underpinning

Definitions

Construction

• The construction of new substructure support beneath a column or a wall, without removing the superstructure, in order to increase the load capacity or return it to its former design limits.

Real Estate

• noun a structure built to support a weakened wall or building

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Contexts for “underpinning”

2 definitions in context
• Construction
• Real Estate