BUILDING CONSTRUCTION USING HIGH QUALITY CONCRETE

-In the Case of NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Public Corp.)'s Atsugi Telecommunications Laboratory-

Abstract

The Atsugi Telecommunications Laboratory, now under construction, will aid in the research of and make practical use of VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration Circuits). It will be used to promote the development of the next generation of chips. The following new construction techniques and methods are being used in its construction: high quality concrete and superplasticizing concrete, a method of placing concrete vertical and horizontal members separately; a method of assembling the reinforcing bars prior to raising them and placing them in the forms; a X-shaped reinforcement arrangement. This paper describes the construction in detail.