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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- ISSN
- 0263-080X
- DOI
- 10.1108/eb006167
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Abstract
About 26,000 Airey Houses were erected during the post war years 194655 as part of the house building programme of that period. The Airey House is essentially a prefabricated concrete structure which was erected on site to form a box. This box was erected upon a concrete raft which acted as the foundation and floor of the dwelling. The basic box was formed from several framed goal posts to which thin concrete cladding panels were fastened to the upright columns by copper wire. The vertical loading from the first floor and roof is taken on the vertical columns but may also be shared with the concrete cladding panels see Figure 1.
Journal
Structural Survey – Emerald Publishing
Published: Apr 1, 1983