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  2. Carveout - Wikipedia

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    Carveout or carve-out may refer to: Divisional buyout; Equity carve-out; A specific exemption incorporated into a law. This page was last edited on ...

  3. List of professional designations in the United States

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    Registered Construction Inspector (Division I, II, III, or IV) RCI: American Construction Inspectors Association: Registered Archaeologist: RA: Registry of Professional Archaeologists Registered Professional Archaeologist: RPA: Registry of Professional Archaeologists Registered Quality Assurance Professional in Good Clinical Practices: RQAP-GCP

  4. Greenbelt Homes, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Greenbelt Homes, Incorporated (GHI) is the housing cooperative in Greenbelt, Maryland, comprising the original houses built by the U.S. Federal Government in 1936 during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, [5] as well as additional defense housing built in 1941 by the Farm Security Administration, and smaller numbers of homes built later. [6]

  5. Cut and fill - Wikipedia

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    A mass haul diagram where land and rock cuts are hauled to fills Fill construction in 1909 Cut & Fill Software showing cut areas highlighted in red and fill areas shaded in blue. In earthmoving , cut and fill is the process of constructing a railway , road or canal whereby the amount of material from cuts roughly matches the amount of fill ...

  6. Glossary of civil engineering - Wikipedia

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    Also Abrams' water-cement ratio law. A law which states that the strength of a concrete mix is inversely related to the mass ratio of water to cement. As the water content increases, the strength of the concrete decreases. abrasion The process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away a substance or substrate. It can be intentionally imposed in a controlled process using ...

  7. Gabion - Wikipedia

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    Reinforced earth with gabions supporting a multilane roadway Gabions as X-ray protection during customs inspection. A gabion (from Italian gabbione meaning "big cage"; from Italian gabbia and Latin cavea meaning "cage") is a cage, cylinder or box filled with rocks, concrete, or sometimes sand and soil for use in civil engineering, road building, military applications and landscaping.

  8. Construction Specifications Institute - Wikipedia

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    The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) is a United States national association of more than 6,000 construction industry professionals who are experts in building construction and the materials used therein. The institute is dedicated to improving the communication of construction information through a diversified membership base of ...

  9. Columbia Basin Project - Wikipedia

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    The total amount of the Columbia flow that is diverted into the CBP at Grand Coulee varies a little from year to year, and is currently about 3.0 million acre-feet. This is about 3.8 percent of the Columbia's average flow as measured at the Grand Coulee dam. [ 10 ]