| A wooden or steel structure, placed around the footing that will hold the concrete to the desired shape and size; also called Footing Formwork.
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| see Footing Form.
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| The placing of metal or steel bars in a freshly poured or placed concrete footing to strengthen it.
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| A masonry section, usually concrete, in a rectangular form wider than the bottom of the foundation wall or pier it supports.
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| A unit of work equal to the work done by a force of one pound acting through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force.
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| An absolute unit of work that is equal to the work done by a force of 1 poundal in moving a body through a distance of 1 foot, equivalent to about 0.04 joules.
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| The outline of a building on the ground, used in site planning and in judging compliance with planning and zoning laws.
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| Dregs; settlings in vegetable oils.
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| Construction work on a time and material basis.
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| An overwhelming, but unanticipated event.
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| Energy exerted on an element tending to cause motion; magnitude, direction and point of application are all used to describe a force.
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| An appliance, with a heat exchanger and ventilating fan, that supplies hot air for space heating.
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| Air blown by a fan from a furnace or air conditioner.
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| Movement of fluid by mechanical force such as fans or pumps.
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| In a boiler, combustion air forced by a blower in the burner section through the boiler and up the stack.
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| Acceleration of drying by increasing the temperature above ambient temperature using an oven, infrared lamp, or other heat source.
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| Lubrication system which uses a pump to force oil to surfaces of moving parts.
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| A legal procre for selling a mortgaged property in default to satisfy the debt.
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| A gas-welding technique wherein the flame is directed toward the progress of welding.
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| An experienced worker who works with and usually leads a crew or gang.
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| A science and practice that deals with application of architecture and construction facts and scientific methods to construction and legal problems.
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| A science and practice that deals with application of engineering and construction facts and scientific methods to construction and legal problems.
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| Forest Service,U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin 53705.
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| 1. A furnace or hearth for melting or refining metal. 2. A furnace where metal is heated and wrought.
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| A heavy metal bolt which contains an eye at its end which may be used as a fastening device.
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| Wrought steel.
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| Formed by heating and hammering.
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| A vehicle with a horizontal fork in front for lifting and moving loads; a fork lift truck.
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| Thin, corrugated steel decking that serves as permanent formwork for a reinforced concrete deck.
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| Welded-wire fabric used to reinforce concrete while it is setting and gaining sufficient strength to be self-supporting.
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