Pier foundations
Esquema
Jerarquía
Components (Hierarchy Name) > components (objects) > <components by specific context> > architectural elements > <structural elements and structural element components> > structural elements > <supporting and resisting elements> > foundations (structural elements)
Descripción
Foundations consisting of concrete, brick, or stone piers which deliver the load to a support stratum; the piers are usually more substantial than piles and are not clustered. Now commonly produced by excavating within a caisson.
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Otros términos
- pijlerfunderingen [nl]
- cimientos de pilares [es]
- pier foundation [en]
- caisson foundations [en]
- foundations, caisson [en]
- foundations, pier [en]
- pijlerfundering [nl]
- cimiento de pilar [es]