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McConnell Dowell completes works on Port Kembla Energy Terminal

Roads Online

McConnell Dowell’s scope of work included the construction of a new wharf, revetment, quay wall, nine dolphins, wharf furniture, main equipment foundations, and marine loading arm platform structures. The front wall was anchored to a further sheet-piled continuous wall using 161 tie-rods each 35 m long and approximately 150 mm diameter.

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The Start of Celebration: the 2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement

Civil + Structural Engineer

It features elements that maximize the safety, security, and efficiency of the travel process including 100 percent automated screening lanes, 100 percent facial recognition “e-gates” for international departure, an innovative landside terminal design, and 100 percent trackable RFID Independent Carrier System.

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Ready mix concrete life cycle

GCP Applied Technologies

Ready mix concrete life cycle. Concrete producers can leverage advanced concrete admixtures , predictive analytics tools, and more to improve efficiency, from materials management to batching to concrete delivery. Concrete mix design. Concrete admixtures help to enable the use of these alternate pozzolans … more.

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What Is Shotcrete | Shotcrete & Concrete | Shotcrete Technology | Types of Shotcrete Technology | Advantages of Shotcrete | Disadvantages of Shotcrete

CivilJungle

Shotcrete/mortar/spray-concrete is a kind of refined concrete drizzled by gas hose-pipe nozzle at high pressure & velocity on a projectile motion on a prepared wall surface. It is often utilised in tunnels, underground walls, retaining walls, drainage systems & swimming pools for interim support. Wet-Mix Shotcrete.

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What Is Falsework | Types of Falsework |Causes of Falsework Failures

CivilJungle

Falsework includes the foundations , footings , and all structural members supporting the permanent structural elements. Falsework may be required to support steel and timber frameworks and masonry arches as well as in situ and precast concrete construction. • Shorbrace System. Cup-Lock Supporting System.

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Garage Guide: Exploring Different Garage Types

CCR Magazine

Your home garage serves multiple vital roles, from vehicle parking protection to valuable storage real estate and hobby workshop sanctuaries. All-Weather Vehicle Protection A garage’s number one job is shielding cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, and other vehicles from the elements.

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19 Different Types of Slabs in Construction | What Is a Slab

CivilJungle

Slabs are structural elements manufactured from concrete constructed to produce flat surfaces, usually horizontal, in building floors, roofs, bridges. If reinforcement is required, slabs could also be pre-stressed or the concrete will be spilled over rebar positioned within the framework. What Is a Slab? Types of Slabs.