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System uses steel columns and concrete slabs
Japan's Housing Corporation is said to be show- ing interest in a new high-speed building system used on a 14-storey private apartment block at Ueno Town, Aichi Prefecture.
The system, developed jointly by Fuji Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. and Kajima Construction Co., com- bines steel H-shape columns and girders and precast concrete slab walls. The columns are erected first and then precast concrete slabs are placed between them to form the walls. There is no welding on site; the girders and slabs are connected by high- tension bolts or by pouring concrete around the joints. Floors are cast in situ, using timber form- work and props.
Total construction time for the 44-metre high Ueno building, which contains 224 units of 45.92 sq. metres, was ten months.
Organ transplant hospital built in UK
The first building to be designed and construct- ed to meet the stringent requirements of transplant the Nuffield transplantation surgery
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unit has recently been completed as a part of the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Its design is the result of close co-operation between the Regional Hospital Board's research architects and medical specialists. The unit is cen- tred on twin operating theatres in which donor and recipient can be operated on side by side. Airlock entrances to theatres, patients' rooms and shower-changing rooms make it possible to main- tain sterile conditions in these areas - all of which can be serviced from outside.
The building is of double cantilever construction supported by vaulted beams, the roof screening the floor-to-ceiling glazing of the corridors from the sun. The concrete was cast in situ against glass-fibre lined forms and the ends of the beams left exposed, contributing to the striking architectural effect.
A bridge connects the building to the existing radio-therapy section of the main hospital. Architect was Peter Womersley and structural consultants, Leonard and Partners, London.
Contract let for largest Queensland bridge
The Queensland State Government has awarded a A$5.3 million contract for building the state's largest bridge at Gardens Point, Brisbane.
Crossing the Brisbane River south of the city, the bridge will link the Riverside and south-east freeways with six lanes of traffic. It will be a five- span, 1,820 ft. long bridge, built from precast con- crete box girders and prestressed with cables. Across the main shipping channel will be a clear span, 600 ft. long at a height of 40-45 ft. above the river. Nearly 400 precast box girder units will be re- quired, the heaviest weighing 115 tons. These will be formed using specialised heavy equipment at a
Nuffield transplantation surgery unit, Edinburgh
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