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    Lift slab construction (also called the Youtz-Slick Method) is a method of constructing concrete buildings by casting the floor or roof slab on top of...
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  • L'Ambiance Plaza collapse (category Construction accidents in the United States)
    deficiencies of the lift slab construction technique. This collapse prompted a major nationwide federal investigation into lift slab construction as well as a...
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  • August 1947, issued December 1950 U.S. patent 2,715,013, Apparatus for erecting a building, (lift-slab construction), filed July 1948, issued August 1955...
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    Jack (device) (redirect from High lift jack)
    tire changing jacks, service jacks, fork lift jacks, and other lifting devices. Pallet jack Lift slab construction "Different Types of Jacks | Metro Hydraulic"...
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    equipment operator List of construction methods Earthbag construction Ferrocement Lift slab construction Monocrete construction Slip forming List of building...
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  • - Launching gantry - Lean construction - Level luffing crane - Lewis (lifting appliance) - Lift slab construction - Lifting equipment - Lighting - Light...
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    employed the new ‘lift slab construction' system, the first of its kind in Queensland. The term lift-slab defines a style of construction in which each floor...
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    Edmundson and Kochendoerfer, used the technique of lift-slab construction to speed up construction. Wilson was the first building in the Northwest to...
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    Tilt-up, tilt-slab or tilt-wall is a type of building and a construction technique using concrete. Though it is a cost-effective technique with a shorter...
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    architectural designs included new construction practices such as lift-slab construction in order to simplify construction. By 1995, the chain had 18 stores...
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    Ballastless track (redirect from Slab track)
    A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of sleepers and ballast is replaced...
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    a water-lifting device that was invented in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and then appeared in ancient Egyptian technology. Construction cranes later...
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    architecture philosophy and the firm's projects. These articles included "Lift Slab Construction Saves Clemson Time and Money" in the Consulting Engineer in 1954...
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    A paternoster (/ˌpeɪtərˈnɒstər/, /ˌpɑː-/, or /ˌpæ-/) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually...
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    technologies. This included extensive use of the then-new technique of lift slab construction. Buildings designed by Curtis and Davis included ones for purposes...
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    which its weight is predominantly supported by hydrodynamic lift, rather than hydrostatic lift (buoyancy). Many forms of marine transport make use of planing...
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  • newspaper and the Ruhtenberg archives in 2024. The building has a "lift-slab construction", and was one of the first in the USA. The building has no external...
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    A slab hut is a kind of dwelling or shed made from slabs of split or sawn timber. It was a common form of construction used by settlers in Australia and...
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    Eiffel Tower (section Lifts)
    slabs, one for each of the principal girders of each leg. The west and north legs, being closer to the river Seine, were more complicated: each slab needed...
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  • withstand winds from typhoons. Residential construction in Darwin Northern Australia Starter bars cast into concrete slab for blockwork wall reinforcing, Detail...
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  • size and format from small bricks that could be lifted in one hand to ones as big as large paving slabs. Rectangular and square bricks were both common...
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  • consist of slab formwork "tables" that are reused on multiple stories of a building without being dismantled. The assembled sections are either lifted per elevator...
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    to complete construction. Investigators blamed the collapse primarily on the column specifications which were incorrect for a flat-slab building design...
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    Brynjólfur Eggertsson asked four of the strongest men in the area to lift the giant slab on to his shoulders. From there, Brynjólfur is said to have attached...
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    Elevator (redirect from Lift (elevator))
    An elevator (American English) or lift (Commonwealth English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels. They are typically...
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    were analysed. Lifting of the Dome The unique lifting of the dome by lift-slab method in 20 days in 1989 Time Lapse of the lifting Lifting of the dome The...
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  • particularly by scour, both during and after construction. Water passing over an immersed surface can also cause lift forces, proportional to the square of the...
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    Shear wall (category Construction)
    chances for defects and imperfections. Tunnel form construction uses a formwork system to cast slabs and walls as a single pour operation. It is suitable...
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    tall buildings, that used hydraulics to lift components and provided its own power was used in construction of the World Trade Center. The Favco Standard...
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    over even if the foundation slab were on the surface of the ground. The general contractor was the Tallinn Construction Trust and the subcontractors...
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