mushroom slab construction

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beamless reinforced-concrete floor and roof construction employing columns with widely flaring heads having horizontal rings of reinforcement to support the floor or roof slab.

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Origin of mushroom slab construction

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby mushroom slab construction

mushmelon, mushmouth, mushroom, mushroom anchor, mushroom cloud, mushroom slab construction, mushroom ventilator, mushy, mushyheaded, Musial, music

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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
By the end of the construction period, the number of deaths had reached roughly twenty percent of the workforce.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tonn and Blank Construction An Indiana construction company.
The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Minnesota based agricultural/industrial construction company.
The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Encompass Develop, Design Construct, LLC A Kentucky-based architect, design and construction service.
The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If one has thoughts to express, it is possible to learn very soon some method of construction.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
He simply devoured books, studying every detail of construction, and learning a great deal as to style and effect.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The two lines are as closely connected as grammatical construction and the expression of thought could make them.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The backs are mostly cut the reverse way of the grain to the present rule, forming what are now termed "slab" backs.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
The day was won, the carriages secure, and the order for their construction was placed with a firm in Birmingham.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

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