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All About Floating Houses | What Are Floating Houses | Type of Floating Houses | What Is Floating Building | Floating Architecture Examples

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Floating houses are permanently connected with electrical wirings, plumbing lines, sewer lines, etc. The weight of concrete is too heavy that’s why to reduce the weight of the whole structure engineers includes wooden particle or plywood particle for constructing the whole structure. What Is Floating Building?

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10 Signs of Bad Concrete Pour

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Concrete is used in the construction of the electric poles. Concrete is used in the construction of culverts and sewers. If the crack is larger or growing larger (an “active” crack ), or one side of the crack is higher than the other, then you may need to have the work reviewed by a structural engineer.

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List of Common Construction Abbreviations

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AIEE: American Institute of Electrical Engineers. CISP: Cast Iron Soil/sewer Pipe. ELEC: Electrical. ELECT: Electrical. ENG: Engineer. ENGR: Engineer. EP: Electrical Panelboard, Explosion Proof. EWC: Electric Water Cooler. EW & C: Electric Wiring and Communication. ALM: Alarm.

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Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List

Building Information Management

AIEE: American Institute of Electrical Engineers. CISP: Cast Iron Soil/sewer Pipe. ELEC: Electrical. ELECT: Electrical. ENG: Engineer. ENGR: Engineer. EP: Electrical Panelboard, Explosion Proof. EWC: Electric Water Cooler. EW & C: Electric Wiring and Communication. ALM: Alarm.

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Construction Abbreviations – A Decent List

Building Information Management

AIEE: American Institute of Electrical Engineers. CISP: Cast Iron Soil/sewer Pipe. ELEC: Electrical. ELECT: Electrical. ENG: Engineer. ENGR: Engineer. EP: Electrical Panelboard, Explosion Proof. EWC: Electric Water Cooler. EW & C: Electric Wiring and Communication. ALM: Alarm.