Raking props
High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Environmental Statement, Glossary, abbreviations and references, published by the Department for Transport in 2022, defines raking props as: ‘Props (posts to give support under a load) installed at an angle to laterally support the side walls of an open excavation or an internal or external wall when other support structures have been removed.’
See also: Raking piles.
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