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Lift slab construction (also called the Youtz-Slick Method) is a method of constructing concrete buildings by casting the floor or roof slab on top of the previous slab and then raising (jacking) the slab up with hydraulic jacks. This method of construction allows for a large portion of the work to be completed at ground level, negating the ...
An example of a typical NATCO hollow clay tile as advertised in their 1910 catalogue. "The visible points of superiority, as compared with similar tile of different makes, are the deep dovetail scoring for the better bonding of stucco or plaster, the absence of imperfections and the better general symmetry due to the more accurate machining by this company's unequaled equipment.
In 1947, St. Louis planners proposed to replace DeSoto-Carr, a run-down neighborhood with many black residents, with new two- and three-story residential blocks and a public park. [14] The plan did not materialize; instead, Democratic mayor Joseph Darst , elected in 1949, and Republican state leaders favored clearing the slums and replacing ...
Detail of construction The process begins by manufacturing thin precast concrete panels, typically 2.25" thick, with the deck's bottom reinforcement included. The panels are then shipped to a jobsite and erected on temporary shoring.
HOK founding partners George Hellmuth, Gyo Obata, and George Kassabaum (1956) Priory Chapel at Saint Louis Abbey located in Creve Coeur a suburb of St. Louis National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Tokyo Telecom Center in Tokyo Passenger Terminal Amsterdam in Amsterdam Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia Indianapolis International Airport Colonel H. Weir Cook Terminal ...
Art Deco style of the Continental Life Building in St. Louis. William Butts Ittner (September 4, 1864 – 1936) was an American architect in St. Louis, Missouri.He designed over 430 school buildings in Missouri and other areas, was president of the St. Louis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects from 1893 to 1895, [1] was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Missouri in ...
The company's headquarters was located in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm was the designer of the ill-fated I-35W Mississippi River bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1964 (collapsed on August 1, 2007). [1]
A jack arch, and a jack arch with a relieving arch above, as illustrated in the Lexikon der gesamten Technik The Mardin jack arch, view from the crypt underneath. A jack arch is a structural element in masonry construction that provides support at openings in the masonry.