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What do you call the support of a building that is usually constructed below ground level?
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The support of a building that's usually constructed below ground level is called a basement. Sometimes it is also the "Base" contruction of a building.
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Why The foundation of high rise building is strong and wide?
The foundations of high-rise buildings must sometimes support very heavy gravity loads, and they usually consist of concrete piers, piles, or caissons that are sunk into the ground. So to avoid sinking, their foundations are made wide and strong, to decrease the pressure on the ground. The most important factor when in the design of high-rise buildings with wide and strong foundation, because the building's need to withstand the lateral forces imposed by winds and potential earthquakes.
What is a glinter on a building?
A Glinter is a vertical structure, usually of stone, but sometimes metal, erected against the wall of a building at ground level, usually at corners, to protect the wall from possible damage from passing wheels of carts, carriages, wagons etc when such wheels were wider than the cart/carriage/wagon body.
How can ground shaking and liquefaction can cause building to collapse?
Liquefaction is when the ground soil is mixed with the ground water, causing the soil to become less stable and lose its strength. As it loses its strength, the building will sink into the soil and tilt, in some cases collapse. hope i helped :)
What is the different between basement and semi basement?
One or more floor of a building that are completely below the ground floor is basement. A floor of a building that is half below ground, rather than entirely such as a basement is semi basement.
How could a baby fall out of a twenty-storeyed building onto the ground and live?
Luck.
What is the importance of a foundation when a tower or tall building such as a skyscrapper is being constructed?
a foundation is a huge hole in the ground where a building goes into and if it didnt have any foundations it would either collapse or sink into the ground
What materials were used to build the Jefferson memorial?
The building and steps are constructed from white marble. At the center of the monument is a bronze statue of President Jefferson. The building may be reinforced with concrete or steel support beams. As the ground beneath the monument is quite swampy, there is certainly much use of pilings, probably of reinforced concrete, to stabilize the supporting ground.
In what year was Upton Park constructed?
Upton Park was constructed in 1904 but it has been rebuilt and added to many times since then. None of the current stands are from the original building but the location is the same. It is officially called the Boleyn Ground.
What are the functions of thermometer?
Usually, thermometers are used to measure temperature. Other usages: 1. A pendulum can be constructed from a thermometer attached to a light string by which approximate gravitational acceleration could be calculated. 2. By measuring time needed for a thermometer released from the top of a building to hit the ground, approximate height of that building could be obtained.
Where are the helipads at hospitals?
Usually near the Emergency care on the ground or in some cases on the roofs of the building.
If an L shaped building is affected by an earthquake which limb of the building will be more affected and why?
The top of the building will be more affected. Because theres nothing to support it up top, all it depends on to stand up is the ground, but during an earthquake, the ground is shaking uncontrollably. You'd see it on mythbusters
What is the foundation of a bridge made up of?
it is the material, usually steel or iron, that is under the ground to support the bride
What is the definition of pile driving?
The definition of pile driving is putting a structural support in the ground. This support is usually added to evenly distribute weight among several supports.
What part of speech is the word sites?
The word 'sites' is a noun. It is the plural form of the noun site; a word for an area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed; a word for a place where a particular event or activity is occurring or has occurred.
What did Inuits live in in the summer?
the inuit lived in the same place always inless they were looking for food
When was Tottenham Hotspurs football ground made?
White Hart Lane was constructed in 1899.
When is a suspension bridge usually used?
A suspension bridge is usually used when the distance between ground anchor points is too great for a cantilevered bridge to support its own weight, and there is not enough room under the road span for an arched bridge. A large distance between ground anchor points can be for many reasons; because solid ground is too far underwater for a tower, because the ground is not stable enough to support a tower, or sometimes simply for aesthetics.
