The reality is those suppliers of sand, stone, concrete and road materials will not get their money.
Rather than cheap plaster and vinyl siding, makers of upscale factory housing use everything from precast concrete panels to building materials recycled from soybeans and newsprint.
What didn't fail, at last report, was the series of physical barriers in the form of steel and concrete that keep radioactive materials from being freely released into the environment.
Over in Germany, researchers unveiled a technique that harnesses the power of lightning to break up concrete into usable building materials and scientists at MIT built a tiny, caterpillar-size robot that can transform into almost any shape.
It is sometimes used in combination with modern materials like reinforced concrete or steel for building houses and bridges.
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Kahn admitted that ancient Roman vaults and arches were his inspiration, and by combining them with advanced engineering and a simple palette of materials concrete, travertine and white oak he created a place that is of the present but also invokes an ancient past.
The energy required just to build your new home--energy use inherent in the materials from lumber to concrete and wire--inhaled 10 SUVs.
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Powerline solutions also provide a simple way to help extend the home network into rooms such as basements, attics, garages and back houses that may have dead spots or a limited wireless signal due to building materials, such as concrete and steel.
About a third of the highway construction jobs would be directly linked to the construction sites -- including on-site workers like Baxter, and off-site workers who manufacture construction materials such as steel and concrete.
For more concrete products, manufacturers have moved towards cheaper materials in order to reduce production costs, but the result can be products that fall apart sooner.
And even though steel and concrete are still the most cost-effective materials, new combinations of these substances provide greater strength and fire retardance, says W. Gene Corley, senior vice president at Construction Technology Laboratories in Skokie, Ill.
They have a primary and a secondary containment structure, both made from thick reinforced concrete, to protect against the release of radioactive materials.
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The galleries will be situated within walls of painted, waxed concrete (one of Mr Ando's favourite materials) and enveloped in glass, through which visitors can view the site's landscaped grounds and reflecting pond.
Modern architecture is notable above all for the use of steel and concrete, and to a lesser extent wood, as building materials.
Because building materials were in short supply, he invented a new concrete-making process that enabled him to build a factory and go into production.
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The concrete is often made with foam, fly-ash or other waste materials to make it lighter as well as cheaper.
Residents pay rent, most houses have kitchens and electricity, and building materials range from flimsy corrugated-iron shacks to permanent, multistorey concrete structures.
Aid agencies offer free building materials to those who will help clear up the dead conger eels, oil drums and concrete girders that litter newly drained parts of the town.
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