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  2. Portal frame - Wikipedia

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    A portal frame steel building under construction. Portal frame is a construction technique where vertical supports are connected to horizontal beams or trusses via fixed joints with designed-in moment-resisting capacity. [1] The result is wide spans and open floors. Portal frame structures can be constructed using a variety of materials and ...

  3. East Side Access - Wikipedia

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    In July 2018, workers started realigning tracks to make way for the construction of the Queens tunnel portal, which was the final major contract not underway at the time. [87] The realignment of the three westbound Main Line and Port Washington Branch tracks, as well as the construction of a new eastbound Main Line track to replace an existing ...

  4. Engineering, procurement, and construction - Wikipedia

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    Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts (a type of turnkey contract) are a form of contract used to undertake construction works by the private sector on large-scale and complex infrastructure projects. [1] They may follow a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract.

  5. Lean construction - Wikipedia

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    Lean construction is a combination of operational research and practical development in design and construction with an adoption of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the end-to-end design and construction process. Lean Construction required the application of a robust programmatic framework to all repair, renovation, maintenance ...

  6. Front-end loading - Wikipedia

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    Front-end loading (FEL), also referred to as Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), Front End Planning (FEP), pre-project planning (PPP), and early project planning, is the process for conceptual development of projects in processing industries such as upstream oil and gas, petrochemical, natural gas refining, extractive metallurgy, waste-to-energy, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.

  7. Portsmouth North End construction boom: Condos, micro units ...

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    Developer Thomas Balon Jr. has said the design for the new project was inspired by the North End’s long railroad history.. The site was the former location of Boston & Maine’s Portsmouth rail ...

  8. Portal (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A portal is an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, especially a grand entrance to an important structure. [ 1 ] [ page needed ] Doors, metal gates , or portcullis in the opening can be used to control entry or exit.

  9. Papa John's is looking for a new recipe after a stale year - AOL

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    Papa John's needs to bake up some growth at the more than 40-year-old chain.As pizza demand surged during COVID, shares of the company skyrocketed to a record high of $138.53 at the end of 2021. ...