Architect and engineer (1920) (14780403524)

Identifier: architectenginee6220sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library



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MILL OF THE NIAGARA SILK CO., NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y.G. Morton Wolf, Architect THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 83
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FACTORY, XEW YORK CONSOLIDATED CORD CO., LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.Ballinger & Perrot, Architects A comparison of the initial cost of fireproof buildings will almost invariablyshow the low cost of the concrete structure. In many cases concrete buildingsdesigned for heavy floor loads have been built for less than any other practi-cable type would have cost. Speaking of conditions in 1916, Arthur R. Lord,a consulting engineer of Chicago, said, in articles published in the CementWorld for September and October, 1916: Under normal market prices ofmaterials, mill construction runs about 5 per cent cheaper than flat slab. Wherelumber is cheap,-the difference will be greater and, on the other hand, in certaincases flat slab construction has actually been built for the same first cost asmill construction. In the articles by Mr. Lord referred to, buildings of varioustypes are placed in the following order as to first cost, beginning with the lowestin cost: Mill cons^ruction. Concrete flat sla