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Albert Kahn (architect) <=SEP=> Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was the foremost American industrial architect of his day. He is sometimes called the architect of Detroit.  In 1943, the Franklin Institute awarded him the Frank P. Brown Medal posthumously.

Bamboo construction <=SEP=> Bamboo can be utilized as a building material as for scaffolding, bridges and houses. Bamboo, like true wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures. Bamboo has a higher compressive strength than wood, brick or concrete and a tensile strength that rivals steel.Bamboos are some of the fastest-growing plants in the world, due to a unique rhizome-dependent system.

Beam bridge <=SEP=> Beam bridges are the simplest structural forms for bridge spans supported by an abutment or pier at each end. No moments are transferred throughout the support, hence their structural type is known as simply supported.The simplest beam bridge could be a log (see log bridge), a wood plank, or a stone slab (see clapper bridge) laid across a stream. Bridges designed for modern infrastructure will usually be constructed of steel or reinforced concrete, or a combination of both.

Bear Creek Motel <=SEP=> The Bear Creek Motel is a historic motel on United States Route 65 in Bear Creek Springs, Arkansas.  It is a single T-shaped stone and concrete building, built in 1936 to replace a wood-framed tourist accommodation that had burned down.  The building has a distinctive wave-shaped concrete roof, intended to lure travelers off the road, and houses five guest rooms and an office.

Booth House (Bedford, New York) <=SEP=> The Booth House is a single-story modernist house in Bedford, New York. Built in 1946, the house was American architect Philip Johnson's first residential commission, and is a stylistic precursor to Johnson's better-known 1949 Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut.The house's concrete block and plate glass exterior is supported by steel beams and columns, and its interior features a large masonry fireplace. Its design was influenced by Johnson's  mentors.

Brick <=SEP=> A brick is a block or a single unit of a kneaded clay-bearing soil, sand and lime, or concrete material, fire-hardened or air-dried, used in masonry construction.Lightweight bricks (also called "lightweight blocks") are made from expanded clay aggregate. Bricks are produced in numerous classes, types, materials, and sizes which vary with region and time period, and are produced in bulk quantities. Two basic categories of bricks are fired and non-fired bricks.

Broad Margin <=SEP=> Broad Margin is a private residence in Greenville, South Carolina. The house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and was built in 1954. It is one of two buildings designed by Wright in South Carolina (the other being the Auldbrass Plantation).It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.The house is built into the slope of the 2-acre (0.81 ha) lot. It has 12-inch-thick (30 cm) concrete walls. It extensively uses cypress wood throughout including its ceiling of cypress boards.

Bromley-Mills-Treece House <=SEP=> The Bromley-Mills-Treece House is a historic house on Main Street in Marshall, Arkansas.  It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a cross-gable configuration, clapboard siding, two interior brick chimneys, and a concrete foundation.  A single-story porch wraps around two sides of the house, supported by columns on stone piers, with decorative latticework between the bays.

Builder (United States Navy) <=SEP=> Builder (abbreviated as BU) is a  United States Navy occupational rating. A builder is responsible for the construction and repair of wood, concrete, and masonry structures. Their work can involve sheet rock, ceramic tile, or painting, while senior personnel deal with material estimates and labor projections.

Building material <=SEP=> Building material is any material which is used for construction purposes.  Many naturally occurring substances, such as clay, rocks, sand, and wood, even twigs and leaves, have been used to construct buildings. Apart from naturally occurring materials, many man-made products are in use, some more and some less synthetic.

Béton brut <=SEP=> Béton brut (French pronunciation: ​[betɔ̃ bʁy], raw concrete) is architectural concrete left unfinished or roughly-finished after pouring and left exposed visually.  The imprint of the wood or plywood formwork used for pouring is usually present on the final surface.The use of béton brut was pioneer by Auguste Perret and other modern architects. It was used in such buildings as Unité d'Habitation in the early part of the twentieth century.

Carpentry <=SEP=> Carpentry is a skilled trade in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc.  Carpenters traditionally worked with natural wood and did the rougher work such as framing, but today many other materials are also used and sometimes the finer trades of cabinetmaking and furniture building are considered carpentry.

