Sentences with phrase «concrete structures»

Following bitter experience with recurrent fires and the occasional hurricanes (only two bad ones in thirty years) the people have been turning more and more to reinforced concrete structures.

Earlier works draw from concrete structures, while the new iterations shift to more fragile ephemeral forms and materials.

The capability in developing countries to design and construct high - rise concrete structures has not kept up with the demand.

Large numbers — 1 through 50, 51 through 75, and so on — were painted on the sides of the squat concrete structures, so that residents could tell them apart.

The high operating temperature (HOT) test facility, a three - sided open concrete structure, houses a 20 - foot - tall drill rig, heating chamber and process gas heater.

As such, it lacks concrete structure and is more episodic than other installments.

[1] The gallery is a steel and concrete structure clad in glass and metal panels that is supported on a concrete foundation.

The basic reason that artificial rock or concrete structures hold much fewer life forms than natural rocky shores is simple enough.

THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE provincial police were located next to the highway about an hour outside the city in an agglomeration of concrete structures done in the brutalist style, a legacy of the 60s, and known locally as the Castle.

In 1907, Alcatraz became Pacific Branch, U.S. Military Prison, and two years later the Army began construction of what was to become the largest steel reinforced concrete structure in the world; the new cellhouse opened in 1912.

Uninterested in attracting tourists to its shores, the island has retained the charm of the old Hawaii; most of which lays buried underneath concrete structures on islands like Oahu and Maui.

Rebar workers are responsible of reinforcing concrete structures with pieces of metal.

McKeil provides services ranging from general cargo transportation to supplying a barge flotilla used in the construction of a reinforced concrete structure designed to store approximately 1.2 million barrels of crude oil in the Hebron oil field, which is located 350 km off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Concrete Laborers are in charge of the construction and maintenance of concrete structures such as sidewalks, roads, and floors.

While he is attentive to the environmental impact of massive concrete structures such as the Three Gorges dam in China, he ultimately sees concrete as «our ecological lifeboat», noting...

Flora Parrott contributes a new shrine - like installation, whilst Stuart Whipps shows new prints of casting moulds produced in Mexico for large concrete structures.

Kurama's team is trying to develop an understanding of how using recycled concrete affects the behavior of reinforced concrete structures so that buildings using large amounts of recycled material can be designed for safety and to serve their intended purpose without undesirable consequences in performance.

Characters are shot, strangled and slashed, as well as thrown against concrete structures — with minimal blood and injuries shown.

The timber and concrete structures don't need foundations which means they are quick to disassemble and rebuild, the whole process taking hours rather than days or weeks.

Of her process, she has said «In these paintings, a single passive, undivided planar space is fixed on the canvas (naturally using an approach that is the opposite of the emotional space of Action painting, a central, major trend that emerged in New York), so each microscopic particle is given concrete structure as much as possible, and it reveals the congealing of a strange, gigantic mass.

This solid concrete structure offers 3,200 total sq. ft. with at least 9 private offices, 4 bathroom, kitchen, utility room, 2 store rooms, cafeteria, an open Ground Floor lobby and a large conference room / lobby area.

In October 2016, the floating 8 million kilos concrete structure was transported by a submersible barge over the North Sea Canal, on the River Thames and through the King George V lock to its current location.

Facing demolition, the 31 tonne sculpture was meticulously extracted from its original home in February 2011 and subsequently transported to the YSP where it was placed within a new concrete structure commissioned from Adam Khan Architects.

Donna Dennis articulates her voice and place in the world through more concrete structures, drawing on language and architecture to symbolically explore archetypal themes of birth, death, and rebirth.

These were exhibited at «Los Manantiales,» a restaurant housed inside a thin - shell circular concrete structure built in 1958, boasting a futuristic design based on intersecting hyperbolic shapes by the architect Félix Candela.

Concrete Workers are responsible for building and maintaining concrete structures such as floors and sidewalks.

The scope of work also covers handling large complex civil infrastructure projects including bridges, elevated concrete structures like grading & drainage, utilities and paving.

Those with the foresight to evacuate flimsy homes along the coast gathered in concrete structures not strong enough to withstand the six - meter (20 - ft) storm surges that swept through Tacloban, capital of the worst - hit Leyte province.

Black joinery contrasts with the exposed concrete structure and soft textiles of the furniture to create an interior that is at once visually appealing to sight and touch.

Four are primarily concrete structures, with two made mostly of metal and two others being hybrid designs of concrete, metal bars and steel plating.

It took place outside in the grass around the large baptismal pool, a rectangular concrete structure that resembled nothing so much as a Roman sarcophagus.

The accident is being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which by Wednesday afternoon had not issued any citations against Capitol or West Chicago - based Concrete Structures, which was operating the crane.

The new wall, which is finished a year ahead of schedule, was built with 973 large concrete structures called dollose that strengthen the harbor against future storms and prevent silt from flooding the port.

A massive concrete structure about 500 kilometers upstream from the mouth of the river diverts 70 % of the flow down the Mississippi and sends 30 % into the Atchafalaya.

And according to Yeh, there are hardly any reinforced concrete structures anywhere on the Washington State or Oregon coasts.

«These low - impact options use decentralized storm - water management methods aimed at keeping water on site rather than the traditional concrete structure that takes water away as quickly as possible,» Ando said.

THE huge power station at Drax, North Yorkshire, is the UK's largest: a forbidding concrete structure with 12 enormous cooling towers.

For example, it is known that α - synuclein has a very concrete structure, which means that it is based on a blueprint that follows a specific pattern.

The built environment, whether concrete structures or paved roads, absorbs heat, increasing the impact of global warming — but alternative materials could be a relatively cheap way to reduce temperature rise.

In addition, the containment vessel is surrounded by a 6 foot thick steel & concrete structure known as the Containment Enclosure Structure.

Exiting the subway station, turning the corner, approaching the appointed address, she was surprised to come upon a vast, windowless concrete structure stretching endlessly down the block in what was otherwise a modest residential neighborhood.

Keep an eye out for the abandoned hotel, Monte Palace (a large grey concrete structure), which is directly opposite the viewpoint.

Along the Home there is a small, detached Concrete Structure that offers Storage as well as a Full Bath.

2 - Storey concrete structure is built on a parcel measuring 60 ft. x 120 ft. located in the Duty Free Corozal Free Zone at the South Eastern Border with Mexico (Chetumal)

Following Crews» intro, the trailer dives into the real action with a couple variations of player characters firing armed rifles, as well as, rocket launches and going against bad guys around a rural are complete with neon lights from billboards and majestic concrete structures.

This co-existence of the solid and static with an element of perpetual change echoes the role of The Kitchen's building in its operations as the consistent concrete structure in which ever - changing activity continually unfolds.