Both steel and timber forms were used, supported on a falsework of steel beams erected on the new abutments at each end and on temporary piles which were driven into the river bed at mid-span.
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Falsework
Synonyms for "falsework"
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11 translations across 3 languages.
French
4 entries- cintre noun (temporary framework used in building arches)
- ouvrage provisoire noun (temporary frame to support a building under construction)
- échafaudage de soutien noun (temporary frame to support a building under construction)
- étaiement noun (temporary frame to support a building under construction)
German
4 entries- Lehrgerüst noun (temporary framework used in building arches)
- Schalung noun (temporary framework used in building arches)
- Stützgerüst noun (temporary frame to support a building under construction)
- Unterstützung noun (temporary frame to support a building under construction)
Thai
1 entries- นั่งร้าน noun (temporary frame to support a building under construction)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Each [girder] measuring 38 metres long, they will sit below four steel tripods which will support the falsework and formwork.
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... the woefully incomplete Ferris Wheel ... was a half-moon of steel encased in a skyscraper of wooden falsework.
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