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They look dull and, in fact, if you've seen one concrete masonry unit— or concrete block or CMU—you may think you've seen the lot of them: Usually they're rough, gray oblong blocks formed from water, sand, crushed stone, and cement, with two big holes in them.

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Awning Works, Inc.
(727) 524-1118
14115 B 63 Way N.
Clearwater, FL

W.G. Mills, Inc.
(727) 533-8511
5584 Rio Vista Drive
Clearwater, FL

Cocoa Masonry of Pinellas County, Inc.
(727) 573-3717
13630 50th Way N
Clearwater, FL

The Murray Company
(727) 524-6000
15500 Lightwave Drive Suite 100
Clearwater, FL

Interiors by Sharman
(727) 581-1400
2949 W Bay Dr
Clearwater, FL

Gannaway Builders, Inc.
727-726-2547
5584 Rio Vsta Drive
Clearwater, FL

J & B Fine Cabinetry
727-345-1551
3217 Tyrone Blvd. N.
St. Petersburg, FL

Marion County Building Industry Association
(352) 694-4133
2800 NE 14th Street
Ocala, FL

BAMACO, Inc.
386-586-1281
6869 West HWY 100
Bunnell, FL

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Source: ARCHITECT Magazine
Publication date: March 1, 2008

By Bradford Mckee

Yet concrete blocks are the potatoes of common architecture—sort of ugly and endlessly useful. They're laid and stacked in bonds like bricks from the lowest basements to the highest floors of a building, as foundations, inner and outer walls, mechanical core linings, and, not least, the main line of safety around fire stairs. Even without a fire, they protect us more than we appreciate. Architects and contractors rely on concrete blocks—8 billion of them produced in North America in 2007 alone—for their compressive muscle. Blocks can carry weight like other, more plastic incarnations of concrete, often with steel rebar and poured concrete inside the cavities. But, given their déclassé look, as often as not they're hidden like underwear behind brick veneers, ceramic tiles, modular panels, or exterior finishing systems. Or they're simply glazed or slapped with coats of paint.

Concrete block's value lies in its versatility—certainly not in portability. Because concrete is heavy, it is generally made close to where it is used.

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