Cement-bonded wood fiber <=SEP=> Cement-bonded wood fiber is a composite material manufactured throughout the world. It is made from wood (usually waste wood), chipped into a specially graded aggregate that is then mineralized and combined with portland cement.

Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum <=SEP=> The Charles Macdonald Concrete House is a two-storey residential structure located in Centreville, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was built entirely out of reinforced concrete in 1910 by Charles Macdonald, a local folk artist and owner of a cement brick factory.

Church of the Good Shepherd, Nottingham <=SEP=> The Church of the Good Shepherd is a Roman Catholic church in Arnold, Nottingham. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Combustibility <=SEP=> Combustibility is a measure of how easily a substance will set on fire, through fire or combustion.  This is an important property to consider when a substance is used for construction or is being stored.  It is also important in processes that produce combustible substances as a by-product. Special precautions are usually required for substances that are easily combustible.

Composite material <=SEP=> A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite) is a material made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components. The individual components remain separate and distinct within the finished structure.

Concrete <=SEP=> Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement which hardens over time. Most use of the term "concrete" refers to Portland cement concrete or to concretes made with other hydraulic cements, such as ciment fondu.

Concrete finisher <=SEP=> A concrete finisher, is a tradesman who works with concrete. The job entails placing, finishing, protecting and repairing concrete in engineering and construction projects. Concrete finishers are often responsible for setting the concrete forms, ensuring they have the correct depth and pitch. Concrete finishers place the concrete either directly from the concrete wagon chute, concrete pump, concrete skip or wheelbarrow.

Concrete masonry unit <=SEP=> A concrete masonry unit (CMU) – also called concrete brick, concrete block, cement block, besser block, breeze block and cinder block – is a large rectangular block used in building construction.

Concrete mixer <=SEP=> A concrete mixer (also commonly called a cement mixer) is a device that homogeneously combines cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel, and water to form concrete. A typical concrete mixer uses a revolving drum to mix the components.  For smaller volume works portable concrete mixers are often used so that the concrete can be made at the construction site, giving the workers ample time to use the concrete before it hardens. An alternative to a machine is mixing concrete by hand.

Concrete moisture meter <=SEP=> A concrete moisture meter is a type of moisture meter used by installers of flooring to measure the moisture levels of  concrete.  These meters have been used for decades to measure the moisture content in different materials and substances. Concrete meters have evolved from the successful wood moisture meter as flooring contractors tried to use their wood meters to measure the moisture in concrete.

Concrete pump <=SEP=> A concrete pump is a machine used for transferring liquid concrete by pumping. There are two types of concrete pumps.The first type of concrete pump is attached to a truck. or longer units are on semi-trailers. It is known as a boom concrete pump because it uses a remote-controlled articulating robotic arm (called a boom) to place concrete accurately.

Concrete recycling <=SEP=> When structures made of concrete are demolished or renovated, concrete recycling is an increasingly common method of utilizing the rubble. Concrete was once routinely trucked to landfills for disposal, but recycling has a number of benefits that have made it a more attractive option in this age of greater environmental awareness, more environmental laws, and the desire to keep construction costs down.Concrete aggregate collected from demolition sites is put through a crushing machine.

Concrete ship <=SEP=> Concrete ships are ships built of steel and ferrocement (reinforced concrete) instead of more traditional materials, such as steel or wood. The advantage of ferrocement construction is that materials are cheap and readily available, while the disadvantages are that construction labor costs are high, as are operating costs.

Cordwood construction <=SEP=> Cordwood construction (also called "cordwood masonry," "stackwall construction","stovewood construction" or "stackwood construction") is a term used for a natural building method in which "cordwood" or short pieces of debarked tree are laid up crosswise with masonry or cob mixtures to build a wall.

Decorative concrete <=SEP=> Decorative concrete is the use of concrete as not simply a utilitarian medium for construction but as an aesthetic enhancement to a structure, while still serving its function as an integral part of the building itself such as floors, walls, driveways and patios.The transformation of concrete into decorative concrete is achieved through the use of a variety of materials that may be applied during the pouring process or after the concrete is cured, these materials and/or systems include but are not limited to stamped concrete, acid staining, decorative overlays, polished concrete, concrete countertops, vertical overlays and more.

