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Incredible New Feats of Concrete
Businessweek ^
| November 13, 2007
| by Jennifer Fishbein
Posted on 11/15/2007 2:53:39 PM PST by Squidpup
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Thought you could use some lighter news today. Check out the pictures linked at the end of the article.
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posted on
11/15/2007 2:53:39 PM PST
by
Squidpup
To: Squidpup
Concrete is the new plastic!
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posted on
11/15/2007 2:54:10 PM PST
by
Squidpup
("Fight the Good Fight")
To: Squidpup
And Plastic is the new money!.............
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posted on
11/15/2007 2:56:06 PM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Squidpup
Gee, are we in a for a resurgence of 1970’s-style concrete buildings? That’s a retro-trend I could do without.
To: Squidpup
The Graduate will never be the same.
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posted on
11/15/2007 2:57:19 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: LiveFree99
Do spray-crete domes leak as bad as they say?
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posted on
11/15/2007 2:58:46 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: RightWhale
I’d have to check with my Civil Engineering expert on that, but I would think that if the concrete is of good quality and properly poured and cured, they’d be few problems. Of course, with a union construction crew...
To: LiveFree99
The style is classic 1955 Disneyland forever. Don’t settle for stucco, get the genuine Spray-crete. It will last forever, unfortunately.
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:04:04 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: Squidpup
and furnitureYeah, but moving the stuff to vacuum is a real nut buster.................
To: Squidpup
Years ago I was impressed with concrete that could be poured under water... it’s come a long way.
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:10:50 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Hillary "tricky Dick" Nixon/Clinton. - Stiff a waitress - lie about it. Plant questions - lie more)
To: RightWhale
This one has held up pretty well. The hole in the top might leak just a bit, however.
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:12:02 PM PST
by
Jeff F
To: Jeff F
Fortunately it doesn’t rain much there.
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:14:00 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: Squidpup
![](http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/11/1113_concrete/image/luccon_changing-room1.jpg)
Translucent concrete
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:15:10 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
To: Squidpup
But, but, but I thought concrete was evil because of the massive amount of “green house gases” given off in its manufacture?
To: LiveFree99
"theyd be few problems"
As long as no one threw any sugar into a batch.
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:24:09 PM PST
by
Deguello
To: Squidpup
Concrete is the new plastic! Ordinary folks will have trouble recognizing fiber reinforced concrete with added plasticizers from their fathers concrete.
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:31:42 PM PST
by
fso301
To: Squidpup
And to think the Communist nations were the real visionaries. They were concrete before concrete was cool...
To: Squidpup
Is “Feats of concrete” anything like “Feet of clay”?
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:35:37 PM PST
by
Nik Naym
(If Republicans are your problem, Democrats aren't the answer!)
To: Squidpup
The humble building material that gets me is “hydraulic cement”.
Developed by the Romans, then the secret of it’s making/use was
lost for centuries (or so The History Channel sez!).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzolana
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posted on
11/15/2007 3:38:18 PM PST
by
VOA
To: RightWhale
Cement doesn’t “Leak”, it merely wicks moisture through it as it is a porus material. Take basements for instance. Paint it well and it won’t leak. Check them out yet? http://www.aidomes.com/
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