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International Congress on Lightweight Concrete
FULL details of the International Congress on Lightweight Concrete are contained in a comprehensive prospectus just published. The congress, which is the first international con- gress to be organized by The Concrete Society, will be held in London at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London W2, from May 27-29, 1968.
There will be three sections. The first is devoted to papers on the properties of lightweight aggregates and fresh concrete in relation to site and factory operations and its handling, mixing, transporting and placing. Those presenting papers at this session include: W.P. Brown, J. Stigter and W.G. Ryan (Australia), P.P. Budnikov (USSR), J.A. Hanson (USA), J.D. Llewellin (UK), and D.C. Teychenne (UK).
The second session is devoted to hardened, aerated and lightweight-aggregate concrete. Among those in- troducing papers on this subject are: F. Blakey (Australia), O. Edlind (Sweden), F. Kruml (Czechoslovakia), W. Schulze and J. Gunzler (East Germany), and E. Wenn- strom (Sweden).
The third session concerns the economics and applica- tions of aerated and lightweight-aggregate concrete and the related Codes of Practice. The papers for this session will be presented by: G.E. Bessey (UK), Ben C. Gerwick (USA), V. Konkel (USA), N.A. Korner (USSR), V.V. Makarichev (USSR), A. Perrotti (Austria), W.G. Ryan, J. Stigter and W.P. Brown (Australia), K. Wesche (Germany). and G.J. Zunz (UK).
Copies of the prospectus and application forms for the congress are available from the Organizing Secretary:- Gerald E. Young, The Concrete
Society. Terminal House. 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1.
New Look for London's Charing Cross Hospital LONDON'S Charing Cross Hospital and medical school is to have a new look, and a new site, in the near future. A site at Fulham in south west London has been chosen for the project, which will cost about £11 million.
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The main building, as shown in the model, is a central cruciform tower block of 16 storeys, set in a series of area of some 900,000 sq. ft. three-storey blocks with a total floor main block will house wards and operating theatres with the major portion of the east wing devoted to laboratory accommodation of an ad- vanced design.
Architect for the scheme is Mr. Ralph Tubbs and the contractors are the London firm of Higgs and Hill. Ltd. Work on the first stage the main block, has already started and the complete complex is expected to be ready within five years.
Far East BUILDER, April 1968.
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This five-column monument on the outskirts of Mexico City marks the dividing points of a new US$32 million highway be- ing built from the city centre to the north west Mexican town of Queretaro. The 127 mile long highway, with 35 interchange points and six bridges over rivers, has a minimum of four lanes in either direction. At its starting point in the capital it has 12 lanes for a distance of 81⁄2 miles. The new highway is planned to relieve congestion on the existing road to Quere- taro which was itself completed only a few years ago.
Megastructure Concept for New York Arts Centre
THE Concept of a megastructure many functions served in a single large building complex forms the basis of designs for a Graphic Arts Centre proposed for a site on the Hudson River, New York City.
Architect, Mr. Paul Rudolph, envisages facilities on the one site for industry (lithography, legal and financial printers), office space, 4,000 apartments, schools, kinder- gartens, play spaces at ground level as well as on platforms in the sky, community centre, restaurants, shops, gardens and car parks.
The apartments will be constructed using techniques developed by the American mobile house industry. These units will hang from trusses supported on masts which contain the lift and stair cores and vertical lines of utili- ties. Arrangement of the mobile house units in log cabin'
new Charing Cross Hospital, London
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