Inside, the concrete floors use just 3 centimeters of concrete (that’s less than 1.25 inches) arching over a skeleton-like framework of thin supporting steel bars, and look a bit like the face ...

CONCRETE FLOORING. Providing concrete floors with early-age cracking resistance, fiber reinforcement can be used to replace conventional steel for temperature/shrinkage crack control and limited ...

Like any other structure, your steel storage shed needs a suitable foundation. By suitable, we mean a base that's solid, stable, level, and can support the load of the shed and the items stored inside ...

• Switching from a steel frame with composite floors to a concrete frame with insitu concrete floors. The model automatically assesses the column sizes and floor thicknesses (based on guidance from ...

US researchers working with SHoP Architects have created a potential alternative to steel and concrete as a structural floor material: recyclable panels made entirely from bioplastic and wood ...

A major perceived downside of steel buildings is the incorporation of long-span steel floors, which have a tendency to bounce. Poured-in-place concrete not only serves as a better foundation for ...

NBM show argues for alternative to steel, concrete. December 16, 2016 More than 8 years ago The “Timber City” exhibition is at the National Building Museum through May 21.

Your wife will probably want a sink in her shed that is fed by a garden hose, and that means water is going to be on the floor of that shed. I don’t know how big your sheds will be, but if they ...

Imagine fully demountable, prefabricated concrete floors that reduce emissions by two-thirds and are beautiful to boot. This is what Swiss company Vaulted claims to deliver with its Rippmann Floor ...

The Suberb-A House in Venice CA designed by Minarc has concrete floors throughout and vast glazing. Photo courtesy of Art Gray Photography for Prefabulous and Almost Off the Grid, published by Abrams ...