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2. Chinese drywall - Wikipedia

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   Drywall, also known as plasterboard, is a building material typically consisting of gypsum-based plaster extruded between two thick sheets of paper and kiln-dried.. Drywall was imported by the United States during the construction boom between 2004 and 2007, spurred by a shortage of American-made drywall due to the rebuilding demand of nine hurricanes that hit Florida from 2004 to 2005, and ...

3. Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program - Wikipedia

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   The MP-RTIP is a "modular, active electronically scanned array radar system" designed to be scaled in size in order to fit on board different platforms. The system is being developed from earlier Northrop Grumman radar systems, including the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JointSTARS) and the existing Global Hawk system.

4. Drywall - Wikipedia

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   Various sized cuts of 1 ⁄ 2 in (13 mm) drywall with tools for maintenance and installation. Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, [1] wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, and gypsum panel) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (), with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of facer and ...

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6. Lath and plaster - Wikipedia

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   Lath seen from the back with white plaster coat oozing through. Lath and plaster is a building process used to finish mainly interior dividing walls and ceilings. It consists of narrow strips of wood ( laths) which are nailed horizontally across the wall studs or ceiling joists and then coated in plaster. The technique derives from an earlier ...

7. The workers are not alright: Most employees are quiet ... - AOL

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   These two groups of employees together are costing the global economy a whopping $8.9 trillion, or 9% of the global GDP, annually. “People don't want to come to work and just be lethargic and ...

8. USG Corporation - Wikipedia

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   US$1.89 billion (2016) Number of employees. 6,800 [1] (2017) Parent. Knauf. Website. www .usg .com. USG Corporation, also known as United States Gypsum Corporation, is an American company which manufactures construction materials, most notably drywall and joint compound. The company is the largest distributor of wallboard in the United States ...

9. Gypsum - Wikipedia

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   Gypsum board [36] is primarily used as a finish for walls and ceilings, and is known in construction as plasterboard, "sheetrock", or drywall. Gypsum provides a degree of fire-resistance to these materials and glass fibers are added to their composition to accentuate this effect.