The housing block is a typical four-storey unit. Apart from the cast-concrete ground slab, all the internal floor slabs, walls and external cladding are factory-made, 150mm-thick, precast-concrete ...

Cladding serves both functional and aesthetic purposes, protecting from the elements while enhancing the building’s appearance. When choosing materials, it is important to consider factors such as ...

Although many building products offering lower environmental impacts are combustible, it is still possible to use them in a cladding system by testing the cladding system as a whole, as Tony Baker ...

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 1: Chief of the Kuwait Fire Force, Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Mekrad, warned of the danger of the external cladding of buildings if they do not meet the safety requirements set by ...

The academy is a cast in-situ, concrete-framed building on piled foundations. The floor slabs are mostly flat, supported by columns and shear walls with downstand beams where required. Some of the ...

Premature finishing, overworking the surface and inadequate curing are typical causes of surface defects on exterior slabs. Some of these defects include premature wear, scaling, mortar flaking and ...