Sentence examples for with solid masonry from inspiring English sources

And it was built to last, with solid masonry.

Ravines and chasms were filled with solid masonry, suspension bridges with wool or fibre cables crossed the wider mountain streams, and stone surfacing was used in difficult areas.

The failure criteria and the method of approximate determination of the initial data for the calculation are developed for masonry with solid masonry units (without cavities).

Nearly all surviving Gupta temples are comparatively small; they consist of a small cella (central chamber), constructed of thick and solid masonry, with a veranda either at the entrance or on all sides of the building.

Tests were carried out in situ on panels cut from three different historic buildings in Italy: two in double-leaf rough hewn rubble stone masonry in Umbria and L'Aquila and another with solid brick masonry in Emilia.

TUNNELING TO THE FUTURE: The Story of the Great Subway Expansion That Saved New York By Peter Derrick New York University Press ($34.95, hardcover) In New York's residential districts, three-quarters of the population was jammed ever more tightly into tenements, with block after block of solid masonry four to seven stories high, going on for miles.

Districts are looking at terrazzo floors in corridors, solid masonry, steel structures and good roofing with 20-year warranties, said Mr. Wiedersum, who is now working on major projects at the William Floyd and Sachem School Districts.

"The tilt is most pronounced at the top of the spire, which is solid masonry".

This design appears almost to sway, a soft counterpoint to the solid masonry of Barnes's building.

There, the solid masonry gives way to wide glass windows on both sides, offering views, partly obscured by the hilly terrain and Squaw Mountain.

Walls: solid masonry, including reinforced concrete not less than four inches thick hollow masonry not less than 12 inches (30.5 cm) thick hollow masonry less than 12 inches (30.5 cm) thick, but not less than eight inches thick with a listed fire-resistance rating of not less than two hours assemblies with not less than a two-hour fire-resistance rating.