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Post-tensioned (PT) slabs offer the thinnest slab type and long spans can also be achieved. PT slabs use high-strength tensioned steel strands to compress the slabs, keeping the majority of the concrete in compression.
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Flat slabs are highly versatile elements widely used in construction, providing minimum depth, fast construction and allowing flexible column grids.
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The walls of your family home could soon double-up as a battery, storing energy in its blocks.
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There are essentially two types of concrete block: aggregate blocks and aircrete blocks. From an environmental perspective, they are locally produced and can have a high recycled content, giving them low embodied CO2.
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The versatility of concrete means that it can be designed and constructed to deliver high performance buildings through a spectrum of solutions ranging from onsite cast concrete, onsite build using factory made blocks, through to offsite manufactured two dimensional panels and volumetric units. When considering offsite solutions there are additional benefits offered by the use of precast concrete for offsite construction compared to other systems.
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Climate change resilience is the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from the impacts of climate change while minimising damage to the environment, economy and society.
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Good design can provide more efficient facilities and a better environment for both staff and students. As well as providing the structural frame, concrete can be used to improve the overall performance of the building.
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Week 4: Housing and masonry
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How concrete can deliver energy efficiency through low embodied and operational energy and carbon for housing and structural frames.
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Tilt-up construction involves site-casting the concrete walls of a building on its floor slab or on a separate casting bed and then tilting and lifting them into position by crane.