The Hennebique Company: An Early Industrialization for the Reinforced Concrete (1880-1914)

Abstract

Recent years, various problems concerning reinforced concrete (RC) structures have happened in Japan, and various discussions are being taken. To consider such problems, it seems to be important to improve an appearance and a development of the RC. For that, this study focuses the Hennebique Company, the first RC company in the world. In our study, aninitial RC technology in the world would be clarified according to the original materials of the company keptin France. As a primary part of the study, this paper overviews an establishment and a development of thecompany through a growth of an organization.