Sentences with phrase «concrete walls of the building»

The murals, sandblasted directly onto the concrete walls of the building by the Norwegian artist Carl Nesjar, are the first in a series of monumental works in concrete realized by Picasso, and mark the beginning of a working relationship that would continue for the rest of Picasso's life.

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«It would be considerable amounts of stone and concrete and cement,» says Nye, about building the border wall.

«It's actually in the core of the building, so it has concrete walls, and it doesn't have a lot of junk in it,» he said.

One of the biggest concrete makers in the world, Cemex also happens to be based in Mexico, which makes it an obvious choice to build Trump's promised border wall.

Trump's central campaign promise, as you know, is to build a «big, beautiful, powerful wall» along the U.S. - Mexico border, which analysts at investment firm Bernstein estimate could cost anywhere between $ 15 billion and $ 25 billion, requiring 7 million cubic metres of concrete and 2.4 million tonnes of cement, among other materials.

Much emphasis was placed on the importance of building a strong foundation, which usually involved employing materials like the «concrete» of absolute truth, the «joists» of biblical inerrancy, and the «bearing walls» of Christian doctrine.

By the time the last red and white O6 was embedded in the concrete walls of Kokernot Field, the place had cost $ 1.25 million, a cool million more than had been spent to build Wrigley Field 33 years earlier.

One possible solution is to reinforce the wall with a foundation of concrete and build surrounding walls similar to Veterans Plaza down the river, Erickson said.

The Israeli government, meanwhile, has authorised the building of hundreds of thousands of new settlement houses in the West Bank and the so - called «barrier», which is in part a 26 ft tall (8metres) concrete wall, will soon reach completion.

The Trump administration announced it has chosen four companies to build concrete prototypes of the president's much - touted border wall.

State regulators fined Gerald Buchheit's Queen City Landing $ 50,000 for breaking a state environmental conservation law when it allowed a section of concrete wall to fall into Lake Erie last year during the demolition of the former Freezer Queen building on the waterfront site

Phase II improvements at the park include a new parking area with landscaping and clearly marked areas for boat parking and handicapped parking; a new railing along the water's edge that allows an open view of the Niagara River and replaces a rusted steel wall that had previously blocked the view; a new concrete promenade along the water, formed to resemble wood planking and accompanied by grassy areas with trees; a new, lighted flagpole at the park's K - 9 monument; and a new Parks Department maintenance building.

The effects of building a massive concrete wall range from increased emissions to blocked wildlife migration routes

Against the Sea «Twice during the thirteen years since it was built has the great concrete wall along the waterfront of Galveston withstood the furious onslaughts of a raging sea lashed by a hurricane, and in each case the seawall has stood perfectly.

Inside the giant doughnut - shaped building that houses the synchrotron, a high energy electron beam runs at close to the speed of light in a storage ring 844 metres in circumference, shielded by thick concrete walls.

A week after submission I realised that a potted plant in the background appeared to be sprouting out of my head, but it did the trick — I was offered a half share of a large and empty concrete - walled room on the ground floor of the research building, with the promise of benches and sinks.

But the complex structure of the reactor buildings» ground and upper floors, with many staircases and thick concrete walls, challenged robot mobility and wireless communications.

The walls and floor are made of reinforced concrete up to 2 metres thick — all built on solid sandstone.

All of the buildings» walls were made with concrete and rocks that were found on the property, and the rocks on the outside of the walls are left uncovered on purpose to add to the desert feel.

Just two blocks from the high concrete walls of the Chicago Skyway, the four - story brick building casts an imposing presence on a bitterly cold winter day.

They sat where they could find shade, against the rear wall of a single - storey building constructed of concrete blocks and roofed with corrugated - iron sheeting.

Built of extra-thick solid concrete, the walls are made to withstand hurricanes.

As soon as your heart sinks at the sight of bullet marks still visible in some buildings or at the concrete walls of housing estates marking the war and post war - period, Bosnia and Herzegovina surprises you with a sight so stunning that it makes you look twice, wishing that you wouldn't have to leave.

Inside the lobby of the building, a grand staircase leads up to a series of three gallery spaces with concrete floors and white walls and ceilings.

In proximity of the Berlin Wall, Kaprow build a concrete wall and used strawberry jam as the morWall, Kaprow build a concrete wall and used strawberry jam as the morwall and used strawberry jam as the mortar.

The works themselves index architectural barriers between outside and inside — a monumental new series of aluminum - cast windows, a large - scale brick - wall painting and a new series of concrete sculptures cast from the corners of urban buildings — collectively comprising the space of an inner world.

The Second Floor provides approximately 5,000 square feet of exhibition space with ceilings eighteen feet high, skylights tracing the west and north walls of the building, and concrete floors that appear to float via a carefully crafted reveal that runs the full perimeter of the space where the floor meets the walls.

In her selection of subjects, such as a concrete building foundation, the wall of a woodshed, and a fire built to heat a room, she nods straightforwardly to a rustic way of life in which nature (a vine) and humanity (graffiti) coexist without great drama.

