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Lloyd's Register Group Limited, trading as Lloyd's Register (LR), is a technical and professional services organisation and a maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and engineering. The organisation dates to 1760.
It expanded rapidly in formwork and scaffolding under GKN ownership in the end of the 1980s. [2] In June 2000, GKN Kwikform merged with RMD (Rapid Metal Developments, established in 1948), the formwork and scaffolding unit of RM Douglas (part of Tilbury Douglas), to form RMD Kwikform. [3] [1] Tilbury Douglas renamed itself Interserve in 2001. [4]
Completed falsework: Decking and some formwork has been added. The illustrations are of modern pipe-column falsework, used to support the formwork for a post-tensioned reinforced concrete flyover connector for the eastern span replacement of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. When the supports are complete, wood beams and plywood or reusable ...
The formwork stays in place after the concrete has cured and acts as axial and shear reinforcement, as well as serving to confine the concrete and prevent against environmental effects, such as corrosion and freeze-thaw cycles. Flexible formwork. In contrast to the rigid moulds described above, flexible formwork is a system that uses ...
In situ: Formwork construction and pouring of concrete occur on site, then the slab is assembled (if required). [4] Precast: The slabs are made somewhere else and then brought to the site and assembled. [4] Pre-fabricated: The reinforcements are integrated into the slab while being manufactured, without needing to reinforce the assembly on site ...
London & Regional Properties (L&R) is a private real estate and leisure investment firm based in London, United Kingdom.It is one of the largest privately held principal investors in Europe, [1] performing private equity style investments in direct property and asset-backed operating businesses.
In re Exchange Banking Company or Flitcroft's case (1882) LR 21 Ch D 519 [1] is a UK company law case concerning the payment of dividends.It was decided when the law required that dividends should only be paid out of a company's profits, although the courts deferred to company directors to define their own rules for determining when that was so.
In the UK, these items are generally referred to as track rods. In steam locomotives , a tie rod is a rod that connects several driving wheels to transmit the power from the connecting rod . Tie rods known as sag rods are sometimes used in connection with purlins to take the component of the loads which is parallel to the roof .