Others are used as distribution transformer pads. Many concrete blocks and cement blocks are designed for road construction and civil engineering applications. Examples include a highway barrier, ...

The new method of building dwellings of small cost, recently announced by Mr. Thomas A. Edi son, opens tremendous additional possibilities for the use of concrete. Instead of the old box-like ...

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Next, they put in place the snowmelt system—required because ... appearance,“ over 50,000 CMU-sized concrete blocks, made in Turkey, clad the building’s exterior supported by a thermally ...

In vertical formwork, what a lot of people picture is the form of a wall or a column. But on a high-rise, you need to build one floor, then the next. All the equipment you have to build one floor ...

A Dry Basement is a Useable Basement Installing a basement drainage system is filthy, backbreaking work, but it's not ...

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A spokesperson said that, under the provisions of the Enhanced Defective Concrete Block Scheme, ‘the full decision-making process on Determination of Damage Thresholds and Remedial Options is the ...

Malala loved the school, a rundown concrete-block building with a large rooftop terrace open to views of the snowcapped mountains that surround the Swat Valley. As she grew older, she was always ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Every sector has its own set of challenges when it comes to reducing ...