EGR 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Firm Foundation, Wall Plate, Embedding
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Shoring is the construction of a temporary structure to support temporarily an unsafe structure. Therefore shoring must be provided for enough floors to develop the needed capacity to support the imposed loads without excessive stress or deflection. Whether permanent shores or reshores are used at the several required lower floor levels depends on job plans for reused of materials as well as the rate of strength gain in the structure. There are several types of adjustable individual shores. The simplest of these, is based on clamping device which permits the overlapping of two 2x4 members. A portable jacking tool is used to make vertical adjustments. Metal shore jack fittings are available to fit over the end of 4x4 or 6x6 wood shore, thus. Shoring lecture notes (cid:864)(cid:862)(cid:863)6 transforming the piece of lumber into an adjustable shore. These devices are capable of varying the shore height as much as 12 in.
