From the course: On the Job Site: Construction
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How important is concrete on a job site?
From the course: On the Job Site: Construction
How important is concrete on a job site?
(compelling music) - If I told you that concrete was the most widely used construction material, that might not surprise you very much. You see concrete all around you: sidewalks, streets, buildings, and you see it on almost every construction project. But what if I told you that concrete was actually the most widely used man-made material on the planet? That's a lot of concrete. And we've been using concrete since the Roman times. When they figured out that they could use volcanic ash as cement in their concrete to build things like the Pantheon in Rome, which still stands today as the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world, and it's almost 2,000 years old. Today's concrete and concrete industry looks a little different than it did back in the Roman times. For example, we use things like laser levels to keep our concrete slabs flat and level. Now today we don't typically use volcanic ash in concrete anymore, but our four basic ingredients in the concrete we make today are…
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Construction master schedule2m 22s
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A fresh perspective on the construction industry6m 8s
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Making sense of what you see on a job site2m 41s
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Understanding why screened fences exist1m 38s
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General safety considerations of a job site2m 25s
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Danger tape vs. caution tape2m 10s
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Stairs are much safer than ladders2m 10s
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Operating cranes on a job site2m 57s
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Prefabrication applied on a job site2m 39s
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Creating solutions to short-term job-site needs2m 15s
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How important is concrete on a job site?3m
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Ways to monitor safety and security on a job site2m 33s
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Engineering of the foundation slab of a job2m 58s
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What types of software are used in construction?2m 54s
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How 360-degree images help in job-site inspections2m
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