Deep foundation <=SEP=> A deep foundation is a type of foundation which transfers building loads to the earth farther down from the surface than a shallow foundation does, to a subsurface layer or a range of depths.A pile is a vertical structural element of a deep foundation, driven deep into the ground at the building site.

Dionicio Rodriguez <=SEP=> Dionicio Rodriguez (1891–1955) was a Mexican-born artist and architect whose work can be seen in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as Washington, D.C. and Mexico City.His work is noted for its unique style of concrete construction that imitates wood, known as Faux Bois (French for false wood).

Distressing <=SEP=> Distressing (or weathered look) in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, giving it a "weathered look," and there are many methods to produce an appearance of age and wear. Distressing is viewed as a refinishing technique although it is the opposite of finishing in a traditional sense.  In distressing, the object's finish is intentionally destroyed or manipulated to look less than perfect, such as with sandpaper or paint stripper.

Dust mask <=SEP=> A dust mask is a flexible pad held over the nose and mouth by elastic or rubber straps to protect against dusts encountered during construction or cleaning activities, such as dusts from drywall, concrete, wood, fiberglass, silica (from ceramic or glass production), or sweeping. A dust mask can also be worn to protect against allergens.

Edison Portland Cement Company <=SEP=> The Edison Portland Cement Company was a venture by Thomas Edison that helped to improve the Portland cement industry.  Edison was developing an iron ore milling process and discovered a market in the sale of waste sand to cement manufacturers.  He decided to set up his own cement company, founding it in New Village, New Jersey in 1899, and went on to supply the concrete for the construction of the Yankee Stadium in 1922.

External wall insulation <=SEP=> An external wall insulation system (or EWIS) is a thermally insulated, protective, decorative exterior cladding procedure involving the use of expanded polystyrene, mineral wool, polyurethane foam or phenolic foam, topped off with a reinforced cement based, mineral or synthetic finish and plaster.The thickness of thermal insulation is dependent on whatever type is required in order to create a partition with a heat transmission factor of U=0.25-0.3 W/m2K.

Faux bois <=SEP=> Faux bois (from the French for false wood) refers to the artistic imitation of wood or wood grains in various media. The craft has roots in the Renaissance with trompe-l'œil. It was probably first crafted with concrete using an iron armature by garden craftsmen in France called "rocailleurs" using common iron materials: rods, barrel bands, and chicken wire. Early examples of the craft survive at Parc des Buttes-Chaumont opened for an exposition in Paris in 1867.

Formwork <=SEP=> Formwork is the term given to either temporary or permanent molds into which concrete or similar materials are poured. In the context of concrete construction, the falsework supports the shuttering moulds.

Foundation (engineering) <=SEP=> A foundation (or, more commonly, foundations) is the element of an architectural structure which connects it to the ground, and transfers loads from the structure to the ground. Foundations are generally considered either shallow or deep.  Foundation engineering is the application of soil mechanics and rock mechanics (Geotechnical engineering) in the design of foundation elements of structures.

Framing (construction) <=SEP=> Framing, in construction is the fitting together of pieces to give a structure support and shape and sometimes is used as a noun such as "the framing" or "framing members". Framing materials are usually wood, engineered wood, or structural steel.

Frederick Squires House <=SEP=> The Frederick Squires House is a historic house located at 1003 West Church Street in Champaign, Illinois. Owner and architect Frederick Squires created the Craftsman style house in 1927. Squires combined two similar 1870s frame houses, one of which was moved from another site in Champaign, to build his house. In addition to using existing houses to form a new one, Squires used recycled wood, brick, and concrete to complete his new home.

Green building <=SEP=> Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) refers to both a structure and the using of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. In other words, green building design involves finding the balance between homebuilding and the sustainable environment.

Gypsum concrete <=SEP=> Gypsum concrete is a building material used as a floor underlayment used in wood-frame and concrete construction for fire ratings, sound reduction, radiant heating, and floor leveling. It is a mixture of gypsum plaster, Portland cement, and sand. The brand name Gyp-Crete, a Maxxon Corporation trademark, has come into general use as a term for gypsum concrete by construction professionals and architects.

