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▲ The interior of a bungalow by the new system which is based on load- bearing, glass fibre reinforced resin panels. The system is extremely flexible and the permutations of designs, both internal and external, are
numerous.
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▲ A typical application of the system to multi-storey flats.
THE first industrialised building
system based on glass fibre to be developed and erected in Britain and perhaps in the World has now gone into operation.
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The new material is of preformed glass fibre reinforced resin panel con- struction combining the best of both the traditional and contemporary qualities and features of building. The design embodies many new prac- tical and aesthetic characteristics. All components are precision made.
The system is of a modular form of construction and is extremely flexible enabling the architect and planner to design a wide variety of different types of development, in- cluding terraced, semi-detached and detached houses, bungalows, factories and any other type of building.
Wall partitioning can also be in- stalled to meet the varied individual tastes and requirements in relation to internal layout and can be produced to allow the installation of all modern appliances. Variations of colours and external finishes are also easily ob- tained without excessive design pro- blems. Maintenance costs are virtual- ly non-existent.
Sections are specially designed for easy transportation and off-loading as well as for unusual ease and rapidity of erection. Units can be easily handled and fitted by suitably trained semi-skilled or unskilled labour.
The basic process of construction is as follows:
1. The concrete base is laid (Ex- cavations and foundations are considerably reduced when com- pared with those required for traditional building methods.)
2. The preformed panels, being of light construction, are off-loaded from the delivery lorry straight into their fixing positions, bolted
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