In a garden city near Milan, Giada Nava explains how her parent’s house, a modernist villa, shines amongst its Art Nouveau ...

In Brazil, the use of reinforced concrete waffle slab in multi-story buildings is widespread nowadays. These buildings are projected for different purposes such as fitness centers, supermarkets, ...

The reinforced styrofoam provides additional strength, making these slabs suitable for a variety of construction needs, from residential to commercial applications. All Asian Production Posted ...

At the time, council staff occupied a 1970s concrete tower ... Meanwhile, the structurally weak, heavily serviced waffle slab construction of the remaining parts of the frame made installing ...

It is waffle slab, a grid of reinforced concrete that was a fixture of brutalist architecture of the 1970s, and it’s the not-so-secret ingredient that is keeping the museum’s renovation on track.

The structure utilises a hybrid timber-concrete ... slabs when compared to traditional solutions. “Innovative cut-outs in the timber beams enable integrated service distribution, and this reduces the ...

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is a lightweight form of concrete that was used in schools, colleges and other building construction from the 1950s until the mid-1990s, according to ...

During the post-war building boom of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (RAAC) was something of a wonder material. Filled with bubbles of air, the material is about a ...

A waffle slab is a type of reinforced concrete slab that has a grid-like pattern of deep recesses, or voids, in its underside. The pattern gives the slab a structural advantage by increasing its ...

U.S., was fabricated using Metromont’s C-GRID-reinforced insulated precast concrete panels for high efficiency operation. Photo Credit: Metromont Internet connectivity drives today’s world, affecting ...