The following variables were analysed: timber species, service life of the structure, features, treatment, structural condition, type of product (round or sawn timber), structural system, joint design and service conditions (end use of the building, environmental conditions, ventilation).
One possible method of ensuring structural safety is to inspect structures frequently to keep abreast of their structural condition.
Operational Modal Analysis has been widely used recently to determine the inherent modal parameters of engineering structures and give significant information about the structural condition.
Therefore, there is a crucial need to assess the structural condition of in-service and aging structures which is a major cost and management consideration, particularly in cases with unknown design validation.
All the buildings are in good structural condition.
Recently, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott pledged to devote $87 billion during the next 10 years to improving the structural condition of Britain's railways.
"A lot of the Twelves were in fairly rough structural condition so the restoration efforts have been significant and have really helped bring the class back to form," said the naval architect David Pedrick, who is crewing aboard American Eagle.
They should be aware that skilled reupholstery work is not cheap: a simple sofa in good structural condition averages $1,600 to re-cover (not including fabric, which might cost anywhere from $16 a yard to more than $100); an armchair might cost $1,000.
The family's struggle began in 2001, when Ms. Marshall's son, Cory Brown, now 12, was found to have Arnold-Chiari, a rare structural condition of the brain in which the cerebellum crowds the part of the spinal cord that connects the skull to the spinal canal.
NBA was chosen for its structural condition and good confinement.
Strain sensors have been used extensively in structural condition monitoring.
