Are you pondering about the suitability of precast concrete structure to your construction projects? Are you not quite sure how to evaluate its benefits? Do you need a clear cost calculation and a plan for the most suitable precast products? If this sounds familiar, concept design services will help you in adopting the precast concrete…
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Perfect match of precast and affordable housing in India
There is huge housing demand all over India. Already over 30% of India’s population, that is over 377 million people, lives in urban areas. The urban housing shortage has been estimated to be 25 Million residential units at the start of the 12th five year plan in the year 2012. Residential buildings have the highest…
Beautiful and safe precast in Russia – with Love!
Russia has been a central part of my life for the 21 years. My first experiences with this great country date back to 1990´s when I moved to St. Petersburg to work there. Since then many things have changed, but also many things have remained the same. Building construction in Russia In the early 90´s…
Homes for people – with a window in a bathroom
India is an overwhelming experience. Even after my several visits there, this feeling does not fade away. For a Finn coming from a country of 5 million people, truly understanding the scale of Indian city development makes you almost freeze. Many aspects of building construction being self-evident for us are not that in India. Use…
Precast production lifecycle, part 1
Setting-up a profitable precast production is not a piece of cake. Instead, it is a quite complicated puzzle with contradictory interests of city planners, architects, investors, builders, precasters and most of all – users of the buildings. Or is it so? Building construction planning Precast can be amazingly flexible building method. Cooperation of architects, structural…
Urban China – fast city development from scratch
While visiting Shanghai and Beijing last month I couldn’t stop wondering the speed of evolution of cities. Around every corner you could see massive building construction sites reaching the sky. At the same time, most beautiful urban quartiers showed the best of modern city life. China has more than 150 cities with over 1 million…
Precast concrete – mirror of the times
What comes to your mind, when you hear the word precast? Massive housing projects in Russia, charming Caribbean villas or maybe the tallest man-made structure of Burj Khalifa in United Arab Emirates? All three constructions – even so different – represent the society they serve. They are born from the visions and needs of local…