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2. Building blocks (toy) - Wikipedia

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   ELGO Plastics, Inc. was established as a division of Halsam Products Company in 1941." It produced building blocks under the name American Plastic Bricks from 1946, and was the dominant American supplier through the 1950's. [19] A full history of Halsam and its founders cites the existence of interlocking plastic bricks prior to LEGO in America ...

3. Pavers (flooring) - Wikipedia

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   Bricks are typically made of concrete or clay, though other composite materials are also used. Each has its own means of construction. The biggest difference is the way they set hard ready for use. A clay brick has to be fired in a kiln to bake the brick hard. A concrete brick has to be allowed to set.

4. Permeable paving - Wikipedia

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   Permeable pavement surfaces may be composed of; pervious concrete, porous asphalt, paving stones, or interlocking pavers. [1] Unlike traditional impervious paving materials such as concrete and asphalt, permeable paving systems allow stormwater to percolate and infiltrate through the pavement and into the aggregate layers and/or soil below.

5. Masonry - Wikipedia

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   A mason laying a brick on top of the mortar Bridge over the Isábena river in the Monastery of Santa María de Obarra, masonry construction with stones. Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar.

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   Bricklayers have a tough job. It requires skill and experience. It is hard on the back and knees. Hands too. You have to be outside in all kinds of weather.

7. Dry stone - Wikipedia

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   A certain amount of binding is obtained through the use of carefully selected interlocking stones. Dry stone construction is best known in the context of stone walls, traditionally used for the boundaries of fields and churchyards, or as retaining walls for terracing, but dry stone shelters, houses and other structures also exist.

8. How Lego tests the safety of its bricks [Video] - AOL

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9. Compressed earth block - Wikipedia

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   Building a CEB project in Midland, Texas in August 2006. A compressed earth block (CEB), also known as a pressed earth block or a compressed soil block, is a building material made primarily from an appropriate mix of fairly dry inorganic subsoil, non-expansive clay, sand, and aggregate.