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  2. Boral - Wikipedia

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    In January 2000, Boral sold its tyre business to Bridgestone. [8] In February 2000, Boral's energy assets were spun off into a separate listed entity, Origin Energy. [9] 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.

  3. List of Masonic buildings - Wikipedia

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    List of Masonic buildings identifies notable buildings around the world associated with Freemasonry.Often these are significant landmarks in their towns or cities, and reflect the influence of Masons at one time.

  4. Brickwork - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Jack arch - Wikipedia

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    Unlike lintels, which are subject to bending stress, jack arches are composed of individual masonry elements cut or formed into a wedge shape that efficiently uses the compressive strength of the masonry in the same manner as a regular arch. Like regular arches, jack arches require a mass of masonry to either side to absorb the considerable ...

  6. 16 Divisions - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Cavity wall - Wikipedia

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    Components on a concrete masonry unit and brick cavity wall. A cavity wall is composed of two masonry walls separated by an air space. The outer wall is made of brick and faces the outside of the building structure. [6] The inner wall may be constructed of masonry units such as concrete block, structural clay, brick or reinforced concrete. [6]

  8. 50 Divisions - Wikipedia

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    50 Divisions refers to the 50 divisions of construction information, as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)'s MasterFormat beginning in 2004 ...

  9. List of construction methods - Wikipedia

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    Rebar is a steel bar or mesh of steel wires used in reinforced concrete and masonry structures to strengthen and hold the concrete in tension. The surface of rebar is often patterned to improve the quality of the bond with the concrete.