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  2. Cold-formed steel - Wikipedia

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    Cold-formed steel, especially in the form of thin gauge sheets, is commonly used in the construction industry for structural or non-structural items such as columns, beams, joists, studs, floor decking, built-up sections and other components. Such uses have become more and more popular in the US since their standardization in 1946.

  3. Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols - Wikipedia

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    CAD: computer-aided design, computer-aided drafting; cadmium [plating]: CAGE: Commercial and Government Entity [code]: A CAGE code is a unique identifier to label an entity (that is, a specific government agency or corporation at a specific site) that is a CDA, ODA, or MFR of the part defined by the drawing.

  4. Crosswall construction - Wikipedia

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    Crosswall construction is a building technique that uses prefabricated concrete modules with load-bearing walls that act to communicate the entire weight of the building to its foundation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

  5. Engineering drawing - Wikipedia

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    Example mechanical drawing. Here is an example of an engineering drawing (an isometric view of the same object is shown above). The different line types are colored for clarity. Black = object line and hatching; Red = hidden line; Blue = center line of piece or opening; Magenta = phantom line or cutting plane line

  6. 16 Divisions - Wikipedia

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    The 16 Divisions of construction, as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)'s MasterFormat, is the most widely used standard for organizing specifications and other written information for commercial and institutional building projects in the U.S. and Canada.

  7. Classification of Types of Construction - Wikipedia

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    The Classification of types of construction (CC), is a nomenclature for the classification of constructions (i.e. buildings) according to their type. It is based on the CPC that was published by the United Nations in 1991.

  8. Falsework - Wikipedia

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    In 1935 W.A. de Vigier designed an adjustable steel prop which revolutionized many aspects of the construction industry including to support slab formwork, wall formwork, trench sheeting and falsework. [3] Materials from which falsework systems are manufactured have also diversified from traditional steel and timber to aluminium components.

  9. High-strength low-alloy steel - Wikipedia

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    A common example is COR-TEN. Control-rolled steels: Hot rolled steels which have a highly deformed austenite structure that will transform to a very fine equiaxed ferrite structure upon cooling. Pearlite-reduced steels: Low carbon content steels which lead to little or no pearlite, but rather a very fine grain ferrite matrix. It is strengthened ...