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Existing ô3.5ö H.W. LALLY COL.ö

Existing ô3.5ö H.W. LALLY COL.ö

Existing ô3.5ö H.W. LALLY COL.ö

(OP)
I am looking at these existing drawings from 1950 for a renovation project and the column sizes are listed as noted above. I guess H.W stands for Heavy Wall but does LALLY mean?  

RE: Existing ô3.5ö H.W. LALLY COL.ö

I think it often refers to the adjustable columns used in residential construction to support the main beams/girders in the basement. But I think that is a misnomer of sorts as the older Lally columns I have seen on demo projects were concrete filled.

RE: Existing ô3.5ö H.W. LALLY COL.ö

oops...
Should have read Mike's link first!

RE: Existing ô3.5ö H.W. LALLY COL.ö

(OP)
Mike, please don't tell me that you believe everything you read on Wikipedia...jk

Thanks for the link.
 

RE: Existing ô3.5ö H.W. LALLY COL.ö

No.  But I don't totally discount it either.

Can you imagine what it would be like if I wrote all the definitions?   bigsmile

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

 

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