Tag: Design
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Structural Considerations of Low-Rise Arches
Low-rise arches make for daring designs with minimal “humps” in the road. However, there are certain structural considerations that need to be seriously taken into account when designing a low-rise arch.
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Pros and Cons of Mortarless Masonry
Mortarless masonry has several construction advantages over its mortared counterparts. However, with these advantages come a greater precision and skill required for long-term durability.
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Masonry: Always Moving
Gravity, aided by natural forces like freeze/thaw cycles, is always at work on a masonry structure either pushing it more firmly in place or pulling it apart. By working with these forces, better structures can be built.
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Stepped Foundations
Building a good foundation is critical for long-term stability of a masonry structure. That said, it is often beneficial to change the depth of the foundation to accommodate sloping ground. In this post we investigate the topic.
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The Camp Quaker Haven Bridge: A New Cowley Stone Bridge Built the Old Way (Part 4)
We recently built a stone arch bridge at Camp Quaker Haven, a Christian retreat in Cowley County, Kansas. In this final post on this bridge, we describe how it was completed.
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The Camp Quaker Haven Bridge: A New Cowley Stone Bridge Built the Old Way (Part 3)
We recently built a stone arch bridge for Camp Quaker Haven in Cowley County, Kansas. In this third article describing the building of this bridge, we tell of how the arch was built.
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The Camp Quaker Haven Bridge: A New Cowley Stone Bridge Built the Old Way (Part 2)
In this second post of the series we wrote about a stone arch bridge we built at Camp Quaker Haven, in Cowley County, Kansas, we describe how the abutments for the arch were built.
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The Camp Quaker Haven Bridge: A New Cowley Stone Bridge Built the Old Way
We recently built a stone arch bridge for Camp Quaker Haven in Cowley County, Kansas. In this post, the first of a four-part series, we describe the stone tradition of the camp and the beginning of the new bridge.
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The Problem With Piers
Piers are a weak point in any bridge, but are often quite vulnerable in a stone bridge. In this post we investigate what makes stone bridge piers a weak point and how to better design the bridges.
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