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The present courthouse is a three-story building that occupies a sloped site exposing the northern part of the ground level. The structure is modern in design and faced with red brick and accented by precast concrete panels. It was completed in 1964 at a total cost of $417,000 and its dedication was held on June 12, 1965.
AltusGroup, Inc. is an international partnership of 14 precast concrete companies and eight industry suppliers founded in July 2003 to develop, manufacture and market precast concrete innovations throughout North America.
Spancrete produces precast, prestressed concrete products that are used in commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and multifamily construction projects in the Midwest and Southeast. The company also manufactures and sells hollowcore extrusion machines that are used to produce precast concrete internationally.
Precast concrete is a construction product produced by casting concrete in a reusable mold or "form" which is then cured in a controlled environment, transported to the construction site and maneuvered into place; examples include precast beams, and wall panels, floors, roofs, and piles.
Studcast concrete, also called "pre-framed concrete", combines relatively thin concrete layers with cold formed steel framing to create hybrid panels; the result is a panelized system usable for cladding, curtain walls, shaft walls, and load-bearing exterior and interior walls. Studcast panels install in the same manner as prefabricated steel ...
These are recognizable by their precast concrete columns and by their walls made of precast "ship-lap" concrete panels. Assam-type House: an earthquake-resistant house type commonly found in the northeastern states of India; Bastle house: a fortified farmhouse found in England and Scotland
The Mo-Sai Institute, an organization of precast concrete manufacturers, adhered to the Mo-Sai method of producing the exposed aggregate precast concrete panels. David Taylor Model Basin, 1946 A pivotal development in this technique occurred in 1938, when the administration buildings at the David Taylor Model Basin were built with panels used ...
Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) is a type of fiber-reinforced concrete. The product is also known as glassfibre reinforced concrete or GRC in British English. [1] Glass fiber concretes are mainly used in exterior building façade panels and as architectural precast concrete. Somewhat similar materials are fiber cement siding and cement ...