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Precast concrete factory, London

The moulds have integral heating, vibration (to compact the concrete) and hydraulically-controlled hoods, which are also heated to enable the concrete to be cured in the mould as soon as practicable, so that the mould can be used again on the same day.

European symposium on concrete pavements

The first European Symposium on concrete pavements (roads and runways) is being organised by Cembureau, the European Cement Association, and will be held under the patronage of the Perma- nent International Association of Road Congress (PIARC) at the Centre Parisien de Congres Inter- nationaux, Paris from July 2 to 4, 1969.

The syposium will examine how past experience can be used to advantage in future concrete road and runway construction. It will cover main and secondary roads as well as airfield runways. The principal themes will be: Joints; surface finish; materials;maintenance; and continuously reinforced

pavements.

Further details about the symposium may be obtained from: The Secretary, First European Sym- posium on Concrete Pavements, 2 Rue Saint Charles, Paris 15e, France.

£ 10 million Nottingham development

A local authority housing project at Broad Marsh, Nottingham, on which work started recent- ly, is the largest scheme of its kind at present under construction in the UK outside London. It is expected to involve a total expend of more than £ 10 million.

Included in the project are three tower blocks of flats, providing 426 new homes, and an extensive shopping centre. Architects are Ian Fraser and Associates, and Bartlett and Gray; consulting en-

Far East BUILDER, October 1968.

Municipal housing, Nottingham

gineers are Bylander, Waddell and Partners; and quantity surveyors Leslie G. Dight and Partners.

Reinforced plastic used on dome construction

Thirty reinforced plastic shells are used in the 30 metre diameter central dome of a new market recently completed at Argenteuil, near Paris.

Each shell, weighing 400 kg. and 6 mm. in thick- ness, is bolted to a tubular metal frame and made leak-proof by overlapping the previous shell. Rain- water collecting tanks, also built in reinforced plas- tic, prevent any water from infiltrating to the foot of the dome.

Designed by Dubigeon-Normandie, the dome has 30 glazed openings. Each of the wings of the building is provided with dual lighting and ventilation units in the form of three translucent reinforced plastic domes, each measuring 3 metres in diameter.

The entrance facades are closed off by 70 sq. m. of translucent Translor. Some 112 sq. m. of un- breakable flat translucent Vitralor sheeting is used for the imposts and glazed frames of the dome.

Market dome at Argenteuil

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