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In December 2020, Boral sold Midland Brick to the Buckeridge Group of Companies. [10] This followed Boral selling its bricks business on Australia's east coast in 2016. In April 2021, Boral divested its plasterboard business, completing the process with the sale of its 50 per cent interest in the USG Boral joint venture to Knauf for US$1 ...
Galleting is mainly used in stone masonry buildings constructed out of sandstone or flint. The technique varies depending on which of these materials is used. In sandstone buildings, the spalls are often a different type of sandstone than the one used in the wall, though sometimes they are pieces of the same stone.
Built during 1897–98. A category 2 historic place (#1230). A 1913 renovation added an Edwardian Free Classical style facade designed by C. Tilleard Natusch & Sons. Lost to redevelopment during 2014. [43] Masonic Lodge, 132 Percival Street, Rangiora.
The Builder's Pocket Manual; Containing the Elements of Building, Surveying and Architecture; with Practical Rules and Instructions in Carpentry, Bricklaying, Masonry &c. Barnard's Inn, Holborn: M. Taylor. Sovinski, Rob W. (1999). Brick in the Landscape. A Practical Guide to Specification and Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Since 1881 home of King Solomon Lodge No. 5 Territorial Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM) [15] Included in Tombstone Historic District. Claimed to be "Built in 1881, this is the largest standing adobe bldg in the United States." 7: Masonic Hall (Wickenburg, Arizona) 1922 built 1986 NRHP-listed 108 Tegner
Thomas Smith Webb (October 30, 1771 – July 6, 1819) was the author of Freemason’s Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry, a book which had a significant impact on the development of Masonic Ritual in America, and especially that of the York Rite. [1]
The 16 Divisions of construction, as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)'s MasterFormat, is the most widely used standard for organizing specifications and other written information for commercial and institutional building projects in the U.S. and Canada.
A masonry skew arch bridge photographed shortly after its completion in 1898, showing the helicoidal nature of its stonework. Sickergill Skew Bridge over the River Raven at Renwick, near Penrith A skew arch (also known as an oblique arch ) is a method of construction that enables an arch bridge to span an obstacle at some angle other than a ...