29. The Workplace Performance of an N95 Respirator in a Concrete Block Manufacturing Plant

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bidwell ◽  
L. Janssen
Keyword(s):  
Concrete Block ◽  
Manufacturing Plant ◽  
Workplace Performance

scholarly journals Partnering with a local concrete block manufacturing plant to improve quality of construction materials in Haiti’s Central Plateau

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Gordon ◽  
Jeffery M Plumblee ◽  
Kayla Dimarco ◽  
David Vaughn ◽  
Jennifer Ogle
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Concrete Block ◽  
Mix Design ◽  
Manufacturing Plant ◽  
Masonry Unit ◽  
Central Plateau ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Concrete Masonry

This paper presents a successful ongoing partnership between Clemson Engineers for Developing Countries (CEDC) and a concrete masonry unit (CMU) manufacturing plant in rural Haiti. The infrastructure destruction and resulting loss of life of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti highlighted the need for improved building materials and codes. This partnership has helped to improve the strength of CMUs in the plant, both creating a safer local built environment and expanding the economic opportunities for this plant. Using samples of aggregate and cement from the site in Haiti, students in Clemson performed experiments to optimise the CMU mix design and made other suggestions to improve efficiency and quality of their product. Consistency continues to be a challenge for the CMU plant, and this paper also describes proposed procedures to help the plant implement quality control and quality assurance plans.

Causes of Failure in the Concrete Block Business

1906 ◽  
Vol 61 (1578supp) ◽  
pp. 25282-25283
Author(s):  
O. U. Miracle
Keyword(s):  
Concrete Block ◽  
Causes Of Failure

Yury Nagibin and shadows of the Niernsee House

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-60
Author(s):  
S. N. Liutova ◽  
I. I. Dronova
Keyword(s):  
Life Story ◽  
Manufacturing Plant ◽  
The Real ◽  
Best Friend ◽  
Real People ◽  
State Archives ◽  
First Time

The article reveals the names of the prototypes of certain characters in Nagibin’s long story My Golden Mother-in-Law [Moya zolotaya tyoshcha] (the mother-in-law being A. Likhachyova, the wife of the director of the Moscow Car Manufacturing Plant ZIL). For the first time we read the names and learn about the destiny of M. and L. Kostromin, the real people behind the characters of Matvey Matveevich, the neighbour, and Nina Petrovna, the female protagonist’s best friend. The life story of these personalities, residents of the legendary Niernsee House in Bolshoy Gnezdnikovsky Lane, enables the authors, who are related to L. Kostromina, to explain the underpinnings of the relationships between the prototypes of Nagibin’s characters, often a mystery for the writer himself, and share first-hand accounts that confirm his amazing flair for imagination. The article uses materials of family lore, the authors’ private archive (letters and photographs), as well as hitherto unsearched materials from state archives.

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