Gallery
This gallery shows images of 200 series (190 x 190 x 390 full blocks) modular concrete blockwork used in residential construction in a cyclonic region of Northern Australia. Typically there is a vertical reinforced (N12 or N16 rebar) concrete core at every corner, alongside each opening and at 600 mm (24 in) centers elsewhere. Bond beams (typically 2/N12 rebar) occur continuously around perimeter and over all openings and under windows. Corefill concrete is typically 15 MPa (2,200 psi) compressive strength. For more photos of similar construction see hurricane-proof building.
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N12 starter bars cast into concrete raft slab.
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Clean-out blocks to flush out debris prior to placing corefill.
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Wall under construction, metal door jamb and one aluminium window in position at the left. A pallet of knock out bond beam blocks on the right.
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- Low (three blocks high) retaining wall ready for corefill. All cores will be filled.
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8in.x8in.x16in. hollow-core CMUs in a basement wall prior to burial
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HVAC shaft with 2 hour fire-resistance rating under construction at DuPont Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, 1986.
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Head-of-Wall building joint.
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Firestopped cable tray through-penetration.
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