Lambot was the first person to use reinforced concrete. He did so by using iron bars and wire mesh to reinforce several concrete rowboats.
Concrete is easy to work with, versatile, durable, and economoical. By taking a few basic precautions, it is also one of the safest building materials known.
The book reflects the current situation in precast concrete construction. Besides general observations regarding building with precast concrete elements, the book focuses first and foremost on the boundary conditions for the design of precast concrete structures, load bearing elements and facades.
Self consolidating concrete (SCC), also known as self compacting concrete, is a highly flowable, non segre- gating concrete that can spread into place, fill the formwork and encapsulate the reinforcement without any mechanical consolidation.