reinforced concrete raft
1Concrete — This article is about the construction material. For other uses, see Concrete (disambiguation). Outer view of the Roman Pantheon, still the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome.[1] …
2Concrete masonry unit — A stack of rectangular CMUs Cinder block redirects here. For the American singer, see Cinder Block (musician). In the United States, a concrete masonry unit (CMU) – also called concrete block, cement block, and foundation block – is a large… …
3raft — raft1 /raft, rahft/, n. 1. a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials: an inflatable rubber raft. 2. a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water. 3. See life raft. 4. a slab …
4raft — I [[t]ræft, rɑft[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant materials: an inflatable rubber raft[/ex] 2) naut. navig. a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water 3) naut.… …
5raft — I. /raft / (say rahft) noun 1. a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant materials, assembled for ease of transport or for the conveyance of people, their possessions, etc. 2. such a platform for use in an emergency, often… …
6raft — raft1 noun 1》 a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform. ↘a small inflatable boat. 2》 a floating mass of fallen trees, ice, etc. 3》 a foundation of reinforced concrete for a… …
7raft foundation — noun a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete • Hypernyms: ↑foundation, ↑base, ↑fundament, ↑foot, ↑groundwork, ↑substructure, ↑understructure …
8Underpinning — In construction, underpinning is the process of strengthening and stabilizing the foundation of an existing building or other structure. Underpinning may be necessary for a variety of reasons: The original foundation is simply not strong or… …
9Geotechnical engineering — [ Boston s Big Dig presented geotechnical challenges in an urban environment.] Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering includes investigating …
10Battle of Fort Eben-Emael — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle for Fort Eben Emael partof=World War II caption= date=10 May, 1940 – 11 May, 1940 place=Fort Eben Emael, near the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands result=Decisive German victory… …
