Sentence examples for concrete itself from inspiring English sources

"The concrete itself is old," Mr. Bonica said.

They further noted that problems uncovered so far deal specifically with testing and not with the quality of the concrete itself.

The invention comes in three forms: a spray that can be applied to existing construction for small cracks that need repairing, a repair mortar for structural repair of large damage and self-healing concrete itself, which can be mixed in quantities as needed.

D5 NEW YORK/REGION D1-4 Traffic Delays at Bridges Are Hurting Construction City officials and construction executives are considering building concrete plants on the waterfront of Manhattan because traffic jams on the city's bridges have stalled the delivery of concrete to building sites and threatened the quality of the concrete itself.

The relative reduction in the diffusion coefficient was larger when the concrete itself had a higher diffusion coefficient.

Cracking moments are more impacted by RCA than ultimate moments, since the strength properties of the concrete itself have more influence on cracking.

Claims Manhattan adds concrete to itself at the rate of approximately one Hoover Dam every 18 months.

The building's structural concrete frame itself becomes the armature for places to perch and lean, fitted with rudimentary wooden furniture, in a nod to the plywood shuttering from which the concrete was cast.

Although the making of forms is a slow and costly process, the technique competes economically with steel frame construction because the mesh, composed of thin, bendable metal rods or metal fabric, employs far less steel, and concrete is itself inexpensive.

"He will talk about the threatening behaviour of Spain, threats of taxes to enter Gibraltar, of making it more difficult for aircraft to land and ill-defined threats by Spain to lift the concrete reef itself," said Green.

We plodded on, following the course of the former "death-strip": the bare patch of earth that separated the signal fence on the DDR side from the prefabricated concrete wall itself.