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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. Anchor portal - Wikipedia

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    An anchor portal or H-frame tower is a gantry structure supporting overhead power lines in a switchyard. Their static function is similar to a dead-end tower . Anchor portals are almost always steel -tube or steel-framework constructions.

  4. Black & Decker Workmate - Wikipedia

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    The aluminum H-frame gave the Workmate a very distinctive appearance and was considered to be "Hickman's greatest aesthetic stroke." [3] By the Type 6, the aluminum H-frames were replaced by ones of stamped steel. [4] Black & Decker have since sold 30 million Workmates (2011). [5]

  5. Gallows - Wikipedia

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    A gallows (or less precisely scaffold) is a frame or elevated beam, typically wooden, from which objects can be suspended or "weighed". Gallows were thus widely used to suspend public weighing scales for large and heavy objects such as sacks of grain or minerals, usually positioned in markets or toll gates.

  6. Engineering drawing - Wikipedia

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    The views of the 3D object are like the panels of a box that envelopes the object, and the panels pivot as they open up flat into the plane of the drawing. [6] Thus the left view is placed on the left and the top view on the top; and the features closest to the front of the 3D object will appear closest to the front view in the drawing.

  7. File:DVB-H-framestructure.svg - Wikipedia

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    Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 15:57, 26 March 2007: 422 × 217 (12 KB): Stannered: correct arrows: 15:56, 26 March 2007: 422 × 217 (11 KB): Stannered {{Information |Description=DVB-H Frame structure. |Source=en:Image:DVB-H-framestructure.png |Date=2007-03-26 |Author=Traced by User:Stannered |Permission=PD original |other_versions=en:Image:DVB-H-framestructure.png ...

  8. 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

  9. Mechanical systems drawing - Wikipedia

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    These drawings are often a set of detailed drawings used for construction projects; it is a requirement for all HVAC work. They are based on the floor and reflected ceiling plans of the architect. After the mechanical drawings are complete, they become part of the construction drawings, which is then used to apply for a building permit.