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  2. Scaffolding - Wikipedia

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    Scaffolding for rehabilitation in Madrid, Spain [1] Scaffolding for renovation on the Virgin Mary statue, Santiago de Chile, Chile.. Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, [2] is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other human-made structures.

  3. National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors

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    Pressure-retaining items can be registered with the National Board, requiring certain uniform quality standards be achieved certifying the manufacturing, testing, and inspection process. To obtain a certification the registered items have to be inspected by National Board-commissioned inspectors and built to required standards.

  4. Climbing formwork - Wikipedia

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    Crane-Climbing formwork: The working platform and the formwork are a unit. Climbing formwork (crane-climbing): in this type of climbing formwork, the formwork around the structure is displaced upwards with the help of one or more cranes [4] once the hardening of the concrete has proceeded far enough.

  5. Intake tower - Wikipedia

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    An intake tower or outlet tower [1] is a vertical tubular structure with one or more openings used for capturing water from reservoirs and conveying it further to a hydroelectric or water-treatment plant. Unlike spillways, intake towers are intended for the reservoir's regular operation, conveying clean, debris-free water for further use.

  6. Checklist - Wikipedia

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    In general, a checklist is a quality management tool, an aid to completing a complex task correctly and completely. It is an aid to recall, provides a reminder of the correct sequence, and uses the operator's knowledge and skill efficiently to ensure that no critical steps are omitted, even when the operator is under stress or has degraded attention due to fatigue or other distractions, It ...

  7. Health and Safety Executive - Wikipedia

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    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a British public body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare.It has additionally adopted a research role into occupational risks in the United Kingdom.

  8. Service structure - Wikipedia

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    Space Shuttle Discovery is carried by a Crawler-transporter, a launch tower is visible in the background. A service structure is a steel framework or tower that is built on a rocket launch pad to facilitate assembly and servicing. An umbilical tower also usually includes an elevator which allows maintenance and crew access. Immediately before ...

  9. Supernova Spira - Wikipedia

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    As of October 2015, 40% construction of Supernova Spira [5] has been completed, almost 34 floors.; As of January 2016, construction of 38 floors had been completed. As of June 2018, Supernova Spira's height had reached more than 200 meters, with 58 floors completed.