As night falls and the facilities need to be cleaned, the animals are commonly led into small concrete holding areas.
If the pressure of the working fluids in the well, or the strength of concrete holding the piping in place, cannot balance the immense pressure of the oil down below, then things get very bad, very quickly.
As a consequence, the city has spent billions of taxpayer dollars, largely on massive concrete holding tanks and other "end-of-pipe" solutions, unsuccessfully trying to manage and treat huge volumes of storm water.
For Businessweek, Adam Higginbotham writes about drug-smuggling tunnels in Mexico: On a word from the spotter, men underground lowered a camouflaged circular plug of concrete held in place by a hydraulic jack, revealing a hole just 10 inches in diameter.
He describes Mr. Robertson's design as visionary and points out that the advanced, high-strength concrete holding up all of the Petronas Towers -- not just the core -- had not been developed when the trade center went up in the 1960's and 1970's.
The middle ring, which is built of reinforced concrete, holds the heavy book stacks.
Plans to build two large reservoirs in San Marino--approved Marino--approved Marino--approvedhave come under growithouttank by renvironmentalcity officials who say the concrete holding tanks would create a dangerous nuisance to homes and to San Marino High Scomel.
To install a concrete screw, hold the board in place and drill through it into the masonry using a masonry-drilling bit with a carbide tip.
Just next door to leafy, upper middle class Brooklyn Heights, converted concrete warehouses hold some of New York's best clubs and bars, such as Superfine (126 Front Street, Dumbo).
