Bearwood House, Bearwood Road, Smethwick, Sandwell, Sandwell

Bearwood House, Bearwood Road, Smethwick, Sandwell, Sandwell - A young woman sitting in the lounge-diner of a flat at Bearwood House, waving to a friend outside_x000D_
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'Sectra was a French prefabricated steel formwork design for flats which John Laing and Son Ltd acquired the British rights to in 1962. It was a method of using precision made_x000D_
steel formwork for the placing of structural concrete in tunnel sections in room unit widths and ceiling heights. The units were bolted together in rows on special tracks, with the concrete poured to form the walls and floors in one operation. The formwork was internally heated to accelerate the hardening of the concrete in the mould and the sections were then lifted into position by a tower crane on the construction site. _x000D_
Bearwood House was built by Laing for Smethwick Borough County Council. The architects were K.R. Emmett, S. Greenwood, J.E. Hepburn and R.E. Philcock. Construction work started in 1965 and the building was opened on 25th January 1966. It has since been demolished

Accelerate Acquired Bearwood Bolted Borough Builder Concrete Demolished Emmett Flats Floors Formwork Greenwood Hardening Heated Heights Internally Kitsch Laing Lifted Method Mould Placing Poured Precision Prefabricated Rows Sandwell Sections Sectra Smethwick Structural Widths X000d

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