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2. Lally column - Wikipedia

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   The steel shell of a Lally column is filled with concrete, which carries a share of the compression load, and helps prevent local buckling of the shell. The advantage of a Lally column over a conventional structural steel is that it can be cut it to length on a construction site with simple hand tools such as a plumber's pipe cutter or a ...

3. Jack post - Wikipedia

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   A jack post (telepost, adjustable steel column) is a steel post used in the construction trades for temporary support of ceilings, walls and trenches ().They are designed to be able to mechanically telescope to about twice their shortest length in order to span a wide variety of spaces.

4. Shoring - Wikipedia

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   Soil nailing is a technique in which soil slopes, excavations or retaining walls are reinforced by the insertion of relatively slender elements – normally steel reinforcing bars. The bars are usually installed into a pre-drilled hole and then grouted into place or drilled and grouted simultaneously.

5. Structural support - Wikipedia

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   It is a rigid type of support or connection. The application of the fixed support is beneficial when we can only use single support, and people most widely used this type as the only support for a cantilever. [7] They are common in beam-to-column connections of moment-resisting steel frames and beam, column and slab connections in concrete frames.

6. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a

7. Post (structural) - Wikipedia

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   Wall – A general term for a post in a wall. Principal – A primary support. Principal is a general term meaning a "major" member often distinguished from "common" or "minor" members. [9] Angle – A historical name for a corner post. Intermediate – A post in an exterior wall not at a corner.