Construct · 1 fields · 1 citations

chase: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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chase1 CONSTRUCTChase (Building)CHUDLEY · BUILDING

A single standalone construct; nearby constructs are located against it in the Collider. Tap a field for its definition, unit, and measures.

Building construction / services

A groove or recess cut into a wall, floor or slab to run pipes or cables.

In building construction / services, chase refers to a groove or recess cut into a wall, floor or slab to run pipes or cables. This meaning comes from Chudley (2012) in Building Construction Handbook. Here chase is not the rectangular iron frame into which composed type and furniture are locked up to make a printing forme; nor the forward tapering length of a gun or cannon barrel, from the trunnions to the muzzle.[1]

Unit
wall or floor section
Recovery means
dimensioned on drawings; cut or formed on site
Measured by
chase depth and width (mm)

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airborne LiDAR1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructbarrel1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructChase combining1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Chudley, R. (2012). Building Construction Handbook. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080569208

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