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Edward Giles Stone (17 February 1876 – 16 October 1947 [1]) was an Australian engineer prominent in many innovative, often daringly spectacular, aspects of early reinforced concrete constructions in Australia. He was also involved in cement manufacture.
"Engineering heritage inner Brisbane: a walk / drive tour" (PDF). engineersaustralia.org.au. Engineers Australia - Queensland Division. 2015. "Swan & Canning Rivers Bridges - Australian Engineering Week Tour 2009". engineersaustralia.org.au. Engineers Australia - Western Australia Division. Archived from the original (pdf) on 15 March 2011.
Pioneer Concrete Logo Hanson concrete truck. In 1949, Pioneer Readymix was founded in St Peters, Sydney. In 1954 it was purchased by Tristan Antico and Kelvin Conley. [1] In 1954 a concrete plant was acquired in Canberra. In 1959 it was listed on the Sydney Stock Market as a public company. As well as acquiring further concreting businesses, it ...
The most common use for portland cement is in the production of concrete. [17] Concrete is a composite material consisting of aggregate (gravel and sand), cement, and water. As a construction material, concrete can be cast in almost any shape desired, and once hardened, can become a structural (load bearing) element.
Walter Construction Group Limited, known for most of its life as Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd, [1] [2] was one of Australia's oldest and fifth largest construction company [3] prior to its 2005 collapse. The company was founded on 21 April 1920 by Allen Lewis.
Civil & Civic was founded by Dick Dusseldorp in 1951 on behalf of Dutch building companies Bredero's Bouwbedrijf and The Royal Dutch Harbour Company as an Australian building contractor. [1] Its first contract was to supply and erect 200 prefabricated houses for the Snowy Mountains Authority which had been established by William Hudson ...
The Gordon Dam wall, constructed with 154 thousand cubic metres (5.4 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) of concrete, is 198 metres (650 ft) long and 140 metres (460 ft) high, making it the tallest dam in Tasmania and the fifth-tallest in Australia. [4]
The modified compression field theory (MCFT) is a general model for the load-deformation behaviour of two-dimensional cracked reinforced concrete subjected to shear. It models concrete considering concrete stresses in principal directions summed with reinforcing stresses assumed to be only axial.