blast wall

[′blast ‚wȯl]

(engineering)

A heavy wall used to isolate buildings or areas which contain highly combustible or explosive materials or to protect a building or area from blast damage when exposed to explosions.

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Dramatic television pictures showed a bomber driving a cement-mixer full of explosives towards the 12ft concrete blast wall outside the Palestine Hotel and detonating it.

Terrorists target foreign media

It said, The scope of work of the subcontract involves 3D modelling, structural analysis and design, blast wall design and design of all ancillary system such as lighting, safety, fire and gas detection.

Kazakhstan,Malaysia : Wah Seong subsidiary wins US$41.24 million contract from Schneider Electric France

Mike Boettcher, a correspondent for the US television network NBC, told viewers of the Today show that the blast wall saved the lives of the reporters inside the hotel.

`The roof fell on us and the place was filled with dead bodies'

The charred remains of five cars stood by a protective blast wall that had been partially destroyed.

Suicide bomber kills 11 near British checkpoint

According to the oil and gas services provider, the work scope covers 3D modelling, structural analysis and design, blast wall design and design of all ancillary systems like lighting, safety, fire and gas detection.

Malaysia : PT WASCO bags subcontract from SEF

Television pictures showed the cement truck moving backward and forward a few times, with gunfire blasting away, before it made its way through an empty space in the blast wall along Firdous Square.

Twenty die as Iraq bombers target journalists' hotel

Authorities then erected a blast wall at the end of the street.

Suicide driver kills six in car bombing

Tenders are invited for Repairs To Damaged Blast Wall In Bldg No 163,164,174,175 & 178 U-Iii & U-Iv At Ofdr

Repairs to damaged blast wall in bldg no 163,164,174,175 & 178 u-iii & u-iv at ofdr

Chairman Mr Garner and managing director Mr Bridge paid more than pounds 2 million plus debt to Ferrum for the three businesses which employ around 350 at Walsall metal finisher Chalcon, motorcycle exhaust supplier Motad and blast wall maker Mech-Tool.

Ferrum pair on private road to Net investment

Tenders are invited for Work Services For Shifting Of Blast Wall And Associated Works For Blast Pens At Af Stn Nal

Work services for shifting of blast wall and associated works for blast pens at af stn nal

Tenders are invited for Special Repair To Bldg No P 34 Or Md Accn And Blast Wall For Bunkers At Akhnoor Under Ge North Akhnoor

Special repair to bldg no p 34 or md accn and blast wall for bunkers at akhnoor under ge north akhnoor

The bomb,hidden inside an orange-and-white Baghdad taxi,exploded outside a three-feet- high concrete blast wall.