By Cheryl Long
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t’s easy to take concrete for granted. It’s underneath
our feet in the foundations of our homes, it’s used
to construct some of our major roadways and there’s
something reassuring about knowing that the strength
of our bridges and overpassesrelies on such an age-old
material.
Concrete dates back thousands of years, though his-
tory says the Romans were first to use large amounts
of the material extensively during the Roman Empire.
Trading in their traditional stone and brick for concrete
allowed builders to come up with revolutionary new
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