Mr. lvo Caprino was the artist behind the idea and the sculpturing of the troll. He also produced the head of the troll, which is made of glass liner and polyester.
its body was pre,and as a Ligh1 wood frame, which was covered by a reinforced plastic shec1 fixed to the wooden frame by staples. On top of this. three layers of hot¢ dip galvanized chicken mc$h were installed. Staples weresho1 into the wooden frame to tie down and tighten the layers of mesh.
Architectural Challenges Are Nearly Routine for One Small Shotcrete Contractor
Twenty-five years ago I thought every1hing was going 10 be built out of shotcrete! However, after building severnl sandwich panel buildings. and facÂing the prospect of W(>()d floating acres and acres of venical walls. our little Seattle company retreated 10 011r growing spceialry of building zoo exhibits and aquariums around the Uniterl States. We enjoyed the artistic nature
Shotcrete Rehabilitation of a Vancouver, BC Historic
A heritage high-rise building in Vancouver, Canada required rehabilitation due to corroÂsion of the steel frame and cracking in the masonry infill. Brick masonry was segmentally removed from the face of this 15-story-high building to expose the steel beam and column framjng system. Steel corrosion products were removed by needle scaling and sandblasting. New steel plate was welded to the beams and columns where required to strengthen the structure to its original design. Rebar was installed in the previously brick-filled cover to the steel frame and a high quality, low permeability silica fume shotcrete was applied to encase the rebar and fill the void. The south side of the building was
Seismic Reinforcing of Masonry Walls With Shotcrete
Photos and newsclips showÂing hundreds of collapsed homes buryÂing entire families have become all too commonplace. As residents of North America we are thankful that this sort of calamity doesn’t happen here. The earthÂquakes we’re used to seeing (mainly in California) cause inconvenience and in some cases property damage, injury and even some deaths, but nothing as cataÂstrophic as in Turkey this year and Azerbaydzhan a few years back.
A Concrete Building That Requires No Heating
Though built near Chicago, where temperatures plummet below 0° F (-18° C) in the winter and exceed 100° F (38° C) in the summer, the 430,000-square-foot (39,948 m2) warehouse of. Roman Inc. has no heating or air condiÂtioning units. Only the dock areas, winÂdowed offices, and lunchroom have heatÂing and air conditioning units, and even they have only one-fourth the units that a conventional building would need. DeÂspite this, the temperature in the wareÂhouse stays about 70° F (21 ° C) year round. How is this possible?