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Is one of the essential part of the structure that support a building it is the lowest load bearing part of a building typically below ground level |
Foundation |
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It is the most popular type of foundation for lightweight structure |
Shallow foundation |
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Is a type of foundation that transfers building loads to the earth it is required when soil and superficial ground content is not stable or thick enough to support heavy loads |
Deep foundation |
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It is the most widely recognized and economical type of foundation and is generally used for ordinary buildings |
Isolated spread footing |
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It is also known as continuous footing it is used to distribute loads of structural or non-structural load-bearing walls to the ground |
Wall footing or strip footing |
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It is similar to the isolated footing |
Combined footing |
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The foundation under the columns is built individually and connected by a stream beam |
Strap footing |
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It is used when other shallow or pile foundation are not suitable it is also used when the bearing capacity of the soil is inadequate |
Mat foundation |
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It is a common type of foundation and is used to reduce costs this is also used to avoid the uplift of the structure due to lateral loads such as earthquake and wind forces |
Pile foundation |
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It is an underground structure that transmits more massive loads which cannot be carried by shallow foundations and is generally utilized and multi-storey structure |
Pier foundation |
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Is an expansion at the lower end of wall pier or column to distribute the load into the ground |
Footing |
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Are the size of the virtual drawing area in modal space they are the largest and smallest numerical values of feature can have |
Limits |
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A framework typically consisting of rafters post and strust supporting a root bridge or other structure |
Truss |
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Is a truss that has only one slope as opposed to two have of a common truss |
Mono truss |
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Is a truss erected to sustain the angle rafters of a hip roof |
Hip truss |
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Is a long sturdy piece of square timber or metal spanning an opening or part of a building usually to support the roof or floor above |
Beam |
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Is a list of timber or steel supporting part of the structure of a building typically arranged in parallel series to support a floor or ceiling |
Joint |
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Refers to any piece of wood or metal on a bridge that helps keep the top chord from bending horizontally |
Lateral bracing |
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Is a structural member such as a beam or prop used to reinforce a framework such a supporting beam in a building |
Schedule bracing |
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Is the top cross-sectional view of the floor area of a house |
Floor plan |
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Is the plan that is drawn of the roof area used to show the shape of the roof |
Roof framing plan |
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Is a roof system consisting of some type of vegetation growing in soil planted over a waterproof membrane |
Green roof |
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Is a roof that features highly reflective materials it can be something as simple as finishing the roof by painting it with the coating of light colored water sealant |
Cool roof |
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Is the horizontal intersection between two or more roof planes and represents the highest point of a roof |
Ridge |
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-Fire alarm pull box -Fire alarm stroke and horn combination -Knox box-fire department keys -Battery powered emergency light -Speaker -Smoke detector |
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-Ceiling mounted exit sign -Wall mounted exit sign -Data jack -Combination telephone and data jack -Telephone jack -Telephone jack-wall mounted |
