Sentences with phrase «prefabricated systems»

Post war reconstruction was limited by the shortage of experienced bricklayers and the slow nature of traditional building techniques, resulting in a shift towards modular prefabricated systems which became synonymous with social high rise housing in London and its new towns.

Architect Stéphane Malka has proposed a way of building new housing; he proposes a prefabricated system, «3box», where units are added to the rooftops of existing buildings.

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And without any prefabricated religious systems of heroics into which they might fit their lives, many had little opportunity to discover and feel deeply the sense of significance they needed in order simply to exist as persons.

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Examples include modular seawalls that can be raised as needed; prefabricated highway bridges that can be elevated as peak flows beneath them rise; and floating intake systems at water treatment plants, designed to rise and fall as reservoir levels change.

Quality prefab homes, prefabricated houses and home additions, panelized hurricane homes, custom designed using a post & beam home building system.

Amthal has worked directly with the school to update its intruder system and integrate CCTV and access control solutions, which can easily be added to as and when the school adds new, often prefabricated, buildings on site.

The firmʼs unique cutting edge research into computer - aided digital design and fabrication technology, new materials and multi-media installations as applied to a range of diverse gallery installations, commercial projects, and more recently a series of prefabricated modular building assembly systems has elicited international acclaim.

Here is a segmented prefabricated dome system where each slice is made from cement covered polystyrene weighing 80 Kg, about 170 lb.

The sustainable builder BaleHaus recently constructed several energy - efficient homes, which were built using a prefabricated straw insulation system made by the company ModCell.

We have several ways the purchase a system as a prefabricated kit for your assembly, or as a turnkey complete installation.

Many prefabricated building enclosure systems have also been developed and successfully integrated into recent projects.

The facade, constructed of a prefabricated and airtight metal panel system, will act as a thermally insulated blanket wrapping the building structure, along with triple - glazed windows.

Slimbouwen technology, which employs a panelized structural floor system with separate prefabricated services, is incorporated to reduce volume, waste, and construction time while allowing further flexibility and demountability.

Duerfeld's plan is to prefabricate a wall system that would combine a two - by - four inch service wall inside a two - by - ten insulation wall.

SIPS (structural, insulated panel systems) are not so much a different form of insulation so much as a prefabricated method of using it.

The speed argument is erroneous too: many timber frame companies, for example, are able to prefabricate passive house systems in a factory and put them up on site quickly, with less exposure of the building structure to the wind and rain.

The façade is a prefabricated panel system comprised of white and charcoal panels punctuated by floor - to - ceiling clear - glazed openings with accents of coloured blue glass.

Prefabrication: the «kit of parts» hut system is designed as an engineered wood post-and-beam skeleton that is then infilled with prefabricated panels.

The structure is made up of prefabricated wood modules and aims to create a cozy atmosphere without disrupting the environment, and appears to be the prototype of a proposed new building system made from sustainable materials.

«In a SCIP (structural concrete insulated panel) building all the walls, floors and roofs are made of prefabricated foam panels with robotically welded mesh on each side and a 3 - D truss system welded through the center foam panel.

The 2,500 - square - foot, three - story, prefabricated home, built on the grounds of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, showcases how sustainable materials, «smart» automation of lighting and HVAC systems, and eco-friendly practices and products can fit into any home owner's lifestyle.