How to Use reinforced concrete in a Sentence

reinforced concrete

noun

• Then a step-like reinforced concrete pad will be installed atop the H-piles and along the I-wall.
  — Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 1 Feb. 2018
• Slavik was saved by reinforced concrete in the basement.
  — Oliver Carroll, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2015
• Rebar, or steel rods used to reinforce concrete, was laid down.
  — Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• The two-foot-thick circular steel piles would be filled with steel reinforced concrete.
  — J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Concrete could be poured over iron bars to form reinforced concrete.
  — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2017
• The rebar will reinforce concrete panels that will, in turn, be topped with 18-foot steel bollards.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2019
• Were the Rebels foolish to build reinforced concrete bases where salt is everywhere?
  — Alastair Marsh, Quartz, 29 Dec. 2019
• Disney said the crew who stayed on the island were safe in a storm shelter built with thick, reinforced concrete and equipped with restrooms, power, food and water.
  — Chabeli Herrera, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• The only similarities between the two are the steel and reinforced concrete that makes up the 97-year old stadium.
  — Arash Markazi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019
• Since Trump announced the tariffs in March, prices have been rising for the American steel used to build bridges, reinforce concrete highways and lay the rails for mass transit systems.
  — Washington Post, 30 June 2018
• Puerto Rican homes are often built with reinforced concrete and can withstand some high-speed winds, experts said.
  — Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2017
• The dam has two reinforced concrete spillways to carry away excess water when reservoir levels get too high.
  — CBS News, 21 May 2020
• Her home, an older structure in the Miramar area, was built from reinforced concrete and survived with no major damage.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 20 Sep. 2018
• Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright paved the way for reinforced concrete's use in modern architecture.
  — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2017
• That signaled a bold departure from the hard edges of reinforced concrete steps and steel sheet pile that traditionally protected the shoreline.
  — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• During this renovation, the swim center’s entire reinforced concrete deck, pool plaster and tile will be removed and replaced.
  — Emily Sorensen, Pomerado News, 25 Apr. 2018
• Gun emplacements and reinforced concrete installations from the 20th century add to the martial architecture and make driving the cramped one-way back streets a challenge.
  — James R. Carroll, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• Stopping the flow from the 24-inch diameter, reinforced concrete pipe allows crews to start clearing the roadway — not just pumping the water and cleaning debris, but assessing any damage the flooding may have done.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2021
• With industrialization in the 1950s came widespread construction of homes of reinforced concrete blocks and poured concrete roofs for the middle and upper-middle classes.
  — Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 14 Feb. 2018
• According to Volkert, which assists the Alabama Department of Transportation in managing the project, the columns are made of steel reinforced concrete cast in metal forms.
  — Erin Edgemon, AL.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• But in an earthquake, without reinforced concrete walls or lateral bracing to resist forces pushing structures sideways, buildings with that design can move too much.
  — Garance Burke, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2017
• Dry casks are typically constructed of one or more shells of steel, cast iron, and reinforced concrete to provide leak containment and radiation shielding.
  — James Conca, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• Slender, reinforced concrete columns are topped by horizontal steel beams, which in turn support prefabricated concrete track beds on which gravel, railway ties and tracks are laid.
  — Mark Stevenson, USA TODAY, 17 June 2021
• Constructed between the 12th and 20th centuries, the porticoes embody a range of architectural styles and building materials, including wood, stone, brick, and reinforced concrete.
  — Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
• Is potential corrosion of the building’s columns, rebar or reinforced concrete likely to be closely examined?
  — Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 30 June 2021
• The initial assessment from Monroe County officials indicates that newer houses built on reinforced concrete pilings and sunk into rock—not sand – survived a storm officials said wiped out more than 25 percent of housing stock.
  — Mike Clary, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• Following his death, Dillinger's father had his casket covered in concrete and topped by four reinforced concrete slabs to prevent vandals from digging him up, according to the Indiana Historical Society.
  — Fox News, 5 Dec. 2019
• Officials determined that the most vulnerable buildings are the older ones and those built from unreinforced masonry or under-reinforced concrete.
  — USA TODAY, 3 July 2019
• Felipe Asandi Arquitectos designed the house with reinforced concrete slabs that together create a lengthy rectangular shape.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 1 May 2018

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