ground

General

base screed

A metal screed having expanded or short perforated flanges; acts as a dividing strip between plaster and cement; provides a […]

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base

1. The lowest (and often widest) visible part of a building, often distinctively treated. A base is distinguished from a foundation or footing

Glossary

Made up ground

Areas of low lying ground near the coast and around rivers close to towns and cities have been raised by

Glossary

Unstable ground

There are some extensive areas of ground in this country where mining and excavations for coal and excavations for taking

Glossary

Oversite concrete

When {Portland cement} was first continuously produced, towards the end of the nineteenth century, it became practical to cover the

Glossary

Pad foundations

On made up ground and ground with poor bearing capacity where a firm, natural bed of, for example, gravel or

Glossary

fixing

1. Installing glass panes in a wall, partition, or ceiling. (Installing glass in windows, doors, storefronts, curtain walls, borrowed lights,

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