Chinese Construction Methods and Materials

Chinese Construction Methods and Materials
Concrete Slab Loader/Unloader
This tractor is pulling a trailer especially equipped to load and unload the very heavy slabs. He makes the trip from the slab factory to the work site. He must load the slabs at the factory and unload them at the work site. The slabs come in set lengths but vary in thickness. The heavier ones are for factories and locations where the load factor on the floor is greater.

Construction Concrete Slabs

After the walls have been constructed, these slabs of reinforced concrete are used to form the floor/ceiling of the rooms. The slabs have multiple holes running the length of the slab to increase the strength, decrease the weight, decrease the amount of cement used, and to decrease the costs. There are tens of thousands of these slabs by the side of roads everywhere you go. It takes a lot of muscle to steal one of these.

Concrete Slab Factory

This is a rural cooperative unit that makes the concrete slabs. They first pour a very flat large concrete floor to put the slabs on. A machine forms the slabs much as an automatic curb machine works that you sometimes see in the USA. The man is keeping the concrete wet so it can cure properly. All around you can see their product ready for sale and transport. They pour the slabs on plastic so they will not stick to the concrete floor.