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  2. Compressed earth block - Wikipedia

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    A compressed earth block (CEB), also known as a pressed earth block or a compressed soil block, is a building material made primarily from an appropriate mix of fairly dry inorganic subsoil, non-expansive clay, sand, and aggregate. Forming compressed earth blocks requires dampening, mechanically pressing at high pressure, and then drying the ...

  3. Decorative concrete - Wikipedia

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    A brown Exposed Aggregate concrete driveway with a gray Exposed Aggregate border. Exposed aggregate concrete is a popular decorative concrete option known for its decorative gravel appearance. During the concrete pouring process, the top layer of cement/sand paste is removed to reveal the embedded aggregate (stones, pebbles, or even shells).

  4. Oldcastle Materials - Wikipedia

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    Oldcastle Materials Inc. is a supplier of asphalt, concrete, and other building materials, and also offers construction and paving services. The Atlanta-based company is a subsidiary of CRH plc, a publicly traded international group of diversified building materials businesses, [2] [3] and has approximately 18,000 employees at 1,200 locations, as of March 2018.

  5. Mo-Sai - Wikipedia

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    The Mo-Sai Institute, an organization of precast concrete manufacturers, adhered to the Mo-Sai method of producing the exposed aggregate precast concrete panels. David Taylor Model Basin, 1946 A pivotal development in this technique occurred in 1938, when the administration buildings at the David Taylor Model Basin were built with panels used ...

  6. Types of concrete - Wikipedia

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    It is formed by leaving out some or all of the fine aggregate (fines). The remaining large aggregate then is bound by a relatively small amount of Portland cement. When set, typically between 15% and 25% of the concrete volume is voids, allowing water to drain at around 5 gal/ft 2 / min (70 L/m 2 /min) through the concrete.

  7. Granite Construction - Wikipedia

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    The company is both a heavy civil construction contractor and construction aggregate manufacturer, owning or leasing quarries in several Western states for extracting mostly sands, gravel, and crushed stone products. The company was under investigation from the SEC from 2019 to 2021 for misrepresenting revenue, and as a result paid fines to ...

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    In a 1999 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency titled "Inventory of radioactive waste disposals at sea," a grainy map shows that at least 56,261 containers of radioactive waste were ...

  9. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Stringfellow Acid Pits a former rock quarry in Jurupa Valley in Riverside County, California, which became a toxic waste dump and later a Superfund site. Deemed one of the most polluted sites in California in 1980s, and associated with mismanagement and scandal in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.