on dealing with client and contractor. There will be always in conflict of interest. These problems may faced by civil engineer. How to overcome them will mainly base on engineer experience.
Junior engineer shall not advice to send them to resolve these matters. Anyway, junior engineer shall be in guidance of senior engineer whenever problems are being solved.

Chee is work as a civil and structural consulting engineer in Malaysia(12years). The article presented is about his own working experience

http://www.civilstructural.com.my

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