Concrete

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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grade beam

Building materials; Concrete

A reinforced concrete beam around the perimeter of a building that transmits the load from a bearing wall into spaced foundations such as pile caps or caissons.

grade

Building materials; Concrete

The surface or level of the ground. The existing or proposed ground level or elevation on a building site or around a building. The slope or rate of incline or decline of a road, expressed as a ...

gap-graded aggregate

Building materials; Concrete

Aggregate containing particles of both large and small sizes, in which particles of certain intermediate sizes are wholly or substantially absent.

foundation form sets

Building materials; Concrete

Custom made sets of metal concrete forms used for houses, garage, car port, strip mall, warehouse floors, and other structures which require slab on grade foundations.

gradation

Building materials; Concrete

The sizing of granular materials; for concrete materials, usually expressed in terms of cumulative percentages larger or smaller than each of a series of sieve openings or the percentages between ...

gillmore needle

Building materials; Concrete

A device used in determining time of setting of hydraulic cement, described in ASTM 0 266.

glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC)

Concrete panels, usually architectural designs, reinforced with a high zirconia (16% minimum), alkali-resistant glass fiber. Optimum glass fiber content of 5% by weight. Lower fiber content results ...