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Title: building construction elements

Description: various parts and elements of building construction, terms of particular interest to structural firefighters

Total Flash Cards: 7

Created: 08/14/2009 06:57:29

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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

 

Photo of stairwell standpipe
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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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