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Bracing and Shoring are used to support a building, structure, or trench in order to reduce the risk of collapse during demolition or other structural changes. Bracing is put in between panels, while shore is placed diagonally against the sheathing panels. Piling is described as foundations that are driven or bored into the ground across a certain length of land to bear and transmit loads to soil that is structurally weak due to soil conditions. Utilized when soil's carrying capacity is considered insufficient. Coffer damming is a structure that holds water and allows employees to pour concrete, dig, repair, and weld in a dewatered work area. In Construction, foundation is the member or structure that provides support or stability for the whole building by transferring their load to the soil. To construct a foundation, trenches are dug into the soil until proper depth is reached. These trenches are filled with reinforcement cage for the footing and will be connected to the reinforcement bar for the substructure above. Lastly, it will be filled with concrete. There are two types:
shallow foundation
Bracing and Shoring are used to support a building, structure, or trench in order to reduce the risk of collapse during demolition or other structural changes. Bracing is put in between panels, while shore is placed diagonally against the sheathing panels. Piling is described as foundations that are driven or bored into the ground across a certain length of land to bear and transmit loads to soil that is structurally weak due to soil conditions. Utilized when soil's carrying capacity is considered insufficient. Coffer damming is a structure that holds water and allows employees to pour concrete, dig, repair, and weld in a dewatered work area. In Construction, foundation is the member or structure that provides support or stability for the whole building by transferring their load to the soil. To construct a foundation, trenches are dug into the soil until proper depth is reached. These trenches are filled with reinforcement cage for the footing and will be connected to the reinforcement bar for the substructure above. Lastly, it will be filled with concrete. There are two types: Shallow Foundation. The term 'shallow foundations' refers to foundations that are less than a foot below the ground level and are frequently utilized in low to mid-rise buildings. With a depth that is generally smaller than its width they are also known as footings. Classifications of Shallow Foundation:
bearing wall superstructure
Study Notes
Building Superstructures
- A superstructure is the building's structural component constructed above the substructure, including beams, columns, slab, walls, windows, doors, roof, and more.
- It serves the purpose of the structure's intended use and safely transfers loads to the substructure, which comprises the footing and plinth of the building, then further distributes each one to the underlying Earth.
Types of Superstructures
- Mass Superstructure: made by combining similar materials into a certain shape or design, relying on their own weight to resist loads, and can be layered or built with a hollow area.
- Bearing Wall Superstructure: also called load-bearing structures, with walls that transmit loads to the foundations, typically built with thick walls made of stone or brick held together with mortar.
- Framed Superstructure: a structure having the combination of beam, column, and slab to resist lateral and gravity loads, using materials such as wood, steel, and reinforced concrete.
Framed Superstructure Classifications
- Steel Frames: when vertical and horizontal structural elements are formed by a system of structural steel beams and columns to be used as skeleton frames.
- Caisson: a box-like construction, either round or rectangular, that is sunk to a desired depth from the surface of either land or water.
Foundation
- Definition: the member or structure that provides support or stability for the whole building by transferring their load to the soil.
- Setting Foundation: trenches are dug into the soil until proper depth is reached, filled with reinforcement cage for the footing, and connected to the reinforcement bar for the substructure above, then filled with concrete.
Types of Foundations
- Shallow Foundation: foundations that are less than a foot below the ground level, frequently utilized in low to mid-rise buildings, with a depth generally smaller than its width, also known as footings.
- Piling: foundations that are driven or bored into the ground across a certain length of land to bear and transmit loads to soil that is structurally weak due to soil conditions.
- Coffer Damming: a structure that holds water and allows employees to pour concrete, dig, repair, and weld in a dewatered work area.
Explore examples of mass structures such as buildings and highways, which are built using various materials like soil, rock, cemented aggregates, concrete, asphalt, or bituminous concrete. Learn about load-bearing wall superstructures that transmit loads to the foundations.
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