[DOC] [TLE] 2. FOUNDATIONS [PAR] Estimating soil properties: Exploration and testing; Construction of ... Precautions 
- Seismic base isolation; Underpinning during construction; ... greater stability 
and consequently its foundation should reach the underlying soil that ... A larger 
and heavier building of masonry, steel, or concrete would require its .... 
Substructure. [DOC] [TLE] Building Construction: Understanding Loads and Loading - Fire ... [PAR] Jun 1, 2010 ... Initial fire training building construction classes range from several hours to a little 
over a day, ... The length of the column determines its load-carrying capacity. ... 
other words, once a column starts to fail, you are probably not going to stop it. .... 
A tilt-slab building under construction is very dangerous. [DOC] [TLE] Soils and Foundations [PAR] Jun 3, 2013 ... of experience in geotechnical design or construction. ... TOTAL SETTLEMENT: 
The total downward vertical displacement of a foundation base under load from 
its as- ... the soil before constructing a new building and structure or for alteration 
of .... (e) For piles bearing on rock, a minimum of 1.5 m of rock core... [DOC] [TLE] The Shard: Foot of the mountain [PAR] Apr 30, 2010 ... But constructing the building in the first place was always going to be tricky. ... 
This enables the building's substructure and superstructure to get under way ... 
Top-down construction involves casting the ground floor slab and excavating the 
... conventionally so work could start on the core from the base up. [DOC] [TLE] The Shard: Foot of the mountain | Magazine Features | Building [PAR] Apr 30, 2010 ... Top-down construction involves casting the ground floor slab and ... to create the 
base; Once the raft foundation is in place and levelled, ... 21-storey core which 
over the last few months has been pushing its way into the skyline? ... But 
constructing the building in the first place was always going to be tricky. [DOC] [TLE] 'Naked' and Hydrated Conformers of the Conserved Core ... - NCBI [PAR] Oct 15, 2013 ... Despite its ubiquity, however, the underlying physical reasons for its .... The target 
core pentasaccharide 4 and its building blocks 13 (Figure ... on the effective 
construction of grams of the chromophore-equipped targets, ..... create a more 
flexible local structure about the -ManC 'pivot', very similar to that of... [DOC] [TLE] Code of Practice for Foundations [PAR] (The following persons had also served the Drafting Committee at its early stage : 
Ir K S So (ex-Chairman), ... This Code of Practice is available for viewing in the 
Buildings Department ... of new technologies in analysis, design and construction 
of foundations. ...... (under-reaming) the soil or rock at the base of a bored pile. [DOC] [TLE] Section 5: Design, building techniques and costs of housing with ... [PAR] Section 4 deals with many factors which affect design and construction. ... Its 
main preoccupation is with structural elements (walls, floors, roofs) and their ... 
from building two-storey houses instead of one-storey, but going from two to three 
.... 4 Many of the plans offered (often at very little cost) are excellent, but others 
are not... [DOC] [TLE] Technology and skills in the Construction Industry - Gov.uk [PAR] Sep 2, 2013 ... behaviour to achieve an internationally competitive skills base, ..... Figure 4: Core 
skills differences between offsite manufacturing and onsite assembly. ... Offsite 
construction is a method of building used for thousands of years that can ... all 
have, and will continue to have, an impact on growth, and its rate. [DOC] [TLE] Radon Prevention in the Design and Construction of Schools and ... [PAR] Metric Conversion Factors Although it is EPA policy to use metric units in its ... 
detail is aimed at developing the reader's understanding of underlying principles 
and ... problems of constructing radon-resistant buildings should go on to 
Chapter 2. ... Most new schools and other large buildings use slab- on-grade 
construction;... [DOC] [TLE] Preventing Pancake Collapses - Conservationtech-Randolph ... [PAR] Lessons from Earthquake-Resistant

Question: Going to the very core of construction, it's the underlying base or substructure of a building
Answer: Foundation