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The Victoria Masonic Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka is the meeting place for the Masonic Lodges in the Colombo area. It was built in 1901 during British rule.. Freemasonry was first introduced by the Dutch with the establishment of a masonic lodge, Fidelity Lodge, in Colombo in 1771 by the Grand Lodge of Holland, followed by a second lodge in Galle in 1773 and another lodge in Colombo in 1794.
Bond beam assemblies are most commonly used in construction using concrete masonry units, where special shapes allow the beam to blend with the wall construction.Bond beams encase steel reinforcing in grout or concrete, binding the structure together horizontally, and often interlocking with additional vertical reinforcement.
A pallet of "8-inch" concrete blocks An interior wall of painted concrete blocks Concrete masonry blocks A building constructed with concrete masonry blocks. A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various other terms, is a standard-size rectangular block used in building construction.
Access Engineering PLC is a Sri Lankan civil engineering company engaged in the construction industry and supply of construction-related services and materials. [2] The company is one of the constituents of the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index. [3] The company was founded in 2001, and in 2012 was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
The common materials of masonry construction are bricks and building stone, rocks such as marble, granite, and limestone, cast stone, concrete blocks, glass blocks, and adobe. Masonry is generally a highly durable form of construction. However, the materials used, the quality of the mortar and workmanship, and the pattern in which the units are ...
This category is about construction materials. For articles about freemasonry, see Category:Freemasonry. Masonry, including brick, stone and Concrete Masonry Units (CMU), also called "cinder block" or "concrete block".
St. Anthony's Group (St. Anthony's) is a Sri Lankan conglomerate company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. St. Anthony's Group owns businesses across Sri Lanka engaged in hardware, textiles, cement, roofing, media, construction, hospitality, farms, manufacturing, retail, solar and hydropower.
His pioneering efforts and contributions in the areas of Pre-cast concrete, Pre-stressed concrete, alternate low cost construction material, ferro-cement boat building, applications of the Shell design theory in the construction are applied in several key engineering structures in Sri Lanka. [3]