Monthly Archives: July 2011

Construction Materials of Conventional Concrete (Precast Concrete Systems)

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Concrete is a construction material that is widely used in the world, when compared with other materials such as wood and steel. This is understandable, since its formation materials easy to get, quite durable, easy to shape and relatively affordable price.

There are several aspects that can be a concern in conventional concrete systems, among other things a long execution time and less clean; quality control is difficult to increase as well as the basic ingredients of wood molding and plywood that are increasingly expensive and scarce.

Benefits and Prefabricated Construction Issues

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Some advantages of prefabricated construction in the building industry are:

  • A faster construction time, since the employment structure in the sitting, construction of foundation and the establishment of prefabricated components.
  • The amount of material required is reduced.
  • Precast unit production on a massive area to make it more practical to use the machine and therefore needs the number of workers who are too much to overcome.
  • Reduced need for human labor and demands to have more expertise.
  • The quality of the resulting better as a result of the manufacturing process which is always under close supervision and remain the use of machinery and tidy working environment.
  • Construction work can be implemented without depending on weather conditions.

Problems in the prefabricated construction are:

  • Transportation components from the factory to the site
  • The difficulty in handling in the field, especially in the erection (establishment), lifting (removal) and connecting (grafting at the time of finalization of construction
  • Implementation of such a means that there are additional costs and technical problems.

The Principle and General Description of Prefabricated Construction

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Industrialization in building construction is a natural progression as well as has happened in other industries. Actually slower than the others because it faced greater obstacles in the building industry, which not only are fashionable trends (the latest fashion trend), but also deals with the statement that demands value: Changes in mental attitude and thoughts of some experts.

The Path to Building Industrialization

  • So far, people feel attached to the house that should be valued individually, then of course people will feel something else when suddenly residential accommodation:
  • Provided in the form of blocks or flats that are not building as usual.
  • Buildings are not designed specifically as an individual user requests.
  • Building was established in the form of products that have been completed without any more intervention from the user the opportunity.
  • Building on the design with a performance similar or even equal.
  • The building is directly so if you want to design and build individually.
  • With a very limited choice.

How to Developed Industrialization?

The building industry should also make progress; use of cranes and other machines but with a broader way. Backwardness in the building industry developed with an automated way of industrialization in the entire process from the preparation and manufacture, casting, concreting (foundry), prestressing, storage, transportation (freight), erection (establishment), lifting (removal) and handling.