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In light-frame construction, a trimmer is a timber or metal beam (joist) used to create an opening around a stairwell, skylight, chimney, and the like. Trimmers are installed parallel to the primary floor or ceiling joists and support headers, which run perpendicular to the primary joists.
A cripple is a goods wagon or a passenger coach which although safe to run on the railway, is not fit for use and requires a repair before it can be used in service. This could be a coal wagon with a hole in the floor (which would allow coal to fall out of the wagon), or a passenger coach with a broken window.
A chartered group of IWW members in the same job site, city, or region organised around a common workplace, industry, or regional grouping. [2] Bridal chamber A mining term meaning the miner's workplace. May also mean a flop house where the guests lie on the floor Braky A brakeman Bread and Milk Route Boston & Maine Railroad Broken & Maimed
The proposal’s premise is employers in Miami-Dade abuse employees and deprive them of water, shade and rest as they work outdoors. This is not true | Opinion
Also Abrams' water-cement ratio law. A law which states that the strength of a concrete mix is inversely related to the mass ratio of water to cement. As the water content increases, the strength of the concrete decreases. abrasion The process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away a substance or substrate. It can be intentionally imposed in a controlled process using ...
The term post is the namesake of other general names for timber framing such as post-and-beam, post-and-girt construction and more specific types of timber framing such as Post and lintel, post-frame, post in ground, and ridge-post construction. In roof construction such as king post, queen post, and crown post framing.
MEP's design is important for planning, decision-making, accurate documentation, performance- and cost-estimation, construction, and operating/maintaining the resulting facilities. [ 1 ] MEP specifically encompasses the in-depth design and selection of these systems, as opposed to a tradesperson simply installing equipment.
Construction site and equipment prepared for start of work in Cologne, Germany (2017) Construction is a general term meaning the art and science of forming objects, systems, or organizations. [1] It comes from the Latin word constructio (from com-"together" and struere "to pile up") and Old French construction. [2]