Building materials

Building materials

Any material used for or during the construction of buildings.

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tamper

Building materials; Concrete

An implement used to consolidate concrete or mortar in molds or forms. A hand-operated device for compacting floor topping or other unformed concrete by impact from the dropped ...

superplasticizer

Building materials; Concrete

A concrete admixture that makes wet concrete extremely fluid without additional water. These agents perform the same function as a plasticizer, but are composed of different ...

super flat floor

Building materials; Concrete

A concrete slab finished to a high degree of flatness according to recognized systems of measurement.

sulfate resistance

Building materials; Concrete

Ability of cement paste, aggregate, or mixtures thereof to withstand sulfate attack.

sulfate attack

Building materials; Concrete

Deleterious chemical and/or physical re-action between sulfates in ground water or soil and certain constituents in cement, which result in expansion and disruption of the ...

sub-base

Building materials; Concrete

Clay or soil material used underneath a stone base.

stucco

Building materials; Concrete

A Portland cement mortar material that can be applied to the surface of any building or structure to form a hard and durable covering for the exterior wails or other exterior ...