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Concrete
Summary: Discusses the building material, concrete. Describes its evolution as well as the wide range of applications that concrete offers, including its great strength, affordability, durability, and versatility.
An ever-evolving world requires ever-evolving construction methods. One of the most widely used materials for construction is concrete. This is due not only to the wide range of applications that concrete offers, but also its great strength, affordability, durability, and versatility.
Concrete is the only major building material that can be delivered to the job site in a plastic state. This unique quality makes concrete desirable as a building material because it is able to be molded to virtually any form or shape. Concrete is also designed to permit reliable and high quality fast-track construction. Structures built with concrete are more durable and can be engineered to withstand earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes. This is an amazing advancement. With all the scientific advances there are in this world, there still has not been a way of preventing nature's damage. Whatever science could not do, concrete did.
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This section contains 437 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |