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Article - 4 Jun 2004
Current standards provide a method for calculating the hygrometric performance of a multilayered wall (UNI 10350) that adopts simplified hypotheses that do not take into account important aspects such...
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Article - 28 May 2004
Cardiff University, one of the UK’s most successful research and teaching universities, has further enhanced its existing facilities with the development of an impressive extension, housing the...
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Article - 19 Mar 2004
To solve the problems of poor thermal insulation and heat preservation properties that exist in walls made of small-size concrete hollow blocks, a new type of compound small-size concrete hollow...
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Article - 5 Mar 2004
The flexural behaviour of brick-cement floor panels was studied, taking into account the effect of various rules of construction on the structural response. Technical Brief.
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Article - 5 Mar 2004
This Digest explains how the requirements of the building regulations for conservation of fuel and power may be satisfied using aggregate concrete blocks. Technical Brief.
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Article - 24 Feb 2004
This paper discusses the relative water permeation resistance of solid and hollow interlocking block masonry in relation to conventional brick and hollow block masonry. Technical Brief.
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Article - 22 Dec 2003
The properties of hollow blocks of cements prepared using lime, calcined phosphogypsum waste from phosphoric acid fertiliser production, and power station fly ash, were measured to determine their...
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Article - 28 Nov 2003
A novel type of floor panel, produced by the Fornace del Sile di Musestre di Roncade and assembled and distributed by IN.PR.E..
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Article - 14 Nov 2003
The ecologically sound building material company, Natural Building Technologies (NBT), has introduced Ziegel blocks to their product range.
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Article - 17 Oct 2003
The environmental credentials of Thermalite’s Hi Strength 7 and Hi strength 7 Smooth Face blocks have been instrumental in them being specified in the construction of several new large projects....