Word: precast
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...specializing to meet the requirements of the federal program. Milwaukee's Harnischfeger Corp. found that 25,000 bridges will be needed in the federal highway network (bridge builders will get 25%-30% of the highway cost). It has developed an extra-high-capacity mobile crane to raise precast sections...
Into the center's sharply modern $250,000 plant (precast concrete, painted white with pastel designs) will troop 40 U.S. executives next month. Entrance requirements: each businessman must agree to stay at least two weeks; each must have a thorough physical exam at home proving that he is basically healthy. The two-week stay will cost $690; wives may take a separate course...
...when they arrived at the village, they first noticed what had survived. A reinforced cinder-block house and another made of precast concrete slabs still stood, less than a mile from the blast. One iso-ft. guyed radio tower was erect. A 15,4000-gal. tank of liquefied petroleum gas was intact; only its handrail was bent. Shelves of groceries seemed unharmed. A power substation was 95% operable. The telephone system showed little damage. The blast had blown out fires that had been started by the searing heat of the explosion. Underground gas lines to houses less than a mile...
...architect demonstrated his principle: "nothing wasted, nothing inappropriate." Most interesting to readers and exhibition visitors were several feats in reinforced concrete: the serene and summery Tokyo Golf Club, light-looking but earthquake-and-typhoon-proof homes, the remarkable Women's Christian College in Tokyo (see cut) of precast and reinforced concrete, with everything from stained glass to concrete and wrought-iron altar made on the spot by Architect Raymond's crew of craftsmen...