Sentence examples for on pilings from inspiring English sources

The issue of where to locate new buildings may be dictated by the site, because structures must be build on pilings, and new ones may not be allowed to be driven through contaminated soil.

Supporting the buildings on pilings driven down to bedrock is one option under consideration, he said.

(Because of the permafrost, the pipeline runs mostly aboveground, on pilings).

Many houses are built on slabs that firmly rest on pilings.

Ashe is built on pilings — 150, 200 feet deep, ultimately hitting bedrock.

New houses now must be built high on pilings to survive storm surges.

"The speed with which the water came — we could watch the water rising on the pilings, on the railings.

Many houses on Grand Isle rest on tall pilings, to protect them from floods.

It is the grittier east side of the island, where one-story houses balance on wooden pilings in the bay, that draws me to Broad Channel.

When not breeding, the greater crested tern will roost or rest on open shores, less often on boats, pilings, harbour buildings and raised salt mounds in lagoons.

PILING ON: Adding insult to injury, one of this holiday's most popular literary stocking stuffers was "Bad President," a book from the people who previously brought us "Bad Cat" and "Bad Dog".