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  2. Deep foundation - Wikipedia

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    Augercast piles are not generally suited for use in contaminated soils, because of expensive waste disposal costs. In cases such as these, a displacement pile (like Olivier piles) may provide the cost efficiency of an augercast pile and minimal environmental impact. In ground containing obstructions or cobbles and boulders, augercast piles are ...

  3. Screw piles - Wikipedia

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    Large load capacity screw piles may have various components such as flat half helices, Bisalloy cutting tips and helices, cap plates or rebar interfaces for connection to various concrete or steel structures. Most industries use screw piling experts due to the cost efficiencies and, increasingly, the reduced environmental impact.

  4. Timber pilings - Wikipedia

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    Timber-pile bridge with steel stringers, New Jersey Timber pilings serve as the foundations of many historic structures such as canneries, wharves, and shore buildings.The old pilings present challenging problems during restoration as they age and are destroyed by organisms and decay.

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    For example, if the replacement cost — not the amount that you paid for it originally, but the amount it would cost to replace it today — for your roof is $20,000, but the roof loses 5 percent ...

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    Top Prescription Weight Loss Pills. Anti-obesity medications (AOMs) date back to the 1940s — well before modern regulations from the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) (FDA) were in place ...

  7. Seismic retrofit - Wikipedia

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    Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes.With better understanding of seismic demand on structures and with recent experiences with large earthquakes near urban centers, the need of seismic retrofitting is well acknowledged.

  8. Katherine Schwarzenegger Shares First Photo of Her and ... - AOL

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    Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt is giving fans the first glimpse of her and Chris Pratt's baby boy.. On Friday, Dec, 5, the author, 34, shared a series of snaps on Instagram from throughout ...

  9. Aerated static pile composting - Wikipedia

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    Aerated static piles offer process control for rapid biodegradation, and work well for facilities processing wet materials and large volumes of feedstocks. ASP facilities can be under roof or outdoor windrow composting operations, or totally enclosed in-vessel composting , sometimes referred to tunnel composting.