Precast concrete

When Steiner Studios built their first movie production building at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, David Steiner, CEO of Steiner Equities Group, knew that precast concrete construction was the perfect fit for the studio complex. Adding a third studio building at the city’s largest movie production complex, to increase the number of sound stages, Dattner Architects and general contractor the Steiner Group once more partnered with Oldcastle Precast Building Systems, specifing precast concrete components to build the new studios at Kent Avenue in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Precast construction solved the acoustical demands required for modern studios, providing for tight tolerances and allowed for longer structural spans, creating more open space. “Sound…

residential buildings are separate houses, semi-detached and apartment buildings. Commercial construction types consist predominately of, load bearing masonry, concrete frame with or without shear wall and steel frame with or without concrete shear core. These construction types also have a combination of, timber, concrete columns or steel beams floors and unreinforced masonry (and other material) exterior walls. Industrial construction types consist of unreinforced and reinforced masonry walls…

tutor-specified scenarios Concrete is used for foundations as when compressed, concrete can suffer extremely high compressive stresses before any type of cracking of failure occurs which makes it an ideal substance for supporting large masses such as buildings. Concrete will also be less prone to movement. Also concrete can be made in a large variety of strength depending on the required resistance of the foundation by the amount of the sand and gravel used when mixing, the amount of water and…

characteristics of the cement mixture. Of the aforementioned factors, location is significant in informing Material Engineers regarding the type of environment in which the structure is built. The environment thus plays a pivotal role and governs the formation of cement and the type of steel utilised. In this scenario, the proximity of the bridge to the river enables us to infer the presence of specific ions and particles, which must be considered prior to ascertaining the most effective…

art or it doesn’t exist at all. For it is first and foremost a style of seeing the world, and only after that – a style of working the material.” Method shapes the material, and content together with the method are author’s style. Style depends on individual’s intention and ethics, which Bakhtin names “cogito-ethical values.” Therefore, style, the way the writer writes or, as I apply it in this paper, the architect builds, is an aesthetic and ethical choice based on their formal approach in…

mixture design that is shown in table 1 is the basic components that will go into each group of concrete. The concrete design shown in table 1 has a designed 28 days compression strength of 40 MPa (5800 psi). With the intention to test the concrete in a shorter time span, the compression was design at 40 MPa at 28 days in order to get a compression strength of 30 MPa after 7 days. This mixture design was determine from using a couple design procedure and also contacting a representative from…

3.4. Ternary systems MgO-SF-QF (MgO-SiO2-Quartz fillers) 3.4.1. Effect of crushed quartz filler on water reduction The idea of adding crushed quartz filler to M-S-H binder is inherited from replacement of Portland cement with quartz filler to improve the rheology of cement paste [25] due to the less water absorption and smooth texture of finely ground quartz particles. Fig. 9 described water reduction effect as adding crushed quartz filler (QF) to MgO-SiO2 binary system to maintain a fixed flow…

Ternary systems MgO-SF-QF 3.4.1. Effect of crushed quartz filler on water reduction The idea of adding crushed quartz filler to M-S-H binder is derived from a study of Portland cement replacement with quartz filler to improve the rheology [25] due to the less water absorption and smooth texture of finely ground quartz particles. Fig. 9, 10 described water reduction effect of adding crushed quartz filler to maintain a fixed flow of MgO-SF-QF ternary systems (Series 3, 4, 5). The replacement of…

Making The Case For Metal Roofing: The Pros Outweigh The Cons By A Long Shot What your roof is made of makes a big difference in how your home takes care of you and your family. For the following reasons, metal is, more often than not, the best choice for the job. The Pros Of Metal Roofing Longevity A metal roof is likely to remain functional and intact for as long as the home it covers does, resisting weather, rot, infestations and water all the while. According to one industry study, your…

fall over. He was scared the he was gonna fall off so I told him I would hold him up and was his bike around with him on it so he could get use to it. I walked the bike with him on it around in a couple of circles till he got the hang of it. Then I asked him if he was ready to go down the hill, and he said he was as long as I held the bike up for him I told him I would even though I knew I wouldn’t be able to. When we started down the hill I held on to the back of the seat on the bike it…