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Re:Are we stuck with cement? by dzhiurgis on Sunday July 01, 2018 @08:10PM (#17438473)
At some point it must be cheaper to just cut a massive piece of rock and ship it to the construction site, isn't it?
Re:Are we stuck with cement? by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday July 02, 2018 @02:38PM (#17444297)
Depends. Are you taking into account reconfiguring bridges and overpasses to make the loads fit, or factoring traffic management costs into the equation? The truckloads of concrete to make a structure individually take up a lot less space and weigh less than the final structure itself.
Re:Are we stuck with cement? by Gibbon1 on Monday July 02, 2018 @04:29AM (#17440106)
I've wondered about that of late. Assuming that fitting stone work was is a skilled craft. But with modern CNC technologies might be worth a look again.