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  2. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    As building materials, they used bones such as mammoth ribs, hide, stone, metal, bark, bamboo, and animal dung. Pre-historic men also used bricks and lime plaster as building materials. [7] For example, mud bricks and clay mortar dated to 9000 BC were found in Jericho. These mudbricks were formed with the hands rather than wooden moulds and ...

  3. Brunswick Centre - Wikipedia

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    Building started in 1967 and was completed in 1972, [6] though the building fell some way short of its intended size. The original plan extended up to Euston Road but the Ministry of Defence would not release the site of a building they leased for use by the Territorial Army (and that still stands next to the Centre today). [citation needed]

  4. Bloomsbury Publishing - Wikipedia

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    A rights issue of shares in 1998 further raised £6.1 million, which was used to expand the company, in particular to found a U.S. branch. In 1998, Bloomsbury USA was established. Bloomsbury USA Books for Young Readers was established in 2002, and in 2005, Bloomsbury acquired Walker & Co, a small company dedicated to publishing nonfiction. [5]

  5. List of building materials - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of building materials. Many types of building materials are used in the construction industry to create buildings and structures . These categories of materials and products are used by architects and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for building projects .

  6. Construction Products Association - Wikipedia

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    It was formed on 1 January 2000 as the result of a merger of the National Council of Building Materials Producers and the Association of Construction Products and Suppliers, and officially launched on 1 March 2000. [1]

  7. Russell Court - Wikipedia

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    The building was a project of the London solicitor Gerald Glover, who specialised in real estate development, [2] [3] and is one of a number of very large blocks of flats erected in 1930s London. [4] It was built in 1937 by Mowlem [ 5 ] and replaced a row of Georgian terraced houses, latterly converted to small hotels.

  8. Building material - Wikipedia

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    Building material is material used for construction. Many naturally occurring substances, such as clay , rocks , sand, wood , and even twigs and leaves, have been used to construct buildings and other structures, like bridges .

  9. Brickworks Limited - Wikipedia

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    Building Products Australia is a leading Australian manufacturer and distributor of building products, and up until 2002 consisted only of brick manufacturing across New South Wales and Queensland. This branch is responsible for the operation of the company's 13 current brands of building products, including sourcing raw materials ...