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URA House

URA House is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand URA House rather than just read about it. In short: URA House, also URA Tower, is a building in Uganda's capital Kampala, that serves as the headquarters of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Location The building is located in Nakawa, a Kampala neighborhood that is approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi), by road, east of the city center.

Key takeaways

URA House belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect URA House to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of URA House from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

URA House, also URA Tower, is a building in Uganda's capital Kampala, that serves as the headquarters of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA).

Location The building is located in Nakawa, a Kampala neighborhood that is approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi), by road, east of the city center. The coordinates of URA House are 0°19'49.0"N, 32°37'10.0"E (Latitude:0.330278; Longitude:32.619444).

Overview Prior to 2015, the offices of URA were scattered in multiple rented locations across the city of Kampala. As of August 2016, URA spent US$3.5 million in rent and US$1.5 million in operational expenses annually. In February 2015, the agency began construction of a 22-storey skyscraper to consolidate all the agency offices in the city under one roof and save money in rent and operational expenses. Completion was scheduled for 2018. URA plans to use the savings to improve its upcountry offices. As of July 2018, the building was nearly complete, with commissioning expected during the second half of 2018. The tarmac road, Walusimbi Lane, from Nakawa to the new building, has been completed at a cost of USh2.57 billion (approx. US$680,000), funded by the Ugandan government. The URA House itself was budgeted at USh140 billion (approx. US$37 million), in construction costs. On 19 January 2019, the president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, officially commissioned the completed skyscraper.

Properties The building rises 22 floors above ground, with usable space of 26,021 square metres (280,088 sq ft). Maximum occupancy is calculated at 1,700 people. There is provision for underground parking for 360 cars, and surface parking for 710 vehicles. The parking structure measures 12,923 square metres (139,102 sq ft), on five levels for parking and the sixth level designed with space for a breastfeeding centre for staff.

See also Kampala Capital City Authority List of tallest buildings in Kampala Uganda Ministry of Finance Nakawa Division Electricity Regulatory Authority House

References

External links Website of Uganda Revenue Authority URA marks 25 years, sees growth from USh180 billion to USh11 trillion URA Headquarters To Move Into New Building In January As of 5 December 2018.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with URA House

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what URA House claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to URA House before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about URA House ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of URA House

In research: URA House appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses URA House in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: URA House is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2019 establishments in Uganda, Buildings and structures completed in 2019, Buildings and structures in Kampala, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for URA House outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study URA House in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what URA House means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is URA House in simple terms?

URA House, also URA Tower, is a building in Uganda's capital Kampala, that serves as the headquarters of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Location The building is located in Nakawa, a Kampala neighborhood that is approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi), by road, east of the city center.

Why does URA House matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study URA House?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on URA House.