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

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