Background The new World Trade Center Transportation Hub is just one of several new World Trade Center buildings, which make up the improved vision of downtown New York. Symbolizing the resilience and renaissance of both New York and the United States of America as a whole, this new vision included a careful balance of sustainable … Read More
calcium silicate monohydrate (Ca 6 Si 6 O 17 (OH) 2 ), a natural mineral that is readily synthesized at 302 to 662°F (150 to 350°C) under saturated steam pressure; a constituent of sand-lime masonry units.
development of yellow color or cast in white or clear coatings as a consequence of aging.
Background Just a few blocks from Seattle’s world-famous Pioneer Square, the Yesler Building has been an important part of the city’s history since 1907 when it functioned as City Hall. Today, the Yesler Building houses numerous King County municipal offices and courts. Over the years, moisture and repeated freezing and thawing had caused the building’s … Read More
(1) the volume of freshly mixed concrete produced from a known quantity of ingredients; (2) the total mass of ingredients divided by the densitymass of the freshly mixed concrete; (3) the number of units produced per bag of cement or per batch of concre
the first engineering stress in a test in which stresses and strains are determined for a material that exhibits the phenomenon of discontinuous yielding, of which an increase in strain occurs without an increase in stress.
the stress at which a material exhibits a specific limiting deviation fromthe proportionality of stress to strain.
Employing Waterproofing That Allows for the Maximum Building Footprint Background This six-story luxury boutique apartment building can be found in one of Toronto’s renowned neighborhoods in the east. Known as The Beaches or The Beach, this neighborhood features a number of elegant heritage buildings. Not to be outdone by these surrounding neighbors, however, the boutique … Read More
(1) a tie or clamping device around column forms or over the top ofwall or footing forms to keep them from spreading because of the lateral pressure of fresh concrete; (2) part of a structural assembly for slipforming that keeps the forms from spreading
Background In 2006, a superhighway project in Sichuan province, China, became a major focus for the government. Spanning more than 180 km (112 mile), the new expressway was developed to run along the Yangtze River from Sichuan’s capital city Chengdu to Leshan. Construction of the superhighway involved building five pairs of tunnels in a mountainous … Read More
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