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...formed by pouring liquid-concrete into molds to form made-to-order planks--allows for extraordinarily quick construction. Using this technique the 400-foot laboratory wing was built in seven months. The technique used in putting together the pre-cast concrete planks resembles the way a child's popsiclestick toy raft is constructed. After the girders are put in place, the thin 60-foot-long planks are laid adjacent to one another and sealed weather-tight. In some cases, the sealing has been reinforced with epoxy glue, a cement that when hardened is stronger than the concrete...

Author: By Peter Shapiro, | Title: A $10 Million Science Center Headache | 9/1/1972 | See Source »

...formed by pouring liquid concrete into molds to form made-to-order planks--allows for extraordinarily quick construction. Using this technique the 400-foot laboratory wing was built in seven months. The technique used in putting together the pre-cast concrete planks resembles the way a child's popsiclestick toy raft is constructed. After the girders are put in place, the thin 60-foot-long planks are laid adjacent to one another and sealed weathertight. In some cases, the sealing has been reinforced with epoxy glue, a cement that when hardened is stronger than the concrete...

Author: By Peter Shapiro, | Title: Old Ideas Surface in a New Science Center | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

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