MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION

Modern Construction Technology

 Modern Construction
Technology is the process of
preparing for and
forming buildings and building
systems.
 The process of building large
structures with the minimum
use of cost , time and
environment.
 Construction starts with
planning, design, and
financing and continues until
the structure is ready for
occupancy.
 Concrete walls and floors

 Concrete walls is an
eclectic category with
options for everything like
seat walls; decorative
interior or exterior finishes;
sound walls that abut a
freeway; retaining walls to
hold back the earth; to the
very walls that comprise
the exterior.
 Concrete has become the
new flooring material of the
latest technology.
 Whether it's acid-stained,
painted, overlays,
microtoppings, radiant
floors, or a unique personal
floor, concrete floors offer
a range unlike any other
material
 Concrete flooring,
sometimes referred to as
cement flooring.
 One of the major benefits
of concrete floors is their
affordability compared to
other flooring options.
 concrete flooring is
ease of maintenance.
 When properly sealed
concrete floors can be cleaned
with a quick pass of a dust
mop.
 Precast cladding panels

 Cladding is the application of

one material over another to
provide skin or layer intended to
control the infiltration of weather
elements, or for aesthetic
purposes
 Cladding does not
necessarily have to provide
a waterproof condition but is
instead a control element.
 This control element may only
serve to safely direct water or
wind in order to control run-
off and prevent infiltration into
the building structure.
 Precast flat panel system

 Floor and wall units are produced

off-site in a factory and erected
on-site to form robust structures,
ideal for all repetitive cellular
projects.
 Panels can include
services, windows, doors
and finishes.
 Building envelope panels
with factory fitted insulation
and decorative cladding can
also be used as load-bearing
elements.
 This offers factory quality
and accuracy, together with
speed of erection on-site.
 3D Volumetric Modules

 3D Volumetric construction (also known as

modular construction) involves the
production of three-dimensional units in
controlled factory conditions prior to
transportation to site.
 Modules can be brought to site in a
variety of forms, ranging from a basic
structure to one with all internal and
external finishes and services installed, all
ready for assembly.
 The casting of modules uses the
benefits of factory conditions to create
service- intensive units where a high
degree of repetition and a need for
rapid assembly on-site make its use
highly desirable.
 Twin wall Technology

 Twin wall construction is a walling system that

combines the speed of erection and quality of
precast concrete with the structural integrity of
in-situ concrete to provide a hybrid solution.
 Twin wall is an adaptable wall system that
provides the speed and quality of precast
concrete with the structural and waterproof
reliability .
 The prefabricated panels comprise two
slabs separated and connected by cast-in
lattice girders.
 The units are placed, temporarily propped,
then joined by reinforcing and concreting the
cavity on site.
 Twin wall is usually employed in
association with precast flooring systems.
 Flat
Slabs
 Flat slabs are highly versatile
elements widely used in
construction, providing minimum
depth, fast construction and
allowing flexible column grids.
 Flat slabs are particularly appropriate
for areas where tops of partitions
need to be sealed to the slab
soffit for acoustic or fire reasons.
 Flat slabs are considered to be
faster and more economic than
other forms of construction.
 Flat slabs can be designed with
a good surface finish to the
soffit, allowing exposed soffits
to be used.
 This allows exploitation of
the building’s thermal mass
in the design of heating,
ventilation and cooling
requirements, increasing
energy efficiency.
Thin Joint Masonry

 Thin joint blockwork (thin joint masonry)

is a fast, clean, accurate system for
construction using autoclaved
aerated concrete blocks of close
dimensional tolerance with 2mm-
3mm mortar joints.
 Thin layer mortar is a pre-mixed cement-
based product that only requires the
addition of water to make an easily-
applied mortar.
 The benefits offered by thin layer
mortars are provided by a
system
with many of the characteristics of
traditional blockwork construction.
 This means that familiarity with the
build process and flexibility are also
inherent in the system.
 Insulating Concrete Formwork

 Insulating Concrete Formwork

(ICF) systems consist of twin-
walled, expanded polystyrene
panels or blocks that are quickly
built up to create formwork for
the walls of a building.
 This formwork is then filled with
factory produced, quality assured,
ready-mixed concrete to create a
robust structure.
 The expanded polystyrene
blocks remain to provide high
levels of thermal insulation and
the concrete core provides
robustness and good levels of
sound insulation.
 Precast Concrete Foundation

 Precast concrete systems can be used to

rapidly construct foundations.
 The elements are usually to a bespoke
design and cast in a factory
environment, giving assured quality for
the finished product.
 The foundations are often supported
by
concrete piles and connected together.
 These systems improve productivity,
especially in adverse weather
conditions, and reduces the amount of
excavation required - particularly
advantageous when dealing with
contaminated ground.