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He pointed to the now crazily bent, exposed iron rods that had been inside the building's reinforced-concrete beams and columns.

Questions Mount as Turkish Toll Rises Marc Champion 2011

Without a permanent storage place, the NRC has allowed nuclear-plant operators to store spent fuel either in enclosed, steel-lined concrete pools of water, or in steel or reinforced-concrete containers, known as casks.

Storage of Nuclear Waste Gets New Scrutiny Stephen Power 2011

And the larger SCA buildings (Lucas, Spielberg and Animation and Student Affairs) are designed to rock on their foundations in an earthquake while destructive forces are channeled to easily replaceable or reparable portions of their reinforced-concrete structures

What George Lucas Wrought 2010

Based on this room, visitors would expect that a Ferrari aficionado resides in the 80-year-old, reinforced-concrete, clear-span building covered in brick siding.

Richard Munz: The final trustee By Phil Berg 2008

Buried more than 30 feet beneath the ground, it has reinforced-concrete walls at least five feet thick.

Saddam's Bunkers 2007

The "guest house" aboveground is a substantial reinforced-concrete building, with three floors and about 40,000 square feet of floor space.

Saddam's Bunkers 2007

Fifteen thousand slave laborers were working on three colossal enclosures, each with a twenty-five-foot-thick reinforced-concrete roof.

Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006

Fifteen thousand slave laborers were working on three colossal enclosures, each with a twenty-five-foot-thick reinforced-concrete roof.

Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006

After the firestorm on White Beach 1, the company had run squarely into the strongest enemy fortifications at the airfield, including the reinforced-concrete blockhouse that had served as the Japanese headquarters.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005

After the firestorm on White Beach 1, the company had run squarely into the strongest enemy fortifications at the airfield, including the reinforced-concrete blockhouse that had served as the Japanese headquarters.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005