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  2. Aerial work platform - Wikipedia

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    Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also known as an aerial device, elevating work platform (EWP), aerial lift, cherry picker, bucket truck or mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.

  3. 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

  4. Raised floor - Wikipedia

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    An alternative raised floor application with disposable formworks from job site in Turkey A suction-cup tile lifter has been used to remove a tile.. A raised floor (also raised flooring, access floor(ing), or raised-access computer floor) provides an elevated structural floor above a solid substrate (often a concrete slab) to create a hidden void for the passage of mechanical and electrical ...

  5. Mezzanine - Wikipedia

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    Definition. A mezzanine is an intermediate floor (or floors) in a building which is open to the floor below. [2] It is placed halfway (mezzo means 'half' in Italian) up the wall on a floor which has a ceiling at least twice as high as a floor with minimum height. [3] A mezzanine does not count as one of the floors in a building, and generally ...

  6. Toe board - Wikipedia

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    Toe board. A roofing toe board is one of the most basic pieces of safety equipment a roofer can use. A toe board is a long piece of 2 inch x 4 inch (a 2x4) wood nailed horizontally along a roof in various places. Most roofers work in a variety of weather conditions, sometimes severe heat, and resist wearing an apparatus such as a safety harness.

  7. Slip forming - Wikipedia

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    The first residential building of slipform construction; erected in 1950 in Västertorp, Sweden, by AB Bygging Later picture of the residential building in Västertorp. Slip forming, continuous poured, continuously formed, or slipform construction is a construction method in which concrete is placed into a form that may be in continuous motion horizontally, or incrementally raised vertically.

  8. Deck (building) - Wikipedia

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    The decking is selangan batu, a Malaysian timber. In architecture, a deck is a flat surface capable of supporting weight, similar to a floor, but typically constructed outdoors, often elevated from the ground, and usually connected to a building. The term is a generalization from the deck of a ship. A level architectural deck may be intended ...

  9. Stoop (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Stoop (architecture) Two row houses with stoops. In American English, a stoop is a small staircase ending in a platform and leading to the entrance of an apartment building or other building.