House <=SEP=> A house is a building that functions as a home for humans ranging from simple dwellings such as rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes and the improvised shacks in shantytowns to complex, fixed structures of wood, brick, or other materials containing plumbing, ventilation and electrical systems. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen or cooking area, and a living room.

House at 712 N. Mill Street <=SEP=> The House at 712 N. Mill Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is a particularly fine local example of Craftsman/Bungalow style architecture.  Built c. 1914, it is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, set on a foundation of rusticated concrete blocks.  The walls are finished in novelty siding, and there is a shed-roof porch extending across most of its front, supported by slightly-tapered box columns mounted on concrete piers.  The area under the porch includes exposed rafter ends.

Hubert & Ionia Furr House <=SEP=> The Hubert & Ionia Furr House is a historic house at 702 Desoto Avenue in Arkansas City, Arkansas.  The 1.5 story Dutch Colonial Revival house was built in 1910 by Hubert Furr, a local timber dealer.  It has a basically rectangular plan, with a side-gable roof with flared eaves.  The first floor is built out of decorative concrete blocks, while the gable ends and roof dormers are clad in wood shingles.

Insulating concrete form <=SEP=> Insulating concrete form or insulated concrete form (ICF) is a system of formwork for reinforced concrete usually made with a rigid thermal insulation that stays in place as a permanent interior and exterior substrate for walls, floors, and roofs. The forms are interlocking modular units that are dry-stacked (without mortar) and filled with concrete. The units lock together somewhat like Lego bricks and create a form for the structural walls or floors of a building.

Interurban Bridge <=SEP=> The Interurban Bridge, also known as the Ohio Electric Railroad Bridge. is a historic interurban railway reinforced concrete multiple arch bridge built in 1908 to span the Maumee River joining Lucas and Wood counties near Waterville, Ohio. The span was once the world's largest earth-filled reinforced concrete bridge. It is within the Farnsworth Metropark and is the river crossing of the park's trail system, which connects this park with Bend View and Providence Metroparks.

John deKoven Hill <=SEP=> John deKoven Hill (1920-1996) was an American architect, honorary chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and editorial director of House Beautiful magazine.Hill decided to become an architect early on in his life, but not until he visited Taliesin did he become passionate about the design style of Frank Lloyd Wright. Hill skipped his high school graduation ceremony to enroll in the Taliesin Fellowship program on June 17, 1938.

List of building materials <=SEP=> This is a List of building materials. Building materials are used in the mostly bricks construction industry to create buildings and structures.These categories of materials and products are used by American architects and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for building projects.

List of house types <=SEP=> Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or Single-family houses and various types of attached or multi-user dwellings. Both may vary greatly in scale and amount of accommodation provided. Although there appear to be many different types, many of the variations listed below are purely matters of style rather than spatial arrangement or scale. Some of the terms listed are only used in some parts of the English-speaking world.

Lordship Lane, Southwark <=SEP=> Lordship Lane is an ancient thoroughfare, once rural, in East Dulwich, a suburb of the London Borough of Southwark in southeast London, England, and forms part of the A2216. It runs north-south from Goose Green to Wood Vale. The Lordship Lane & North Cross Road area now has a wide selection of bars, restaurants and specialist retailers for the 'foodie' market.

Maxwell-Kirby House <=SEP=> The Maxwell-Kirby House is a historic home located at 8671 Northshore Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee. it is also known as William Maxwell House. It was designed in the Colonial Revival style, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is currently a private residence.The Robert Maxwell House sits on a rise, facing southeast, at the end of a long gravel drive that travels north and west from Northshore Drive, about ten miles (16 km) from downtown Knoxville, in Knox County, Tennessee.

McClelland-Grimes Farm <=SEP=> McClelland-Grimes Farm is a historic farm located at Morgan Township and Washington Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The contributing resources are the brick main house (c. 1873), brick combination ice house / smoke house, timber frame barn (1883), wood frame sheep barn (c. 1890), wood frame wash house (c. 1910), early 20th century corn crib, wood frame scale shed (c. 1940), mid-20th century balloon frame poultry house, poured concrete cistern, and walled spring.