For the 1987 Skulptur Projekte Münster, Germany, he realized Black Form: Memorial to the Missing Jews, a rectangular wall of black concrete blocks for the center of a plaza in front of an elegant, white Neoclassical government building; it is now installed at Altona Town Hall, Hamburg.

or the billions that have been spent fixing reinforced concrete buildings and the failures of flat slab and shear wall or column and slab buildings.

In my house, built in 1901, it would be prohibitively expensive to dramatically improving the R - value of the existing concrete slab, exterior walls, or roof.

This house was designed as a passive solar home by architects at Solar Northern; designers of Post And Beam Homes who eventually became Woodhouse.The house is built on styrofoam insulated foundation walls and concrete floor which serves as a thermal flywheel to hold heat from the sun in heating months before and after winter solstice and moderate summer temps in house when the sun is not shining in the house due to summer sun angles.

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.

Total continuity of concrete from inside to outside; (top) The corner of this conservatory wall failed to meet the fRSI requirement at the wall to floor corner junction due to a steel element beneath a softwood post in the build - up at that point

Finally, to offset what were in spite of all this insulation very high losses, we built the main part of the south wall for passive solar heating, with translucent EIFS over concrete block.

1 The Rochestown House flats prior to the refurbishment; 2 aerated concrete blocks were chosen to form new build elements, including a new third storey that allows for more generous apartment sizes; 3 new triple - glazed windows were installed outside the masonry layer so that the external insulation could wrap around them, and help prevent thermal bridging; 4 the airtightness layer was moved to the outside of the structure by taping the joints of the existing concrete panels, then extending that tape up onto the aerated blocks in the new floor; 5 Aerobord platinum EPS external insulation being fitted to the original concrete panel walls; 6 & 7 the new window frames visible here in the external insulation layer, including Rockwool fire breaks; 8 openings for exhaust and supply intakes for the new Zehnder heat recovery ventilation system, seen here prior to being insulated and airtightened; 9 installation of the Bauder bitumen roofing membrane.

The external wall of the old part of the building was comprised of concrete panels.

Key features include: - Optimized building envelope design provides rain screen, high R - value, and air sealing - High efficiency Daikin Altherma electric heat pump to provide 100 % of heating and cooling - ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator) provides fresh air and exhausts interior stale air 24/7 - LED lights throughout the home - Energy Star rated appliances - American made high efficiency windows (U-value = 1.9)- Standing seam metal roof with high recycled content, durability, and longevity - Radiant concrete floor slab in basement - Dual flush toilets throughout - Cabinetry with no added urea formaldehyde and low VOC content - Countertops made from recycled Quartz and glass - Zero VOC paints used on all interior walls and ceilings - Zero VOC clear finish on wood floors - Marmoleum flooring (a linseed oil based product) in mud room and bathrooms

In North America many rammed earth buildings have cement added to the mix of earth to preserve it, turning it almost into concrete; here, the walls are pure dirt inside and out.

«In a SCIP (structural concrete insulated panel) building all the walls, floors and roofs are made of prefabricated foam panels with robotically welded mesh on each side and a 3 - D truss system welded through the center foam panel.

The use of single leaf walls of hollow blocks — which use some 30 to 40 % less concrete than a comparable solid block, and are relatively quick to build with — is one example.

Skills relevant to this position and found on sample resumes include lifting steel bars from the stockyard to the building foundation; lifting various construction materials from the ground level to the top of the building; and concreting shear walls, columns and core walls through the use of a bucket.

• Highly skilled in maintaining a clean job site by handling site preparation activities in sync with provided directions • Demonstrated expertise in setting up forms in which concrete is poured such as walkways, walls and pillars • Exceptionally well - versed in estimating concrete quantities and appropriate mixes of sand and cement • Proven record of efficiently building and erecting various concrete foundations and structures • Proficient in performing activities related to cutting and placing reinforcing wire mesh and handling rough leveling of concrete mixtures • Completely adept at handling fine finishing work by performing floating, troweling and edging duties • Documented success in putting in place standards of safety to minimize work - related accidents and occupational hazards • Deeply familiar with standard methods, materials, tools and equipment used in concrete construction and maintenance • Focused on monitoring the effects of heat, wind and cold on the curing of concrete through the entire process • Hands - on experience of applying sealants and hardening components to cure concrete surfaces and handling waterproofing duties • Qualified to operate equipment such as power vibrators to handle compact concreting duties • Track record of efficiently and accurately directing the casting of concrete to ensure conformance to leveling standards

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• Smoothening the earth for preparation of construction site • Construction material unloading and relevant inventory maintenance • Operating blow torches and conducting minor welding tasks • Building retention walls and using blasters for calculated tear down of same • Debris disposal and construction site cleaning • Cement mixing protocols and optimum ratios of gravel and concrete to attain desired hardness

Instead of molten plastic, this giant 3D printer uses concrete to build walls, a mix delivered by hose from a truck on a construction site.

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«It has been a real hit with our commercial building customers who want to combine the benefits of masonry, pre-cast or tilt - up concrete walls with the speed and economy of pre-engineered structural and roof systems,» says Wills.

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