Stair opening
An architect had told my client that a stair opening would not be possible because of the position of the reinforcement. Nevertheless, I can create a structurally sound stair opening.
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At the first Dutch Rowing meeting, held during the Heineken regatta in the new boathouse of the Amsterdam club ‘de Hoop’, it emerged that the construction and legal costs had come out at around four times the budget. You might then assume that nothing had been cut from the brief, but that turned […]
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Structural measures determined for bridges on piles in peat areas, where the approach roads are subsiding. Main measure: a lighter transition slab topped with paving setts in a sand bed that can be topped up. (The transition slab rests on the abutment on the land side.) The load can also be reduced by replacing soil with “polystyrene” (EPS).
Read moreMechanics lessons
During a business development meeting with an architect, I was asked whether I would like to organise mechanics lessons. Naturally I am interested, and we will be doing this in the future.
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