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  2. Grade beam - Wikipedia

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    Grade beam. A grade beam or grade beam footing is a component of a building's foundation. It consists of a reinforced concrete beam that transmits the load from a bearing wall into spaced foundations such as pile caps or caissons. [1] It is used in conditions where the surface soil's load-bearing capacity is less than the anticipated design loads.

  3. Section modulus - Wikipedia

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    In solid mechanics and structural engineering, section modulus is a geometric property of a given cross-section used in the design of beams or flexural members.Other geometric properties used in design include: area for tension and shear, radius of gyration for compression, and second moment of area and polar second moment of area for stiffness.

  4. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a

  5. Cordwood construction - Wikipedia

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    Cordwood masonry wall detail. The method is sometimes called stackwall because the effect resembles a stack of cordwood. A section of a cordwood home. Cordwood construction (also called cordwood masonry or cordwood building, alternatively stackwall or stovewood) is a term used for a natural building method in which short logs are piled crosswise to build a wall, using mortar or cob to ...

  6. I-beam - Wikipedia

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    The designation for each is given as the approximate height of the beam, the type (beam or column) and then the unit metre rate (e.g., a 460UB67.1 is an approximately 460 mm (18.1 in) deep universal beam that weighs 67.1 kg/m (135 lb/yd)).

  7. How much does it cost to stage a house, and is it worth it? - AOL

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    How much does home staging cost? Home sellers typically pay somewhere between $782 and $2,817 in home staging costs, according to data from HomeAdvisor — but the price tag can vary widely.

  8. 5 holidays tips for limiting your drink choices to save time ...

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    Avoid the stresses of hosting a holiday party by limiting guest beverage options so you can spend more time focusing on family and friends. Here are 5 tips to help.

  9. Donald Trump once threatened to jail Mark Zuckerberg, but ...

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    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his team sat down with President-elect Donald Trump at the politician’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Wednesday.