Deep foundation — A deep foundation installation for a bridge in Napa, California, United States … Wikipedia
Meghna Bridge — Official name Japan Bangladesh Friendship Bridge 1 Carries Motor vehicles and pedestrians Crosses … Wikipedia
Integrity Testing — is a name given to the non destructive testing of piled foundations. It was used or started back in the late 1960s and has developed over the years by many companies In Europe CEBTP in Asia and Australia by Integrity Testing, and USA by GRL. From … Wikipedia
Compliant Tower — A compliant tower (CT) is a fixed rig structure normally used for the offshore production of oil or gas. The rig consists of narrow, flexible (compliant) towers and a piled foundation supporting a conventional deck for drilling and production… … Wikipedia
Underpinning — In construction, underpinning is the process of strengthening and stabilizing the foundation of an existing building or other structure. Underpinning may be necessary for a variety of reasons: The original foundation is simply not strong or… … Wikipedia
harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled harbor any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… … Universalium
pile — pile1 /puyl/, n., v., piled, piling. n. 1. an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks. 2. Informal. a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of work. 3. a heap of wood on which a… … Universalium
Nayirah (testimony) — refers to the controversial testimony given before the non governmental Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990, by a female who provided only her first name, Nayirah. In her emotional testimony, Nayirah stated that she had… … Wikipedia
List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni — [cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/uploads/bylaws.pdf|title=Bylaws of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, Inc.|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|accessdate=2007 05 03|format=PDF] The first class of 128 students entered Georgia Tech in… … Wikipedia
Choptank River Light — Undated photograph of Choptank River Light, Maryland (USCG) Location southeast of Bernoni Point at the mouth of the Tred Avon River, SE of Oxford, Maryland Coordinates … Wikipedia
Three Laws of Robotics — In science fiction, the Three Laws of Robotics are a set of three rules written by Isaac Asimov, which almost all positronic robots appearing in his fiction must obey. Introduced in his 1942 short story Runaround , although foreshadowed in a few… … Wikipedia