Publications
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A View on the Australian Building Industry 2012 – Part 3
After 37 years in the building industry, I suggest building standards have now fallen to a standard below that existing prior to my graduation. In the interest of reducing bureaucracy and facilitating development, we have eliminated well established safeguards on the quality of the end product as well as the quality of the workplace. I…
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A View on the Australian Building Industry 2012 – Part 4
After 37 years in the building industry, I suggest building standards have now fallen to a standard below that existing prior to my graduation. In the interest of reducing bureaucracy and facilitating development, we have eliminated well established safeguards on the quality of the end product as well as the quality of the workplace. I…
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RHCE Newsletter – NZ Special Edition
RHCE Newsletter: NZ Special Edition Performance of Compass Pools in the Christchurch earthquake Compass Fiberglass Pools 2: Concrete Pools In May 2012, Compass Pools Group Engineer Charles Rickard visited Christchurch to review the performance of the Compass Pool range in the recent major earthquakes. There he met with Mr Stuart Laing of Compass Pools NZ…
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RHCE Newsletter – Special Points of Interest
Pool Bedding Retaining Walls Retaining Wall Pressure on Swimming Pools At the Cairns conference, and two or three afterwards, many of you will remember how I told you that a fiberglass pool is designed to carry soil pressure level with the top of the pool whilst empty of water. You may also remember that I…
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Australian Developments in GRC Design
Charles Rickard of RH Consulting Engineers and Tony Grosset of Grosset Consulting and Construction Background Charles Rickard graduated from the University of Surrey, UK in 1975. There he was lectured by worldwide authority, Dr David Hannant in the subject of Fiberglass Composites which included Glass Reinforced Cement (GRC hereafter). After eight years of consultancy and…
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What is GRC?
What is GRC? Glass Reinforced Concrete (GRC) was first developed by the Building Research Establishment in the early 1950s. The product was then developed commercially by Pilkington Brothers, based in St Helens Lancashire. GRC is a mix of; sand, cement, water, plasticiser and varying percentages and types of alkali resistant glass fibre. There are two…