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Quizzical Pursuit
The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #267
Question
If your contractor poured one hundred lineal feet (30.5 lineal meters) of concrete, you might expect it to shrink in length by about 1/4", 3/4", or 1-1/2"? (6.3, 19, or 38 millimeters?)
Answer
A good mix design without excessive water will shrink about 3/4" per 100 lineal feet (19 millimeters per 30.5 meters, or .62 millimeters per meter).
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2005, Dave Guadagni.
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A "lineal" sidewalk on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris.
Photo: www.arttoday.com
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