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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. Insulating concrete form - Wikipedia

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    The first expanded polystyrene ICF Wall forms were developed in the late 1960s with the expiration of the original patent and the advent of modern foam plastics by BASF. [citation needed] Canadian contractor Werner Gregori filed the first patent for a foam concrete form in 1966 with a block "measuring 16 inches high by 48 inches long with a tongue-and-groove interlock, metal ties, and a waffle ...

  4. Slipform stonemasonry - Wikipedia

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    The stones are placed inside the forms with the good faces against the form work. Concrete is poured in behind the rocks. Rebar is added for strength, to make a wall that is approximately half reinforced concrete and half stonework. The wall can be faced with stone on one side or both sides. After the concrete sets enough to hold the wall ...

  5. List of building materials - Wikipedia

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    Artificial stone; Cinder block or concrete block; Noxer block; Stone dry stacked or mortar set; Urbanite – broken-up concrete; Category:Masonry. Category:Bricks; also: "Concrete Masonry Units" (CMU) Category:Stone (material) Metals. Structural steel: I-beam and column; Rebar; Wire rope and cables; Metal joist, decking, framing, trusses; Metal ...

  6. Types of concrete - Wikipedia

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    Some types of concrete used to make garden sculptures and planters have been called composition stone or composite stone. There is no single precise formula that differentiates composition stone from other lime-cemented concretes, which is unsurprising because the term predates modern chemical science, being attested since at latest the 1790s.

  7. Autoclaved aerated concrete - Wikipedia

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    Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is a lightweight, precast, cellular concrete building material. Developed initially in the mid-1920s, it has expanded into widespread use. Developed initially in the mid-1920s, it has expanded into widespread use.

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