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  2. Rubble masonry - Wikipedia

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    Rubble masonry or rubble stone is rough, uneven building stone not laid in regular courses. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may fill the core of a wall which is faced with unit masonry such as brick or ashlar . Some medieval cathedral walls have outer shells of ashlar with an inner backfill of mortarless rubble and dirt.

  3. Core-and-veneer - Wikipedia

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    Core-and-veneer, brick and rubble, wall and rubble, ashlar and rubble, and emplekton all refer to a building technique where two parallel walls are constructed and the core between them is filled with rubble or other infill, creating one thick wall. [1] Originally, and in later poorly constructed walls, the rubble was not consolidated.

  4. Sulfate attack in concrete and mortar - Wikipedia

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    When it reacts with concrete, it causes the slab to expand, lifting, distorting and cracking as well as exerting a pressure onto the surrounding walls which can cause movements significantly weakening the structure. Some infill materials frequently encountered in building fondations and causing sulfate attack are the following: [2] Red Ash

  5. Rubble - Wikipedia

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    Rubble-work on Wyggeston's Chantry House in Leicester, built c. 1511 "Rubble-work" is a name applied to several types of masonry. [1] One kind, where the stones are loosely thrown together in a wall between boards and grouted with mortar almost like concrete, is called in Italian "muraglia di getto" and in French "bocage". [1]

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  7. List of building and structure collapses - Wikipedia

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    Freestanding wall 1 2014: Croce del Papa collapse: Cevo, Italy: Guyed mast (inclined) 1 dead 2014: P'yŏngch'ŏn apartment block collapse: Pyongyang, North Korea: Building: 100+ dead (unconfirmed) [27] 2014: Vilémov Bridge collapse: Vilémov, Czechia: Bridge: 4 dead 2014: Synagogue Church building collapse: Lagos, Nigeria: Building: 115 dead ...

  8. How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor

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    As they advanced, they cracked their batons on the unpaved streets and against the ramshackle walls of the shanties. “If you love your life, move out!” the officers shouted. Thousands of people grabbed what belongings they could carry and fled. Then a line of hulking excavators moved in, using their hydraulic claws to smash homes into pieces.

  9. Land drains - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of land drains in building construction is somewhat different. If voids are created in the ground for any reason they tend to fill with water. Also the static loads on any subterranean structure and retaining walls can be massively increased by the presence of water in the surrounding ground.