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  2. Utility pole - Wikipedia

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    Other common utility pole materials are aluminum, steel and concrete, with composites (such as fiberglass [citation needed]) also becoming more prevalent. [11] One particular patented utility pole variant used in Australia is the Stobie pole, made up of two vertical steel posts with a slab of concrete between them.

  3. Structural support - Wikipedia

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    Structural support. A structural support is a part of a building or structure that provides the necessary stiffness and strength in order to resist the internal forces (vertical forces of gravity and lateral forces due to wind and earthquakes) and guide them safely to the ground. External loads (actions of other bodies) that act on buildings ...

  4. Pole building framing - Wikipedia

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    Pole framing or post-frame construction [1] ( pole building framing, pole building, pole barn) is a simplified building technique that is an alternative to the labor-intensive traditional timber framing technique. It uses large poles or posts buried in the ground or on a foundation to provide the vertical structural support, along with girts to ...

  5. Lally column - Wikipedia

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    Lally column. A Lally column is a round or square thin-walled structural steel column filled with concrete and oriented vertically to provide support to beams or timbers stretching over long spans. Lally columns are an engineered component and as such must be installed exactly as the design engineer specified.

  6. Post and lintel - Wikipedia

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    Post and lintel (also called prop and lintel, a trabeated system, or a trilithic system) is a building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them. This is usually used to hold up a roof, creating a largely open space beneath, for whatever use the building is designed.

  7. Column - Wikipedia

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    The term column applies especially to a large round support (the shaft of the column) with a capital and a base or pedestal, [1] which is made of stone, or appearing to be so. A small wooden or metal support is typically called a post. Supports with a rectangular or other non-round section are usually called piers .

  8. Steel fence post - Wikipedia

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    A steel fence post, also called (depending on design or country) a T-post, a Y-post, or variants on star post, is a type of fence post or picket. They are made of steel and are sometimes manufactured using durable rail steel. They can be used to support various types of wire or wire mesh. The end view of the post creates an obvious T, Y, or ...

  9. Post (structural) - Wikipedia

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    Story – A post only one story tall as in "storeyed construction" [12] also known as platform framing. Prick – 1) Same as story post, a one-story post for extra support at a particular location; 2) In a roof truss a side post. [13] Ridge – A post extending from the ground or foundation to the ridge beam.

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