Abstract

WAINSHTOK RIVAS, Hugo  and  LIZAZO HERNANDEZ, Yenliu. The Use of Ferrocement in Civil Construction: The Cuban Experience. Arquitectura y Urbanismo [online]. 2014, vol.35, n.1, pp. 97-102. ISSN 1815-5898.

Since the beginning of 1970s,the author has been involved in the use of Ferrocement for the civil construction in Cuba. He learned much by studying the work of engineers from Brazil and Canada. He has also worked as a planner or an adviser in the field of building construction throughout Cuba. With more than 40 years of experience, and several monographs and books published, the author describes in this paper the application and its results in different types of buildings like vessels, urban works, monuments, houses, tanks, swimming pools and others, which placed Cuba as one of the countries with larger use and development of ferrocement.

Keywords : ferrocement; swimming pools; vessels; tanks; houses.

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