Title:
Bemis Bag Plant in Winnipeg, Canada
Author(s):
Leonard K. Eaton
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
1
Issue:
2
Appears on pages(s):
63-65
Keywords:
beams (supports); columns (supports);
concrete durability; concrete slabs; reinforced concrete,
DOI:
Date:
2/1/1979
Abstract:
The author describes the first large reinforced concrete structure in the Winnipeg area, built in the early 1900s. This factory building resulted in an important shift in construction technology in western Canada from conventional designs of the times to the more durable concrete material,