Concrete Island

Concrete Island Author: J. G. Ballard
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Seeking the dark outer rim of the everyday, Ballard weaves private catastrophe into an intensely specular allegory in Concrete Island.

Concrete Island

Concrete Island Author: J. G. Ballard
Publisher: HarperCollins UK

A chilling novel about our modern world, from the author of Empire of the Sun and Crash.

Thermal Cracking in Concrete at Early Ages

Thermal Cracking in Concrete at Early Ages Author: R. Springenschmid
Publisher: CRC Press

... ISLAND D.D. LIOU Bechtel Corporation , San Francisco , California , USA Abstract Kawasaki Island is currently being built in the middle of Tokyo Bay as a component of the Trans Tokyo Bay Highway Project . The centerpiece of this island ...

Marine Concrete

Marine Concrete Author: A.L. Marshall
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

... concrete structures . Proc . IABSE Coll . Fatigue of Steel and Concrete Structures . ETH - Hönggerberg , Zürich . Wang , J.L. and Peters , D.B. ( 1985 ) Overview of artificial island design and construction in the Arctic . Civil ...

Concrete Structures for Oil and Gas Fields in Hostile Marine Environments

Concrete Structures for Oil and Gas Fields in Hostile Marine Environments Author: fib Fédération internationale du béton
Publisher: fib Fédération internationale du béton

... Concrete structures have been used in the Arctic for many years. Good examples are the concrete island drilling system (CIDS) built in Japan and towed across the Pacific for service in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea and the Prince Edward Island ...

J.G. Ballard’s Politics

J.G. Ballard’s Politics Author: Florian Cord
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

... Concrete. Island. It's not easy to see the grass in things. Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari With regards to Concrete Island, the second book after Crash in Ballard's 'urban disaster ... Concrete Island Deterritorialization ...

Development of Natural Gas and Oil Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf

Development of Natural Gas and Oil Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf
Publisher:

... CONCRETE ISLAND STRUCTURES - Concrete island structures are a modification of Global Marine's CIDS ( concrete island drilling system ) which has operated in the arctic . The system consists of a steel base with a concrete tower ...

Condensed Silica Fume in Concrete

Condensed Silica Fume in Concrete Author: V.M. Malhotra
Publisher: CRC Press

... concrete . For example , in 1984 , semi - lightweight high - strength concrete incorporating silica fume was used in the construction of a concrete island drilling system ( CIDS ) . Through judicious selection of mix proportions ...

Ports of the Hawaiian Islands, Part 2

Ports of the Hawaiian Islands, Part 2 Author: United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
Publisher:

... island trade . Concrete pile , concrete - decked wharf ; timber fender system with rubber - tire bumpers along face . Receipt and shipment of cattle and general and containerized cargo by barge in inter - island trade ; receipt of bulk ...

List of Lights and Fog Signals

List of Lights and Fog Signals Author:
Publisher:

... concrete tower ; 30 .. 24 Partially obscured by land . Reported F. G. ( 1972 ) . 15950 Mariquitdaquit Island .... 11 04 Gp . Fl . W. ( 3 ) 60 11 White concrete tower ; 32 ... F 2456 125 09 period 15s 18 15960 Tolosa , on old fort on 11 ...