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  2. Rubble trench foundation - Wikipedia

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    A rubble trench foundation with a concrete grade beam is not recommended for earthquake prone areas. [3] A foundation must bear the structural loads imposed upon it and allow proper drainage of ground water to prevent expansion or weakening of soils and frost heaving. While the far more common concrete foundation requires separate measures to ...

  3. French drain - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of a traditional French drain. A French drain [1] (also known by other names including trench drain, blind drain, [1] rubble drain, [1] and rock drain [1]) is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, with or without a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area.

  4. Earthbag construction - Wikipedia

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    Earthbag buildings can also be built on conventional concrete slabs (though this is more expensive and uses more embodied energy than a rubble trench foundation) and can have a bermed or underground "floating" foundation like an earthship as well. Several courses of gravel in doubled woven bags form a water-resistant foundation.

  5. Foundation (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Rubble trench foundations are a shallow trench filled with rubble or stones. These foundations extend below the frost line and may have a drain pipe which helps groundwater drain away. They are suitable for soils with a capacity of more than 10 tonnes/m 2 (2,000 pounds per square foot).

  6. Slurry wall - Wikipedia

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    While a trench is being excavated to create a form for a wall, it is simultaneously filled with slurry (usually a mixture of bentonite and water). The dense but liquid slurry prevents the trench from collapsing by providing outward pressure, which balances the inward hydraulic forces and also retards water flow into the trench.

  7. What Happens If I Lose a Stock Certificate? - AOL

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    Share certificates or stock certificates specify the number of shares owned and serve as proof of ownership. In that sense, it works similarly to a title for a home or vehicle. Certain information ...

  8. Riprap - Wikipedia

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    Riprap (in North American English), also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour (in British English) or rubble, is human-placed rock or other material used to protect shoreline structures against scour and water, wave, or ice erosion.

  9. Rubble - Wikipedia

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    Rubble-work on Wyggeston's Chantry House in Leicester, built c. 1511 "Rubble-work" is a name applied to several types of masonry. [1] One kind, where the stones are loosely thrown together in a wall between boards and grouted with mortar almost like concrete, is called in Italian "muraglia di getto" and in French "bocage". [1]