Shoring is the means of providing support to get stability of a structure temporarily under certain circumstances during construction, repair or alteration.
Such a circumstance may arise when
- The suitability of a structure is a endangered due to removal of a defective portion of the structure.
- The stability of a structure is endangered due to the unequal settlement during construction.
- Certain alterations are required to be done in the present structure itself (e.g., re-modelling of walls, changing position of windows, introducing a beam, etc).
- Alterations are carried out in adjacent building for re-modelling, strengthen foundation, etc.
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