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A precast concrete walled house under construction An example of low-quality precast concrete with exposed dowels, connectors, indications of cracks, and malformations, even during its installation, Barangay Lantic, Carmona, Cavite, Philippines Interior view of the walls, supports, and roof of a precast commercial shop in Williston, North Dakota, US.
Culverts can be constructed of a variety of materials including cast-in-place or precast concrete (reinforced or non-reinforced), galvanized steel, aluminum, or plastic (typically high-density polyethylene). Two or more materials may be combined to form composite structures. For example, open-bottom corrugated steel structures are often built ...
In culvert homes ("Cut and Cover"), precast concrete containers and large diameter pipes are arranged into a connecting design to form a living space and then backfilled with earth. [5] An experimental construction design from the 1980s of Japan, coined ' Alice City ', proposed to use a wide and deep cylindrical shaft sunk into the earth, with ...
The St. Alban's Bay Culvert is functionally a concrete box culvert. However it has 40-foot-long (12 m) headwalls faced with random ashlar of local granite. This facing is about 9 inches (23 cm) thick, disguising a core of mortared lake boulders. The walls rise 2 feet 9 inches (84 cm) over the height of the roadbed to form a low railing.
A box girder bridge, or box section bridge, is a bridge in which the main beams comprise girders in the shape of a hollow box. The box girder normally comprises prestressed concrete, structural steel, or a composite of steel and reinforced concrete. The box is typically rectangular or trapezoidal in cross-section.
[32] [36] Solidia Technologies fires its brick and precast concrete at lower temperatures and cures them with CO 2 gas, claiming to reduce its carbon emissions by 30%. [32] [36] Carbonaide uses carbon dioxide in the curing phase of precast concrete production and has demonstrated up to 40% savings in cement consumption with their first client. [39]
Tekla Structures is used in the construction industry for steel and concrete detailing, precast and cast in-situ. The software enables users to create and manage 3D structural models in concrete or steel, and guides them through the process from concept to fabrication. [8] The process of shop drawing creation is automated. It is available in ...
Some current prefab home designs include architectural details inspired by postmodernism or futurist architecture. Uninhabited prefabricated council houses in Seacroft , Leeds , UK "Prefabricated" may refer to buildings built in components (e.g. panels), modules ( modular homes ) or transportable sections ( manufactured homes ), and may also be ...