Mesa House <=SEP=> The Mesa House, or Dr. Mesa House, is a historic house on Maxwell St. in Hagåtña, Guam.Built in 1930, it is relatively rare as a pre-World War II house with ifil wood construction.  The building is two stories on a 12.6 by 8.4 metres (41 ft × 28 ft) plan.  The first floor is concrete, while the second floor is ifil wood in both framing and flooring.  The roof is framed in non-ifil wood and covered in corrugated metal.

Morgan Cottage <=SEP=> Morgan Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake in the town of St. Armand, Essex and Franklin County, New York.  It was built between 1915 and 1916 and is a 1 1⁄2-story, wood-frame structure on a concrete foundation.  The houses as cobblestone walls to the base of the first story windows and clapboards above.  It takes a bungalow form with a broad gable roof, overhanging eaves, stone walls, and inset verandah at the front.

Old Plantation Flats Light <=SEP=> The Old Plantation Flats Light was a lighthouse located in the Chesapeake Bay marking the channel to Cape Charles, Virginia.

Panelák <=SEP=> Panelák (Czech: [ˈpanɛlaːk]) is a colloquial term in Czech and Slovak for a panel building constructed of pre-fabricated, pre-stressed concrete, such as those extant in the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in the world.Panelák [plural: paneláky] is derived from the standard Czech: panelový dům or Slovak: panelový dom meaning, literally, "panel house / prefabricated-sections house".

Pavement (architecture) <=SEP=> Pavement in construction is an outdoor floor or superficial surface covering. Paving materials include asphalt, concrete, stone such as flagstone, cobblestone, and setts, artificial stone, bricks, tiles, and sometimes wood. In landscape architecture pavements are part of the hardscape and are used on sidewalks, road surfaces, patios, courtyards, etc.Pavement comes from Latin pavimentum meaning a floor beaten or rammed down, through Old French pavement.

Phoenix Historic Property Register <=SEP=> The Phoenix Historic Property Register is the official listing of the historic and prehistoric properties in the city of Phoenix, the capital and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona.

Pile bridge <=SEP=> A pile bridge is a structure that uses foundations consisting of long poles (referred to as piles), which are made of wood, concrete or steel and which are hammered into the soft soils beneath the bridge until the end of the pile reaches a hard layer of compacted soil or rock.  Piles in such cases are hammered to a depth where the grip or friction of the pile and the soil surrounding it will support the load of the bridge deck.

Polychrome Historic District <=SEP=> The Polychrome Historic District is a national historic district in the Four Corners neighborhood in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland.  It recognizes a group of five houses built by John Joseph Earley in 1934 and 1935. Earley used precast concrete panels with brightly colored aggregate to produce the polychrome effect, with Art Deco details.  The two-inch-thick panels were attached to a conventional wood frame.

Polymer concrete <=SEP=> Polymer concrete is part of group of concretes that use polymers to supplement or replace cement as a binder.  The types include polymer-impregnated concrete, polymer concrete, and polymer-Portland-cement concrete.  Polymers in concrete have been overseen by Committee 548 of the American Concrete Institute since 1971.

Portland cement <=SEP=> Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world, used as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and most non-speciality grout. It was developed from other types of hydraulic lime in England in the mid 19th century and usually originates from limestone. It is a fine powder produced by heating materials in a kiln to form what is called clinker, grinding the clinker, and adding small amounts of other materials.

Precast concrete <=SEP=> Precast concrete is a construction product produced by casting concrete in a reusable mold or "form" which is then cured in a controlled environment, transported to the construction site and lifted into place. In contrast, standard concrete is poured into site-specific forms and cured on site.

Prestressed concrete <=SEP=> Prestressed concrete is a method for overcoming concrete's natural weakness in tension. It can be used to produce beams, floors or bridges with a longer span than is practical with ordinary reinforced concrete. It is often used in commercial and residential construction as a foundation slab.

