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HAND BUILDING [14 records]

Record 1 2025-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Management and Maintenance
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

In real property, the decommissioning of an asset can include the demolition of a building at the end of its useful life. The decommissioning of office space, on the other hand, would consist of the removal of furniture, equipment, and cabling, so that the building can be returned to the landlord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et entretien des immeubles
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

La désaffectation d'un bien immobilier peut consister à démolir un immeuble à la fin de sa vie utile. En ce qui concerne la désaffectation des bureaux, elle consiste à retirer les meubles, l'équipement et le câblage, afin que l'immeuble puisse revenir au propriétaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
DEF

A metal hook that opens and closes as two fingers is the most commonly used terminal device and the most efficient. ... This is a metal mechanical hand covered by a rubber glove of a colour similar to that of the patient’s remaining hand.

OBS

Many attempts have been made to use electrical energy as the source of hook or hand control. This is done primarily by building into the arm prosthesis electrodes that are activated by the patient's own muscle contractions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
CONT

Nomenclature et tarif des prothèses du membre supérieur mues par énergie électrique dites prothèses myoélectriques. Prothèses pour adultes [...]. Prothèse de bras, coude mécanique, avant-bras myoélectrique incluant la main myoélectrique, double emboîture, trois batteries (moulage non compris, chargeur non compris, gant non compris) [...].

Key term(s)
  • prothèse brachiale

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Drafting and Tools
  • Industrial Design
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
DEF

A drawing showing pipelines which convey a general water supply and a system of sewers and ancillary works. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

CONT

Training course in design appreciation, detailing and draughting.... Course Contents :-Appreciation of architectural design, design principles and their application;-Building regulation;-Architectural drawings;-Free hand drawings;-Structural drawings;-Internal plumbing drawings;-External water supply and sewerage drawings;-Awareness to electrical drawings;-Building application;-Introduction to basic quantities and estimates.

OBS

water supply and sewerage drawing: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin architectural et instruments
  • Dessin industriel
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
DEF

Dessin représentant les canalisations assurant l'adduction d'eau et un système d'assainissement et d'installations annexes. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

Loi n° 98/005 du 14 Avril 1998 [Yaoundé] portant [sur le] régime de l'eau. [...] Article 27 : Les spécifications relatives à la construction, à l'exploitation et à l'entretien des réseaux et installations publics ou privés d'alimentation en eau d'assainissement sont fixées par un décret d'application de la présente loi.

OBS

dessin d'alimentation en eau d'assainissement : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Names
  • Legal System
OBS

University of Ottawa. Fauteux Hall, home to the Faculty of Law, is linked to Thompson Residence by an elevated pedestrian walkway. The building is named after Gérald Fauteux, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, who turned the sod for the new building in 1972 and was on hand for its inauguration two years later.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d'édifices et de bâtiments
  • Théorie du droit
OBS

Le pavillon Fauteux, qui abrite la Faculté de droit, est relié à la résidence Thompson par une passerelle piétonnière. Il porte le nom du très honorable Gérald Fauteux, ancien juge en chef de la Cour suprême du Canada, qui leva la première pelletée de terre du nouvel édifice en 1972 et assista à son inauguration deux ans plus tard.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The structure design is one of the fundamental defining subsystems of the spacecraft, and as such the AMP structure is the baseline structure. This structure presents several challenges to be used on a microsatellite, namely the cost, AIT operations and adaptability to change. Also, the fact that this structure has not flown before, makes it more difficult to predict what are the problems that one might encounter when actually building the spacecraft. On the other hand, this structure allows a generous payload capacity in a low total mass platform. The accommodation study performed, shows that it is possible to fit the mission in the AMP structure...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Architectural Styles
CONT

Ross House is important because it was the first Post Office in Western Canada.... The construction of Ross House is a prime example of a Red River frame building.... It is made almost entirely of oak timber. All the logs used for construction were hand carved.

OBS

The Red River style of log building construction was one of the original methods used in Canada. The logs were left rounded with notched ends. This type of construction consisted of a basic frame of grooved, vertical, squared posts, mortised and tenoned into sills at their bases or set directly into the ground (in rare, early cases), and at their tips, mortised and tenoned into squared plates. Horizontal, squared timbers were fixed between these posts, with the tenons of the horizontal timbers fitting into the vertical groove of the posts. Roof structures of varying types were built on the wall plates. Red River Frame construction allowed both flexibility and portability. Large buildings could be erected using short logs, and buildings could be easily dismantled, moved and put up elsewhere. For these reasons, Red River Frame was the predominant type of construction used in the Canadian West during the fur trade era. The Red River style of log construction has spread across North America and is currently enjoying new popularity. Red River log construction is yet another Metis contribution to the development of Canada.

