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  2. Madol Kurupawa - Wikipedia

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    Madol Kurupawa (Sinhala: මඩොල් කුරුපාව) is a wooden king post or catch pin, which is used to secure numerous wooden beams of a roof structure to a single point. It is a unique feature of Kandyan architecture/ joinery .

  3. St. Anthony's Group - Wikipedia

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    St. Anthony's Group (St. Anthony's) is a Sri Lankan conglomerate company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. St. Anthony's Group owns businesses across Sri Lanka engaged in hardware, textiles, cement, roofing, media, construction, hospitality, farms, manufacturing, retail, solar and hydropower.

  4. Metal roof - Wikipedia

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    Metal roofing sheets are also resistant to any kind of attack by pests and insects. ... roofs come in sheets up to or sometimes more than 30 feet (9.1 m) long and ...

  5. Copper in architecture - Wikipedia

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    A copper standing-seam roof with 10-by-10-foot (3 m × 3 m) test panels was subjected to the UL 580, Uplift Resistance Test Protocol. The copper system did not exhibit unusual deformation, the cleats did not loosen from the structural deck, and the system passed UL 580 requirements. UL-90 designation was granted. [58] [59]

  6. Mangalore tiles - Wikipedia

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    The new company used interlocking tiles, which were an innovation allowing for fewer tiles to cover a larger area, cutting down on roof weight. [9] Plebst's factory was the first industrial tile plant in India, located on the banks of the Nethravathi river, near Morgan's Gate, around 100 metres (0.10 km) from Ullal bridge. [10] [7]

  7. List of companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange

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    Company Name Symbol C M Holdings: CSE: COLO.N0000: C T Holdings: CSE: CTHR.N0000: C T Land Development: CSE: CTLD.N0000: C. W. Mackie: CSE: CWM.N0000: Capital ...

  8. Bogoda Wooden Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Bogoda bridge is over 400 years old and made entirely from wooden planks, which are said to have come from one tree. [citation needed] It is an exclusive construction as it has an 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) tall tiled roof structure for its entire span of nearly 15 metres (49 ft) length with a 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) breadth.

  9. 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election in the country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. [3] [4] Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.