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The three categories of Industrialized Building Systems

The three categories of Industrialized Building Systems

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The purpose of an Industrialized Building System is to aggregate a large market in order to fractionise the investment in a strategy & technology capable of simplifying the production of quality buildings. The systems are either site or factory intensive, whereas an hybrid approach can optimize these two extremes. Four strategies can be applied to...

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... the precast concrete cores are usually acting as party walls between townhouses or apartments, they provide a high level of fireproofing and soundproofing [5]. Figure 24. The MAH-LeMessurier system / Richardesign system and High-rise application By analogy, the Richardesign Load-Bearing Service Core can be to housing what the engine is to the body of an automobile or the fuselage of an airplane: the same engine can be used for different car platforms, the same engine can be applied to different aircraft platforms. ...
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... approach was proposed by the HAB system developed a few decades ago in Hartford (U.S.A.) by the F.D. Rich Company. Figure 26. Casting the HAB columns and capitals ...
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... Factory: Using processes like Sprayed concrete, Tilt-up casting, etc. Figure 28. Wham-T mobile factory site production and typical "T" module / Tilt-up process Mechanised Formwork: Casting a monolithic egg-crate structure using a Tunnel formwork as done by the Outinord (France) technology. ...

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