• cannedtuna
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    13 days ago

    It’s like they forgot precast exists

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      13 days ago

      Guessing you didnt read it, because its in danish.
      The article specifically mentions that this technique uses 30% of the material that would have been used for precast.

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        13 days ago

        But what does that mean for strength? I also see surprisingly little “armouring”. Not sure how that’s called in English - the metal wires in-between.

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          I’m not sure about this company but there’s one in the US that has an embedded nozzle laying down steel cabling inside each concrete bead.

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          I’m just guessing, but it is probably reinforced with fiberglass or a similar fibers in the cement.