Title: BOLTED CONNECTIONS IN LARGE PANEL SYSTEM BUILDINGS
Date: January-February, 1973
Volume: 18
Issue: 1
Page number: 27-33
Author(s): Milo Shemie
https://doi.org/10.15554/pcij.01011973.27.33

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Abstract

Describes the use of mechanical bolted connections to tie together the precast concrete elements of a newly developed structural system for residential multistory buildings. The new system (Descon/ Concordia Structural System) was developed under an Operation Breakthrough Research and Development Award, a patent for which has been applied for.

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