Contraction joints (sometimes called control joints) are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced slabs-on-ground to minimize random cracking. By creating straight-line weakened-planes in ...

Metal billets, metal slabs, and metal blooms are large, massive blocks or rounds that are produced from a primary metal or during a recycling process. They are used as raw materials or feedstock in ...

Stone blocks and slabs are pieces of natural rock formations that are used in sculptures and as building materials. Categories include marble, granite, sandstone, slate, limestone, quartzite, and ...

Swangas are usually found on SLABs (not Kias), Houston's take on the lowrider. Unlike lowriders, SLABs usually sit a little ...

Construction joints are formed or placed into slabs to define stopping places or the extent of an individual concrete placement. There are different types of construction joints: butt-type with ...

The Slab Boys is partly autobiography and reflects John Byrne's upbringing, family and early working life. The play reflects issues of youth rebellion, social class and Americanisation from the 1950s.

At present, the GST structure has four slabs – 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28%. Rationalisation of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) rates and change in slabs are “on the discussion table,” finance ...

South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has used purpose-cast aluminium tubes to create a collection of tables and benches, with their structure obscured behind frosted acrylic. Each of the eight ...