Properties of concrete <=SEP=> Concrete has relatively high compressive strength, but significantly lower tensile strength, and as such is usually reinforced with materials that are strong in tension (often steel).  The elasticity of concrete is relatively constant at low stress levels but starts decreasing at higher stress levels as matrix cracking develops.  Concrete has a very low coefficient of thermal expansion, and as it matures concrete shrinks.

Railroad tie <=SEP=> A railroad tie/railway tie/crosstie (North America), or railway sleeper (UK and Australasia) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties transfer loads to the track ballast and subgrade, hold the rails upright and keep them spaced to the correct gauge.Railroad ties were traditionally made of wood, but pre-stressed concrete is now widely used, especially in Europe and Asia.

Ready-mix concrete <=SEP=> Ready-mix concrete is concrete that is manufactured in a factory or batching plant, according to a set recipe, and then delivered to a work site, by truck mounted in–transit mixers. This results in a precise mixture, allowing specialty concrete mixtures to be developed and implemented on construction sites.

Reeves House (Siloam Springs, Arkansas) <=SEP=> The Reeves House is a historic house at 321 South Wright Street in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.  It is a two story wood frame structure, with a side gable roof, wood clapboards and shingling, and a stone and concrete foundation.  Its front facade is dominated by a central projecting clipped-gable section, whose gable is partially finished in diamond-cut wood shingles, and which shelters a second story porch over a broader first-story porch.

Reinforced concrete <=SEP=> Reinforced concrete (RC) is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are counteracted by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength and/or ductility. The reinforcement is usually, though not necessarily, steel reinforcing bars (rebar) and is usually embedded passively in the concrete before the concrete sets.

Royd House <=SEP=> Royd House is a Grade I listed building in Hale, Greater Manchester. It was designed by architect Edgar Wood as his own home and was built between 1914 and 1916. The building is regarded as one of the most advanced examples of early twentieth century domestic architecture. It is one of six Grade I listed buildings in Trafford.Royd House is a 2-storey, y-shaped building with a concrete roof. It has a concave façade and is faced in Portland red stone and Lancashire brick.

Scrabble School <=SEP=> Scrabble School is a historic Rosenwald school for African-American children located near Castleton, Rappahannock County, Virginia. It was built in 1921-1922, and is a one-story, wood-frame building clad in rough-cast stucco siding.  The building sits on a poured concrete foundation.  It features overhanging eaves, a wood cornice, exposed rafter tails, anddecorative corner brackets in the American Craftsman style.  Also on the property are the contributing concrete block coal house/shed (c.

Screed <=SEP=> Screed has three meanings in building construction. 1) a flat board (screed board, floating screed) or a purpose-made aluminium tool used to smooth and true materials like concrete, stucco and plaster after it has been placed on a surface or to assist in flattening; 2) a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to act as a guide for a screed tool (screed rail, screed strip, screed batten); 3) the material itself which has been flattened with a screed (screed coat).

Sentinel Island Light <=SEP=> The Sentinel Island Light is a lighthouse in Alaska adjacent to Lynn Canal.

Shotcrete <=SEP=> .Shotcrete is concrete (or sometimes mortar) conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface, as a construction technique. It is reinforced by conventional steel rods, steel mesh, and/or fibers. Fiber reinforcement (steel or synthetic) is also used for stabilization in applications such as slopes or tunnelingShotcrete is usually an all-inclusive term for both the wet-mix and dry-mix versions.

Siding <=SEP=> Siding and wall cladding is the exterior material applied to the walls of a house or other building meant to shed water, protect the walls from the effects of weather, insulate, and is a key in the aesthetics of the structure. Some walls such as solid brickwork and masonry veneer are not covered with siding, but some buildings such as log buildings can have siding added.Siding may be formed of horizontal or vertical boards, shingles, or sheet materials.

Sound transmission class <=SEP=> Sound Transmission Class (or STC) is an  integer rating of how well a building partition attenuates airborne sound.  In the USA, it is widely used to rate interior partitions, ceilings/floors, doors, windows and exterior wall configurations (see ASTM International Classification E413 and E90).  Outside the USA, the Sound Reduction Index (SRI) ISO index or its related indices are used.

