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Fingertip nugget list
Fingertips is a database of short segments of text (nuggets) related to many diverse aspects of concrete construction. The alphabetical listing below contains all the current nuggets that can be accessed by clicking on the title. Alternatively you can search by category or use the free text search.

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Title: Horizontal slipforming   (395)
Short description: Horizontal slip-forming is a method of constructing continuous concrete elements, such as kerbs, drainage channels and safety barriers.  more

Title: One-Pass Linings   (320)
Short description: A One-pass lining consist of solid reinforced concrete segments manufactured in accordance with the Civil Engineering Specification for the water Industry.  more

Title: Fixing reinforcement   (120)
Short description: Individual reinforcing bars are joined together to form the reinforcement cage, generally using tying wire.  more

Title: Polymer dispersion admixtures   (479)
Short description: Polymer dispersion admixtures are aqueous dispersions of synthetic polymers that form a continuous film when sufficient water is lost from the system.  more

Title: Paving   (254)
Short description: Precast concrete is widely used as to provide paved areas with the use of flags, blocks, kerbs, channels, etc.  more

Title: Reinforcement   (93)
Short description: Concrete is strong in compression but weak in tension.  more

Title: Steel Tubing   (335)
Short description: Heavy gauge steel tubes (or fabricated sections) can be used as the permanent formwork for columns.  more

Title: Lignite   (515)
Short description: Lignite is a soft, weak, black or brown substance, akin to coal, naturally occurring in some aggregate sources.  more

Title: Beam vibrators   (215)
Short description: In their simplest form, beam vibrators consist are petrol-driven or electrical vibrators mounted on a suitable length timber beam, spanning between side formwork, that are used level and compact concrete slabs.  more

Title: Lifting   (209)
Short description: On all but the smallest construction sites, lifting equipment (either mobile or fixed) is used to handle all the components required for constructing reinforced concrete, that is the formwork and falsework, the reinforcement and the concrete itself.  more

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