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Title: Possibilities of Unit Concrete and Structural Steel As a Means of Meeting the Speed and Engineering Requirements of Modern Building Construction

Author(s): Charles D. Watson

Publication: Journal Proceedings

Volume: 12

Issue: 2

Appears on pages(s): 40-43

Keywords: none

DOI: 10.14359/15976

Date: 2/1/1916

Abstract:
Mr. Charles E. Fox, of Chicago, the architect who read at the 1915 convention of this instittute a paper entitled "Concrete in Metropolitan Building Construction," very clearly illustrated why reinforced concrete as ordinarily applied has not been generally accepted as fulfilling the conditions required for this class of work. The two most important of these conditions are as follows in the paper.