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building construction elements
various parts and elements of building construction, terms of particular interest to structural firefighters
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Architecture
Undergraduate 1
08/14/2009
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define: soffit
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The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element

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define: standpipe
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A standpipe is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi-story buildings in a vertical position, to which fire hoses can be connected, allowing manual application of water to the fire. Within buildings standpipes thus serve the same purpose as fire hydrants

 

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define: spandrel
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an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them

 

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define: stud
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stud = The upright post forming part of the framework of a braced-frame building.

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