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  2. Pavers (flooring) - Wikipedia

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    Many block paving manufacturing methods are now allowing the use of recycled materials in the construction of the paving bricks, such as crushed glass and crushed old building rubble. There are many different laying patterns that can be achieved using block paving. The most common of these is the herringbone pattern. This pattern is the ...

  3. Nicolson pavement - Wikipedia

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    Nicolson pavement, alternatively spelled "Nicholson" and denominated wooden block pavement and wood block pavement, is a road surface material consisting of wooden blocks. Samuel Nicolson invented it in the mid-19th century. [1] Wooden block pavement has since become unfavored because of its poor surface quality and high cost of maintenance.

  4. Road surface - Wikipedia

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    Brick paving machine. Brick, cobblestone, sett, wood plank, and wood block pavements such as Nicolson pavement, were once common in urban areas throughout the world, but fell out of fashion in most countries, due to the high cost of labor required to lay and maintain them, and are typically only kept for historical or aesthetic reasons.

  5. Permeable paving - Wikipedia

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    Permeable paving demonstration Stone paving in Santarém, Portugal. Permeable paving surfaces are made of either a porous material that enables stormwater to flow through it or nonporous blocks spaced so that water can flow between the gaps. Permeable paving can also include a variety of surfacing techniques for roads, parking lots, and ...

  6. Pavement - Wikipedia

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    Crazy paving, a means of hard-surfacing used outdoors; Nicolson pavement, a road surface material consisting of wooden blocks; Pavers (flooring), an outdoor floor done in blocks; Permeable paving, paving that enables stormwater to flow through it or between gaps; Portuguese pavement, the traditional paving used in most pedestrian areas in Portugal

  7. Eco-Block - Wikipedia

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    An Eco-Block is an environmental-friendly brick made from recycled materials and construction waste. The brick was invented by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2006. Its major feature is to catalyze the nitrogen oxide and other pollutants in air into non-hazardous substances.

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