A shallow dive into the history of concrete focusing on the changing use of concrete in the modern construction industry.
Starting with early uses as foundations and for underpinning several historic London buildings, and the development of different concrete systems to resolve fire concerns in the 1800s, we’ll move through to the 1890s, where we’ll look at how the development of reinforced concrete created a series of different propriety construction systems which heavily influence how these structures can behave.
The 1930s lead to the creation of design guidance and the falling off of the propriety systems and the widening of those who could build and design using concrete. And finally, we’ll look at the 1950s where innovations in WW2 were brought into the main construction sector which lead to a few complications.
Not only will this event provide an interesting and entertaining look at the development of this vital engineering material, it will give modern practitioners aiming to reuse historic structures an important understanding of what they may face in doing so.
Arrival and networking
Presentation
Questions and discussion
Closing remarks and networking
Elliott Wood
senior structural engineer
Paul Duggan is a Senior Structural Engineer at Elliott Wood who graduated from the University of Bath in 2017. He has worked on several historic concrete buildings in his career and took an interest into the various forms and practices that have changed over the years.
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