skeleton construction
1skeleton construction — noun : a method of constructing high buildings in which the chief horizontal and vertical members are of rolled steel and the walls are for the most part supported at the floor levels by the steel frame itself * * * skeleton construction, a type… …
2skeleton construction — A modern construction layout of the unitary type, using a skeleton like assembly as the main structural member, thus relieving stress from the body sheet metal. See coachbuilt construction unitary construction …
3construction — See body and frame construction body construction coachbuilt construction frameless construction integral body and frame construction monobloc construction palletized construction sandwich construction …
4Construction of One World Trade Center — was deferred until 2006 because of disputes between port authority and the developer. Tishman Realty Construction,[1] is the selected builder. The building reached ground level on May 17, 2008 and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2012… …
5skeleton — index capsule, configuration (form), contour (outline), design (construction plan), foundation (basis) …
6skeleton — 1. noun a) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. At the foot of a pretty big pine, and involved in a green creeper, which had even partly… …
7Construction of the World Trade Center — For the post 9/11 rebuilding and ongoing construction at the World Trade Center site, see World Trade Center site. The completed World Trade Center in March 2001 The construction of the World Trade Center was conceived as an urban renewal project …
8Construction projects in Providence — Providence s existing skyline seen with condominium construction in foreground As a consequence of the city of Providence, Rhode Island s so called Renaissance that started in the 1970s, free land and economic conditions became favorable to large …
9coachbuilt construction — The process of building an automobile so that the body is separate from the chassis. Often the bodies are built to customer specifications and may differ from one another even though they are built upon the same chassis design. Also see skeleton… …
10cage construction — noun : skeleton construction …
