
1) Reinforced piece of concrete
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(from the article `building construction`) ...greatly simplified the design of concrete structures. In the Johnson-Bovey Building (1905) in Minneapolis, the American engineer C.A.P. Turner ... ...hollow sheet-metal domes to create a grid pattern of voids in a solid floor slab, saving material without reducing the slab`s strength. The .....
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