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Machines for handling materials in traditional house building.
Publisher
BRE Archive
Author
Building Research Station
Format
7 pages
Subject / Keyword
Construction sites, machinery, plant, site layout, tower cranes, powered barrows, platform hoists, monorail transporters, clamp-barrows, rail-mounted cranes, maintenance, costs.
Published Date
01-Apr-1955
ISBN
BRS Digest no.76 (1st series)
THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN ARCHIVED.
Whilst this publication can still be purchased some of the information in it has been superseded by more recent research and standards. The BRE Group does not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any loss or damage, including - without limitation - indirect or consequential loss or damage arising from use, or loss of use, of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this document.
Describes mechanical plant on building sites: barrows, hoists, cranes, with their performance and costs. The layout of the site can considerably influence the efficiency of use of some types of machine.
More detailed information on powered barrows and monorail transporters is given in National Building Study, Special Report no.23, 'A study on concreting methods on housing sites'.
Book Archived
Machines for handling materials in traditional house building.
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