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1I-joist — An engineered wood joist or more commonly known as an “I joist” is a product designed to eliminate many of the problems that occur with using conventional wood joists. Invented in 1969, the I joist is a man made engineered wood product which has …
2building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …
3Engineered wood — This 1966 photo shows wood waste being burned for fuel in Portland, Oregon …
4I-beam — I beams (also known as W beams or double T esp. in Polish and German) are beams with an I or H shaped cross section ( W stands for wide flange ). The horizontal elements are flanges, while the vertical element is the web. The Euler Bernoulli beam …
5Framing (construction) — Framing, in construction known as light frame construction, is a building technique based around structural members, usually called studs, which provide a stable frame to which interior and exterior wall coverings are attached, and covered by a… …
6beam — beamless, adj. beamlike, adj. /beem/, n. 1. any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped esp. for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines. 2. Building Trades. a horizontal bearing… …
7Truss — For other uses, see Truss (disambiguation). In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure comprising one or more triangular units constructed with straight members whose ends are connected at joints referred to as nodes.… …
8Cold formed steel — (CFS) is the common term for products made by rolling or pressing thin gauges of sheet steel into goods. Cold formed steel goods are created by the working of sheet steel using stamping, rolling, or presses to deform the sheet into a usable… …
9The Cliffe — is one of the first residential dwellings built in the Perth suburb of Peppermint Grove. The dwelling is located at 25 Bindaring Parade, Peppermint Grove and was constructed in 1894. The substantive additions to the dwelling, undertaken in 1899… …
10Water heating — is a thermodynamic process using an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature. Typical domestic uses of hot water are for cooking, cleaning, bathing, and space heating. In industry, both hot water and water heated to steam have… …
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