Category: Glossary
A building having a hundred columns.
A building 100 ft (30.5 m) in length or width; esp. the cella of the great temple of Athena, the Parthenon, at Athens.
See high-density concrete.
Aggregate of high specific gravity such as barite, magnetite, limonite, ilmenite, iron, or steel; used to produce high-density concrete.
Construction in which fire resistance is obtained by using wood structural members of specified minimum size and wood floors and roofs of specified minimum thickness and composition; by using …
A fine-grained soil composed largely of silt or clay.
A timber usually at least 4 in. (10 cm) thick and 8 in. (20 cm) or more in width.
The moving of large masses of earth by deep cuts and fills.
According to OSHA: a scaffold designed and constructed to carry a working load not to exceed 75 lb per sq ft (367.5 kg per sq m).
See high-density concrete.