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  2. Dwang - Wikipedia

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    In construction, a dwang (Scotland and New Zealand), [1] [2] [3] nogging piece, nogging, noggin or nog (England and Australia; all derived from brick nog), [4] [5] or blocking (North America), is a horizontal bracing piece used between wall studs to give rigidity to the wall frames of a building. Noggings may be made of timber, steel, or aluminium.

  3. Brick nog - Wikipedia

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    Brick infill in half-timbered construction. Brick nog (nogging or nogged, [1] beam filling) is a construction technique in which bricks are used to fill the gaps in a wooden frame. Such walls may then be covered with tile, weatherboards, or rendering, or the brick may remain exposed on the interior or exterior of the building.

  4. Blocking (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Blocking placed as attachment points for cabinets, while doubling as bracing against compression of the studs. Blocking ( dwang , nog, noggin, and nogging) is the use of short pieces of dimensional lumber in wood framed construction to brace longer members or to provide grounds for fixings.

  5. Nogging - Wikipedia

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    Brick nog (nogged, nogging), term used for the filling in-between wall framing in buildings Nogging or dwang , a horizontal bracing piece used to give rigidity See also

  6. Cross bracing - Wikipedia

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    This bracing is known by many names such as herringbone strutting, blocking, bridging, and dwanging. Cross bracing on a bridge tower. In construction, cross bracing is a system utilized to reinforce building structures in which diagonal supports intersect. Cross bracing is usually seen with two diagonal supports placed in an X-shaped manner.

  7. Anchor plate - Wikipedia

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    Although there are many types of anchors or anchorages, according to the Dictionary of Architecture and Construction, an anchor plate specifically is a "wrought-iron clamp, of Flemish origin, on the exterior side of a brick building wall that is connected to the opposite wall by a steel tie-rod to prevent the two walls from spreading apart ...

  8. Tilt up - Wikipedia

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    The Tilt-Up concrete panels performed very well and survived the extreme loads of the EF-5 event only to collapse after the roof failed due to lack of bracing mechanism. Tilt-Up construction methods played no role in the failure. The perception that the nearby Wal-Mart store performed better because it was concrete masonry is false.

  9. Hybrid masonry - Wikipedia

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    Hybrid masonry is a new type of building system that uses engineered, reinforced masonry to brace frame structures. Typically, hybrid masonry is implemented with concrete masonry panels used to brace steel frame structures. The basic concept is to attach a reinforced concrete masonry panel to a structural steel frame such that some combination ...