OBS

Buildings constructed before 1870 are of great importance because they recall the Red River Settlement era. They will be either of stone or log construction (the specialized log construction undertaken in Manitoba at this time was called Red River frame construction).

OBS

Lower Fort Garry is home to several different architectural designs ... Two main techniques used were "colombage pierroté", and Red River frame construction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Styles en architecture
CONT

Bâtissez une maison à ossature de bois typique de la rivière Rouge.

OBS

Les immeubles construits avant 1870 sont très importants car ils datent de l'époque de la Colonie de la Rivière-Rouge. Il s'agit de constructions en pierre ou en pièce sur pièce (on appelle pièce sur pièce à tenon en coulisse le type de construction entreprise au Manitoba à cette époque).

OBS

Lower Fort Garry est caractérisé par divers styles architecturaux [...] Plusieurs différentes méthodes de construction furent employées au fort [...] Les deux principales techniques étaient le colombage pierroté et la construction à ossature-bois dite «de la rivière rouge».

OBS

pièce sur pièce à tenon en coulisse. Il s'agit vraiment ici d'un type local. La diffusion de ce procédé à partir des rives du Saint-Laurent dans le Nord-Ouest canadien notamment au XIX siècle a donné lieu d'ailleurs à diverses désignations dont les plus usuelles sont «Hudson's Bay style», «Red River frame» et «Manitoba frame».

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Ventilation
  • Building Management and Maintenance
CONT

Building mechanicals includes heating/cooling regulators as well as security systems, alarms, and other safety devices. Potentially at-risk items for review are security or mechanical devices that detect motion, sound, light or temperature fluctuations, and emergency control devices that may trigger an automated emergency call (911 or UI Public Safety). Elevators, automated lighting systems, electronic vending machines, keyed access devices or continuous current monitors must also be reviewed for compliance.

CONT

On the other hand, for the air conditioning and ventilating systems, CHIYODA's project team involves an individual building mechanical engineer who is not positioned under the building engineer, but equally positioned. Accordingly the design of building mechanicals such as air conditioning, ventilating, supply and return plumbing of water and other utilities, is advanced coordinated with the building design.

Key term(s)
  • building mechanics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ventilation (Construction)
  • Gestion et entretien des immeubles
CONT

[...] ils font appel à des spécialistes qui connaissent tous les systèmes que l'on retrouve dans un bâtiment (climatisation, ventilation, chauffage, réfrigération, régulation, tuyauterie, protection des incendies) et qui savent comment en tirer le maximum, tout en économisant l'énergie. Ces spécialistes sont des techniciens en mécanique du bâtiment.

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
DEF

A room or building at the surface of a mine, provided for charging, servicing, and issuing all cap, hand, and flame safety lamps held at the mine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
DEF

Endroit où l'on garde, répare, entretient les lampes d'un établissement, d'une gare, d'une mine.

CONT

Les services généraux du jour nécessaires pour faire face aux besoins de l'exploitation peuvent être très nombreux : parc à bois, lampisterie, bains-douches [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 1995-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Traditional Construction Methods
OBS

among the(...) contributing causes to the replacement of traditional hand method by industrialized building systems were the shortage of [skilled craftsmen, the extensive demands for housing units due to bombing destruction ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction classiques
CONT

la préfabrication nécessite (...) des études plus coûteuses que la construction traditionnelle, des manutentions onéreuses et des assemblages parfois peu économiques.

Key term(s)
  • technique de construction traditionnelle

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prefabrication
CONT

Among the most important contributing causes to the replacement of traditional hand methods by industrialized building systems were the shortage of manpower, especially skilled craftsmen; the extensive demand for housing units due to bombing destruction; the need to reduce costs while erecting buildings rapidly; and the participation of national governments in public housing programs.

OBS

See record for the term "industrialized building".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préfabrication
OBS

Voir les fiches consacrées aux termes "préfabrication" et "industrialisation".

Spanish

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Record 11 1988-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

When both work-requesting and work-doing procedures are involved in candidate selection and ordering, the candidate-ordering activity resembles the negotiation we see when managers and contractors come together forget some building constructed : the first step is "announcement" by a manager of something that is to be done; next potential contractors evaluate the announcement, and some decide to make a "bid"; with all the bids in hand, the manager makes a "selection". We speak of the announcement-bid-selection cycle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 12 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

A weapon which is carried at the ready when entering a building in a SWAT operation. Usually, it is held in the hand, as opposed to being holstered or slung over the shoulder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères

Spanish

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Record 13 1983-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 14 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
OBS

(bâtiment) 7-94.20

Spanish

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