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Edward Giles Stone (17 February 1876 – 16 October 1947 [1]) was an Australian engineer prominent in many innovative, often daringly spectacular, aspects of early reinforced concrete constructions in Australia. He was also involved in cement manufacture.
Australian Construction Contracts govern how the parties to a construction contract behave and how the project manager and the contract manager administer the relationship between the parties. [1] There are several popular standard forms of construction contracts that are currently used in Australia .
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB), [2] [3] [4] is a collective body formed in a partnership between the state, territorial, and national governments; and with representatives of the plumbing and building industries. [5] [6] [7] The ABCB was formed, by the three levels of government in an Inter-Government Agreement that was signed on 1 ...
Clinkers are nodules (diameters, 0.2–1.0 inch [5.1–25.4 millimetres]) of a sintered material that is produced when a raw mixture of predetermined composition is heated to high temperature. The key chemical reaction distinguishing portland cement from other hydraulic limes occurs at these high temperatures (>1,300 °C (2,370 °F)) as belite ...
Civil & Civic was founded by Dick Dusseldorp in 1951 on behalf of Dutch building companies Bredero's Bouwbedrijf and The Royal Dutch Harbour Company as an Australian building contractor. [1] Its first contract was to supply and erect 200 prefabricated houses for the Snowy Mountains Authority which had been established by William Hudson ...
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Pioneer Concrete Logo Hanson concrete truck. In 1949, Pioneer Readymix was founded in St Peters, Sydney. In 1954 it was purchased by Tristan Antico and Kelvin Conley. [1] In 1954 a concrete plant was acquired in Canberra. In 1959 it was listed on the Sydney Stock Market as a public company. As well as acquiring further concreting businesses, it ...
A concrete slab is a common structural element of modern buildings, consisting of a flat, horizontal surface made of cast concrete. Steel-reinforced slabs, typically between 100 and 500 mm thick, are most often used to construct floors and ceilings, while thinner mud slabs may be used for exterior paving (see below). [1] [2]