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  2. Slip forming - Wikipedia

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    The first residential building of slipform construction; erected in 1950 in Västertorp, Sweden, by AB Bygging Later picture of the residential building in Västertorp. Slip forming, continuous poured, continuously formed, or slipform construction is a construction method in which concrete is placed into a form that may be in continuous motion horizontally, or incrementally raised vertically.

  3. Form liner - Wikipedia

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    The inception of form liners began with fairly simple images for concrete, including cut-out shapes and silhouettes resting on a background texture. As time passed, these designs grew in complexity, and creative artists and sculptors began to work with form liner manufactures to produce and design anything imaginable in concrete walls, and on a ...

  4. Slipform stonemasonry - Wikipedia

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    Slipform stonemasonry is a method for making a reinforced concrete wall with stone facing in which stones and mortar are built up in courses within reusable slipforms. It is a cross between traditional mortared stone wall and a veneered stone wall. Short forms, up to 60 cm high, are placed on both sides of the wall to serve as a guide for the ...

  5. Ready-mix concrete - Wikipedia

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    Concrete has a limited lifespan between batching / mixing and curing. This means that ready-mixed concrete should be placed within 30 to 45 minutes of the batching process to hold slump and mix design specifications in the US, [15] though in the UK, environmental and material factors, plus in-transit mixing, allow for up two hours to elapse. [16]

  6. Category:Building materials - Wikipedia

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    C. Cadjan; Cage; Calcium aluminate cements; Calcium hydroxide; Canite; Cast iron; Cast stone; Caulk; Cellulose insulation; Cement; Cement board; Cement render; Cement ...

  7. 'Never any consensus': UN plastics conference fails to yield ...

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    The fault lines were apparent in a revised document released Sunday by the meeting's chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso of Ecuador, a report that may form the basis of an accord but remained riddled with ...

  8. When is the last day to ship for Christmas? Deadlines ... - AOL

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    UPS Ground: UPS urges customers to check its website and use their time and cost calculator because deadlines may vary depending on where you are shipping the item. Expedited shipping deadlines.

  9. Calculator - Wikipedia

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    Made in Japan, this was also the first calculator to use an LED display, the first hand-held calculator to use a single integrated circuit (then proclaimed as a "calculator on a chip"), the Mostek MK6010, and the first electronic calculator to run off replaceable batteries. Using four AA-size cells the LE-120A measures 4.9 by 2.8 by 0.9 inches ...