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  2. USG Corporation - Wikipedia

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    In 1890, New York Coal Tar Chemical Company employees Fred L. Kane and Augustine Sackett developed plaster board [9] by, first, strengthening the plaster with Plaster of Paris sandwiched between heavy paper, creating a viable competitor to traditional lime plaster. [10] Sackett patented the new drywall product as Sackett Board in 1894. [11]

  3. First fix and second fix - Wikipedia

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    This includes constructing walls, floors and ceilings, and inserting cables for electrical supply and pipes for water supply. Some argue that First Fix starts after the shell of the building is complete, and ends when the walls are plastered. Here is a list, in no particular order, of the elements of First Fix. Drain runs: must be downhill and ...

  4. Spackling paste - Wikipedia

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    Spackling paste is comparable and contrastable with joint compound as both look similar and serve the similar purpose of filling in low spots in walls and ceilings. [3] The chief differences are that spackling paste typically dries faster, shrinks less during drying, and is meant for smaller repairs, and not for a whole room or house.

  5. Drywall - Wikipedia

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    Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, [1] wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, gypsum panel and gyprock) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate , with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of facer and backer paper, used in the construction ...

  6. Demolition - Wikipedia

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    To demolish bridges, hoe rams are typically used to remove the concrete road deck and piers, while hydraulic shears are used to remove the bridge's structural steel. Bridge demolition using explosives near Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands, 1920-1940. Fred Dibnah used a manual method of demolition to remove industrial chimneys in Great Britain. He ...

  7. General contractor - Wikipedia

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    A general contractor is a construction manager employed by a client, usually upon the advice of the project's architect or engineer. [7] General Contractors are mainly responsible for the overall coordination of a project and may also act as building designer and construction foreman (a tradesman in charge of a crew).

  8. Donald B. Rice - Pay Pals - The Huffington Post

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    From January 2008 to May 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Donald B. Rice joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 31.8 percent return on your investment, compared to a -10.5 percent return from the S&P 500.

  9. Plasterwork - Wikipedia

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    At the place where the two edges of wallboards meet there is a seam. These seams are covered with mesh tape and then the seams and the screw heads are concealed with the drywall compound to make the wall seem as one uniform piece. The drywall plaster is a thick paste. Later this is painted or wallpapered over to hide the work.

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