Splanch <=SEP=> A splanch is a type of single-family home that was popular in the New York metropolitan area from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Stamped concrete <=SEP=> Stamped concrete is concrete that is patterned and/or textured or embossed to resemble brick, slate, flagstone, stone, tile, wood, and various other patterns and textures. Stamped concrete is commonly used for patios, sidewalks, driveways, pool decks, and interior flooring.

T-beam <=SEP=> A T-beam (or tee beam), used in construction,  is a load-bearing structure of reinforced concrete, wood or metal, with a  t-shaped cross section.  The top of the t-shaped cross section serves as a flange or compression member in resisting compressive stresses.

Tennessee Concrete Association <=SEP=> The Tennessee Concrete Association [1] – TCA – was formed in 1986 (originally known as the Tennessee Ready Mixed Concrete Association) with the primary purpose of promoting the increased use of ready mixed concrete ready-mix concrete in Tennessee. Today, the TCA has 50 ready mix concrete producer member companies representing approximately 85% of the annual ready mix production in Tennessee.

Tongue and groove <=SEP=> A strong joint, the tongue and groove joint is widely used for re-entrant angles. The effect of wood shrinkage is concealed when the joint is beaded or otherwise moulded. In expensive cabinet work, glued dovetail and multiple tongue and groove are used.Tongue and groove is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood, in flooring, parquetry, panelling, and similar constructions.

Types of concrete <=SEP=> There are many types of concrete, designed to suit a variety or purposes coupled with a range of compositions, finishes and performance characteristics.

US Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey Seismological and Geomagnetic House <=SEP=> The US Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey Seismological and Geomagnetic House, also known as the Forest Service House, is a historic house at 210 Seward Street in Sitka, Alaska.  It is a two story wood frame structure, resting on a concrete foundation, with a gambrel roof.  The house was built in 1916 by the United States Department of Commerce to house employees of the U.S. National Geodetic Survey working at the Sitka Geomagnetic Observatory.

Wall plate <=SEP=> A plate or wall plate is a horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in wooden building framing.

Will Price <=SEP=> William Lightfoot Price (1861 – October 14, 1916) was an influential American architect, a pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete, and a founder of the utopian communities of Arden, Delaware and Rose Valley, Pennsylvania.

William E. Ward House <=SEP=> The William E. Ward House, known locally as Ward's Castle, is located on Magnolia Drive, on the state line between Rye Brook, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. It is a reinforced concrete structure built in the 1870s.Ward, a mechanical engineer, built the house with his friend Robert Mook to demonstrate the viability of the material for building. It is the first reinforced concrete building in the United States.

William H. Grant House (Middleport, Ohio) <=SEP=> The William H. Grant House is a historic house in Middleport, Ohio, United States.  One of the area's earliest concrete houses, it has been designated a historic site.Built in 1855, the house is constructed of concrete on a foundation of sandstone and topped with a metal roof.  Two stories tall, the house is rectangular with a small frame addition to the rear, which was built about ten years after the original part of the house.  Born in 1820, William H.

Wood <=SEP=> Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.It has been used for thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers (which are strong in tension) embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression.

Wood economy <=SEP=> The existence of a wood economy, or more correctly, a forest economy (since in many countries a bamboo economy predominates), is a prominent matter in many developing countries as well as in many other nations with temperate climate and especially in those with low temperatures. These are generally the countries with greater forested areas. The uses of wood in furniture, buildings, bridges, and as a source of energy are widely known.

Wood–Armer method <=SEP=> The Wood–Armer method is a structural analysis method based on finite element analysis used to design the reinforcement for concrete slabs. This method provides simple equations to design a concrete slab based on the output from a finite element analysis software.

World of Concrete <=SEP=> The World of Concrete is an annual trade show for the commercial construction industry.  It is held each year either in the months of January or February for four days in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event is a show where products, resources, and information related to concrete construction are shared and displayed.

Zula Linklater House <=SEP=> The Zula Linklater House is a two-story office building on Second Avenue in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1923, the Mediterranean style structure is built of concrete, wood, and stucco. Originally constructed for Zula Warren Linklater as a home, it was renovated and turned into office space in 1984. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.