There was the 'breeze-blocking' dropping construction blocks on someone's back or limbs or head.
Ongoing construction blocked his otherwise sweeping view of the Hudson River.
An application of the method for the enhancement of the insulating efficiency of hollow construction blocks is discussed.
Low-lying flood plains that have historically absorbed Thailand's annual flooding have become an industrial region, with giant complexes and other construction blocking natural flows of water.
Theo Dorian, president of the St . GeorgeCivic Association, notes that any new construction blocking views flies in the face of landmark designation and hillside protection, which give the neighborhood its appeal.
The Colombian company Conceptos Plásticos, founded by Bogota entrepreneur Oscar Andres Mendez, recycles plastic and rubber waste into construction blocks that can be fit together, Lego-style, to build low-cost housing, shelters, classrooms and other structures.
And so it is I join a group of astrophysicists, post-docs and PhDs from Oxford university, who are attempting to balance construction blocks using hooks attached to their heads with string.
"Untitled: Crushed Boxes," an installation by Phyllida Barlow, a British sculptor known for her use of mass-produced materials, fills a section of the gallery the way construction blocks the sidewalks of Manhattan.
Jordanian officials at the barren desert border with Iraq said this morning that 500 heavy trucks were entering Iraq daily with cargoes including fruit, vegetables, shoes, stone construction blocks and chemicals.
