Falsework vs Scaffolding - What's the difference?
falsework | scaffolding |
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
* 2003 , , The Devil in the White City , p. 236:
A temporary modular system of tubes forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.
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As nouns the difference between falsework and scaffolding
is that falsework is a temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself while scaffolding is a temporary modular system of tubes forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.falsework
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(en-noun)- ... the woefully incomplete Ferris Wheel ... was a half-moon of steel encased in a skyscraper of wooden falsework .
See also
* ("falsework" on Wikipedia)scaffolding
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