Sentences with phrase «on concrete blocks»

It's made of wooden packing crates on concrete blocks — a real quick fix.

While you likely can't lug your refrigerator upstairs, you can elevate your appliances on concrete blocks to minimize damage if only a few inches of water floods in.

This entails a danger of replacing constructive models perfectly adapted to the climate, constructive, economic and social reality, for housing models based on concrete blocks, steel sheets or fiber cement.

A supposedly eco-friendly Smart Car is raised here on concrete blocks and clad in treads from old tires, as a sapling grows through its sun roof — a clever play on park in both the automotive and green sense of the word.

Imagine if the grey light of London was playing on its concrete blocks.

Instead of having wheels and being hooked up to cars to tow them around, the three trailers were mounted on concrete blocks; plus they were anchored to the ground with metal cables to keep from being blown over in windstorms.

But the way the young, muscular O'Hara stands with hands on his head and one foot up on a concrete block creates a casual sexual vitality that slyly subverts high - minded traditions of the academic nude.

Jeannie Pastor, still on the concrete block step, laughed a big honking sound.

The shed rests on a concrete block foundation surrounded by stacks of stones, giving the building a sense of permanence and providing an attractive way to level the shed and disguise the change in slope.

Not exact matches

«There's no assumption that there's some kind of blocking going on,» he said, which is all the more reason to put as much concrete, steel, and other radiation - absorbing building materials between you and a blast.

He added that, depending on your distance from the blast, you might get 10 to 15 minutes to move to a better shelter — ideally, a windowless basement, where soil and concrete can help block a lot of radiation.

At around 10:20 am on Monday morning, a college student in Brooklyn walking along the shore of Sheepshead Bay made a grisly discovery: A human corpse with its feet encased in a block of concrete.

The grave marker would be a simple concrete block, with the individual's name and the appropriate dates on it.

One officer had a concrete block dropped on his head and is suffering from a spinal fracture.

For a more concrete approach, I highly suggest Dr. Harvey Karp's book, «The Happiest Toddler on the Block.»

The mainline Democratic conference in the state Senate on Sunday urged the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference to block any votes on budget bills until a concrete agreement on raising the age of criminal responsibility is in place.

Allen, she said, was upset because a five - gallon paint container being used to cover graffiti on nearby concrete barriers was blocking his way.

According to the Tiamiyu, «Investigation conducted by the Agency at scene of the incident revealed that an existing uncompleted bungalow under construction with sands and concrete block seen on the deck suddenly caved in with three people trapped under the rubbles.»

A 20 - year - old final year student of Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School (HOTCASS) met his untimely death when a falling concrete block landed on him.

To date, most attempts at blocking traffic noise rely on erecting concrete walls, but sound can bend over their rigid, flat tops and then continue onward.

After a bank manager refused Donald's mortgage application based on race, he built his family's house as money afforded, 10 to 20 concrete blocks at a time.

So far they've used the bacteria to fix cracks in concrete blocks in the lab, and they're working on scaling up the process by encasing thousands of bacteria in separate gel beads for easy application.

Suspension bridges like the George Washington Bridge farther down the Hudson require large anchors — typically huge blocks of concrete — on either side to hold the bridge in place.

I brought a cheese plate out of one of the cabinets and put it on a stand next to my knife block and concrete chicken.

Very quickly I want to mention these shoes, this is NOT a sponsored pot at all... It's always been hard for me to find flats that don't rub weird on my big toe or heel, I generally prefer heels because for me, they were always more comfy, however, while in NYC for fashion week last september I was dying... the heels I was wearing were murderous to my feet after walking blocks and blocks in concrete so Roger and I popped into Payless to grab some «cheap» flats.

Rather, this group of about 45 women and a few men are set to embark on a full - blown architectural tour of London's most famous brutalist landmarks and modernist social housing estates, finishing with lunch at the Isokon building, a white concrete block designed by architect Wells Coates.

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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.

FEATURES 18 Teacher guide activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content and critical thinking Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom — tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math 8 Math Cooperation Mats that allow students to work collaboratively on a task The mats provide a checklist of the problem - solving process Pattern Blocks classroom kit of manipulatives in a durable, easy - to - clean plastic tote PRODUCT PERKS Teacher Guide - Features 18 rich tasks that teach content and practice standards using the most common manipulatives.

FEATURES 18 Teacher guide activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content and critical thinking Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom — tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math 8 Math Cooperation Mats that allow students to work collaboratively on a task The mats provide a checklist of the problem - solving process Base Ten Blocks classroom kit of manipulatives in a durable, easy - to - clean plastic tote PRODUCT PERKS Teacher Guide - Features 18 rich tasks that teach content and practice standards using the most common manipulatives.

Features 18 Teacher guide activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content and critical thinking Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom — tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math 8 Math Cooperation Mats that allow students to work collaboratively on a task The mats provide a checklist of the problem - solving process Base Ten Blocks classroom kit of manipulatives in a durable, easy - to - clean plastic tote Includes Teacher resource book Corresponding manipulative kit Math cooperation mat

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«Clay litter depends on physical entrapment of odor, like a concrete block.»

Certainly the victims of the blocks of falling concrete from the bridge would be listened to about the need to «do something» but probably not on the best specific solution to the problem of the decayiing bridge.

The kennel must be set on a concrete or patio block pad to prevent digging out.

The interior drips urban cool with concrete block walls softened by beautiful honed Italian marble and lighting from white shades worthy of appearing on Valentino's catwalk.

There are large concrete blocks that are joined by some rough spots (shown on the right).

As with many resorts it began life as dull concrete beach bungalows, but a new hotel block was added on the inland side of the road and in 2007 the old beachfront bungalows were replaced with a free - form pool and hotel rooms literally 20 metres from the sea.

Fairly spacious constructed concrete block house built less on a quiet piece of land.

Members of the group say that these artificial structures, which consist of 324 large concrete blocks, will have a negative impact on the ecosystem.

The whole world is built on concrete, and the concrete block symbolizes the main building element of our world.»

Among them, two rooms are dedicated to site - specific works: Shachi Jokyo (1972), an array of small, flat stones supported by a single piece of wire that criss - crosses the room, and Tabunritsu (1975), a set of over thirty stones mounted on top of a transparent plastic sheet draped over concrete blocks.

From grand monuments to homogenised concrete blocks, what effect do these architectural structures, designed by one regime and inherited by another, have on the people who live with their legacy?

Outcroppings of this new art movement combined with old - school graffiti to pop up on selected concrete and corrugated walls, signposts and deteriorated blocks where the authorities were disinterested and the neighbors only partially curious in their activities.

The Smithsons were some of the most important architects in post-war Britain and are often associated with the Brutalist Movement, which focuses on the use of concrete and repetitive forms often used in large housing blocks.

says The Armory Show's new director Benjamin Genocchio, of the gargantuan floating «concrete» block exhibited at PACE Gallery's booth on preview day.

The following month, Pace Gallery installed the artist's concrete block structure Horizontal Progression (1991) on the roof of its gallery at 510 West 25th Street which remains visible from The High Line.

The theme is shrewdly asserted in Untitled (Icarus)(2013), a bird - like form resting on a pair of ironing board legs, which are in turn reinforced by a line of rebar and concrete block for foundation.

Comprised of a video in three parts with soundtracks in English and French, along with dozens of black - and - white photographs, Secret reflects on the artist's experience inhabiting a semi-deserted apartment in Le Corbusier's concrete housing block, Unité d'habitation, located in Firminy, France.

Concrete block (new architecture), Matinicus Congaand Trawl (installation view) Matinicus Conga, 2014, Photo printed on canvas H. 43 in.