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Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

THE account of harbour works in NATURE of October 24 (p. 639) causes me once more to draw attention to the great advantage which would be gained by the use of magnetic iron ore as a material for ...

Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics (GSTAT) released the fourth quarter 2023 price trends for five key construction inputs. The average price of iron in the Kingdom dropped by 14.2 percent ...

Cat owners have been descending on hardware stores on an unusual mission—picking up a concrete slab, typically for patios and garden paths, for their feline friend to lounge on. Costing as little as ...

The construction industry is facing a sharp slowdown following a steep rise in the prices of construction materials such as cement, iron bars, bricks, and sand. Monitor understands that the prices ...

Specifications and restrictions allow no room for error when Bravo Cement Contracting Inc. installed the concrete slab under an ice rink. Most concrete contractors ...

Contractors have found a significant block of concrete in the entrance to Lake Bonney, SA, sitting 1.4m below the surface at normal water level. A document obtained by the ABC reveals the then-state ...

Most slabs-on-ground are unreinforced or nominally reinforced for crack-width control. When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of ...