Underpinning: Method strengthening weak foundations whereby a new, stronger foundation is placed beneath the original.
Underpinning - The installation of strong foundations underneath primary foundations when the latter have failed or have been found to be inadequate to support the structure above.
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These intellectual underpinnings shaped the aesthetic program of high modernist architecture.
Sections 88-90 determine the rights of building owners to deal with party walls by underpinning, repairing or rebuilding.
2. support, stay, post, prop, brace, underpinning, stanchion, abutment adjustable wall brackets
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 See also: Pinning, Fixed, Foundation, Truss, Brick
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