Title:
Quaker Square Hilton -The First
U.S. Hotel Constructed Out of Abandoned Concrete Silos
Author(s):
Scott S. Pickard
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
3
Issue:
3
Appears on pages(s):
13-16
Keywords:
concrete construction; concrete cores;
cutting; hotels; silos.
DOI:
Date:
3/1/1981
Abstract:
Abandoned concrete silos were reconstructed to form a new luxury convention hotel, by caustic-soda cleaning, diamond-blade concrete sawcutting, and casting in place new 7 in. (178 mm) thick concrete floors. [Author]