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small number of parts, based on the foam sandwich panel, the unit is easy to assemble and can be pro- duced in a metals factory.

According to Dr. Amnon Jacobson, head of Israel Product Research Company Ltd., Tel Aviv, the new use of sandwich panelling involves external sheet metal facing with a core of rigid polyurethane foam, for roofs, exterior walls and interior parti-

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tions. The wall units can be erected in factories without special equipment. A basic housing instal- lations, costs approximately US$1,000.

One of the prime attractions of the foam sand- wich panel construction is said to be its self-insulat- ing qualities which provide a cooling element in the hottest climates and solid heat retaining comfort in low temperatures. The sandwich board has a den- sity range of 25 to 50 kilograms per cubic metre. Its facing consists of three elements, from the inside; asbestos cement, thickness from 4 mm; aluminium sheet metal 5005, thickness from 0.8 mm; and painted sheet steel, thickness from 0.5 mm.

A building unit of 50 ft. by 12 ft. and 10 ft. height, built with a skid, can be transported on the back of a ten-ton trailer truck. Its total weight is five tons.

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A £12 million project for a new 850-bed teaching hospital is now under way at Hampstead in the north of London for the Board of Governors of the Royal Free Hospital. It is designed by Watkins Gray Group 2, a member of Watkins Gray Woodgate Inter- national and is being built by Taylor Woodrow Construction. When completed in 1974 the buildings will combine the facilities of two existing hospitals which are to be demolished. Structural engineers for the scheme are Ove Arup & Partners, and services engineers, Oscar Faber & Partners.

Far East BUILDER, July 1970