Sentences with phrase «by a concrete slab»

Three workers have been killed in two separate incidents across Perth today, including two men crushed by a concrete slab at a construction worksite in East Perth.

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A duration is not a stretch of time spanned by a perception but a virtual compresence of successive events in a «concrete slab of nature,» in which all events are simultaneous, and successive simultaneities overlap.

Saraswati: if your personal energy, or Chi, were not real, then no man would be able to break 13 concrete slabs by focusing it.

I drove with Joe to see Hawk on a cold, wet Saturday afternoon and was shocked by what I saw: a beautiful brindled beast exiled to a concrete - slab kennel, living in and slipping in and falling in a scabrous landscape of his own feces.

By George Capsis Gail Brewer, our Manhattan Borough President, answered The Times editorial endorsing the selling of Pier 40 air rights for $ 100 million to save Pier 40 from collapsing into the Hudson by encasing some, if not all, of the pier's corroding 3600 steel piles, replacing crumbling concrete slabs that form the roof, aBy George Capsis Gail Brewer, our Manhattan Borough President, answered The Times editorial endorsing the selling of Pier 40 air rights for $ 100 million to save Pier 40 from collapsing into the Hudson by encasing some, if not all, of the pier's corroding 3600 steel piles, replacing crumbling concrete slabs that form the roof, aby encasing some, if not all, of the pier's corroding 3600 steel piles, replacing crumbling concrete slabs that form the roof, and

By carefully designing the shape of the concrete slab and the air cushion, a wide variety of shapes can be built using the pneumatic wedge method.

In another scheme last week, American helicopters from the nearby NATO base braved the hot updraught from the eruption to ferry 50 two - tonne concrete slabs linked by chains up the mountain.

WWF may refer to: World Wide Fund for Nature, a nature conservation organization previously named World Wildlife Fund (and still using the former name in some markets) World Wrestling Federation, the name used from 1979 to 2002 by the professional wrestling company now known as WWE Welded wire fabric, a reinforcing material typically used in poured concrete slabs Working Women's Forum, an organisation in India World Water Forum, an international forum for water issues Windows Workflow Foundation, Microsoft's workflow management framework Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, a former 2 foot gauge railroad in Maine, United States WWF (file format), a campaign to produce PDF electronic documents that forbid printing Words with Friends, a game for Apple and Android platforms Waterside Workers» Federation, a former Australian trade union, now the Maritime Union of Australia

The imposing stacked rocks and concrete slabs of Jose Dávila's Untitled, 2016, make up an arrangement that almost looks as if it were left there by accident, if not for the architectural balance and purposeful placement of its components.

and the date it was painted — two years after the Cuban revolutionary was killed in Bolivia, where the photograph of his corpse on a concrete slab in the laundry room was made to available to the press — suggest that the painting is both a memorial and an attempt (signaled by the exclamation point) to resurrect him or, at least, his spirit.

The slab of concrete with a spray - painted pink X on it, is named Listening to the Men Talk Sometimes Made Her Feel More Alone Than if She Were a Mile Away by Herself Under a Tree, delicately referring to subjective experiences of gender differences.

Individual films are manipulated by the pressure of Dickenson's body weight in various forms against the concrete slab in her studio.

Visitors are given the feeling of choice and movement in the opportunity to move the concrete balls that comprise the analogue series, but they are still contained within the oppressive omnipotence of the large concrete slabs (and are also moved back to a specific space by gallery staff after: interaction, within limits).

Upon entering the gallery, the viewer is confronted by a fifteen - feet high and eighteen - feet long slab of what appears to be a concrete freeway divider propped against the gallery wall at roughly a 45 - degree angle.

The large works that have occupied him since 1969 are, in brief: Hubris, commissioned for the University of Hawaii at Manoa, one of Smith's most open and regular pieces to date, which consists of a two - section, 9 - by - 9 grid in black concrete, one half thin slabs at ground level, the other half the same grid raised to 3 feet 3 inches by a four - sided pyramidal module; Batcave, a complex environmental interior designed to «mold space and light» rather than material form, at the Osaka World's Fair, a new version of which will be shown soon at the Los Angeles County Museum; a gigantic triangular sculpture inserted into a Californian mountainside; a labyrinthine water garden for a delta; Smog, a huge new horizontal piece made from the dismantled components of Smoke (which was made for the Corcoran's «Scale as Content» show, 1967); Haole Center, a sunken square «pavement» within a square stone sculpture, with a metal ladder leading down below the earth's surface; two related monumental sculptures on platforms (Arch and Dial); and a flat 81 - block grid proposed for downtown Minneapolis.

But then if you make an appointment, you have to be «talked through» the exhibition by one of the galleristas, which is usually a pain, especially if you are looking at three slabs of concrete and a tyre.

Its roof, a concrete slab supported by columns, is stationary, too.

However, this Amazon tiny house option avoids most of that work by being a prefabricated option that ships fully - finished, and although it still requires either concrete footers or a slab to sit on, it's ready for the sewer, water, and electricity connections («plug and play») once that's complete.

1 As work progresses on the foundations, a plate compactor is used to ensure a solid, stable base for the concrete slab; 2 pouring the concrete slab; 3 a cross-section of the wall build - up showing wet dash finish followed inside by external insulation, 215 mm solid block walls, sand - cement plaster and insulated plasterboard internally; 4 airtightness detailing around joist ends; 5 pro clima Intello airtightness system under counter battens to create a service void while minimising airtight layer damage by service penetrations; 6 a parge coat serves as the airtight layer on the inner face of the single leaf block walls.

The CARBONlite team resolved this by detailing a structural thermal break in the insulation zone between the floor slab and the concrete strip footing.

Moisture movement by air leakage (the exfiltration of interior moisture - laden air during heating periods and the infiltration of exterior moisture - laden air during cooling periods) is controlled by limiting air leakage openings, controlling the interior levels of moisture during heating periods by utilizing controlled ventilation (dilution by air change) combined with source control (direct venting of clothes dryers as well as the use of subgrade vapor retarders under concrete floor slabs and bath and kitchen exhaust systems), controlling the interior levels of moisture during cooling periods by utilizing the dehumidification capabilities of mechanical cooling systems, and limiting controlled ventilation to minimum values established by indoor air quality concerns.

See innovations in shelter, water and transport, such designs as Domed Pit Latrine Slab kit by Martin Fisher, will help with health issues with the concrete lid creating a tight seal to keep the smell in and the flies out; and the wire handle heats up from sunlight, killing germs and reducing contamination.

At least two people were taken to ambulances while others were being treated by rescue crews, and at least two cars were seen pinned by massive slabs of concrete.

The question is if a permanent foundation is available or if you will have to add one by building a concrete slab or using other material?

They are wonderfully complemented by elements like the color palette, concrete slab top and the wicker ottoman.

The modern concrete house, constructed from slabs poured on site, is surrounded by lush native trees.

By the way, I envy your front porch... My dream is to have a wrap - around porch some day, but for now I have a raised concrete slab