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Concrete

Referring to an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, that is made from the drying and hardening of cement.

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mass concrete

Building materials; Concrete

Any large volume of concrete cast in place intended to resist applied loads by virtue of mass. Generally a monolithic structure incorporating a low cement factor with a high proportion of large ...

lift

Building materials; Concrete

Layer of concrete.

lift-slab construction

Building materials; Concrete

A building method for multi-story site-cast concrete buildings that casts all the slabs in a stack on the ground and then lifts them up the columns and welds them into place.

marl

Building materials; Concrete

A calcareous clay, containing approximately 30 to 65 percent calcium carbonate (05003), found normally in extinct fresh wafer basins, swamps, or bottoms of shallow lakes.

low-lift grouting

Building materials; Concrete

The common and simple method of unifying concrete masonry, in which the wall sections are built to a height of not more than 4" before the cells of the masonry units are filled with grout.

long float

Building materials; Concrete

A concrete finishing float designed to be handled by two men.

lateral force

Building materials; Concrete

A force acting in a generally horizontal direction, such as wind, earthquake, or soil pressure against a foundation wall.

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