steel column

collocation in English

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steel
noun[U]
uk
/stiːl/us
/stiːl/
a strong metal that is a mixture of iron and carbon, used for making things that need a strong structure, especially vehicles ...
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column
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒl.əm/us
/ˈkɑː.ləm/
one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine ...
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(Definition ofsteelandcolumnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As an example from structural engineering, a constraint may be added to maintain that a steel-base plate be added whenever asteelcolumnis connected to a concrete foundation.
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It consists of a 10 metre (32 ft) high glass andsteelcolumn, with a torch-like, inverted spire shape, decorated with words.
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The torus is made out of cast bronze, and is mounted on a stainlesssteelcolumn.
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Customsteelcolumnforms were manufactured at an on site concrete batch plant.
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Mounted on a stainlesssteelcolumn, the torus has a 7.7 meter diameter as the granite base, where various mathematical formulas defining the torus are inscribed.
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A forest of tilted tubular steel columns supports a thinly profiled concrete roof which emerges from the landscape to become an alert plane that unifies the functions and circulations below.
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The stair landings are propped off beams which span from the solid wall of the common rooms through the glass block fire screens on to steel columns.
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Most people imagine that steel columns and beams would have fire resistance of a high order.
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It was established after the fire that the unprotected structural steel columns had collapsed long before the fire had burnt out.
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The building is supported by 32 steel columns.
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It was built with a supporting structure of wood and steel columns, the outer walls of bricks also supporting the building.
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On top of the opera house there will be a canopy supported on thin steel columns.
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An almost horizontal glass roof was erected, supported by eight steel columns with a height of 16 m.
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The term lally column is sometimes incorrectly used in reference to other types of prefabricated steel columns.
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The modules themselves are composed of steel columns, metal decking, concrete slabs, and outer tension and compression ring beams, which support glass-paneled outer walls.
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Some parking garages are constructed using structural steel columns and reinforced concrete slabs.
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They are constructed in concrete with steel columns and wooden sheds and fences.
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During her visit she noticed a piece of rust on one of the remaining steel columns.
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The major building materials are limestone, brick, painted steel columns, glazed curtain wall and standing seam metal roof.
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