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Three men involved in designing and building some steelframed, plastics-clad blocks of highrise flats in London, each tell the story from their point of view. The three contributors were interviewe...d out of vision, and their edited voices alone comprise the sound track for this programme. The visual material is drawn from British Steel Corporation film, some BBC library material, some specially-shot still photographs, and many taken from the archives of the Greater London Council and freelance photographers.
Three men involved in designing and building some steelframed, plastics-clad blocks of highrise flats in London, each tell the story from their point of view. The three contributors were interviewe...d out of vision, and their edited voices alone comprise the sound track for this programme. The visual material is drawn from British Steel Corporation film, some BBC library material, some specially-shot still photographs, and many taken from the archives of the Greater London Council and freelance photographers.
| Module code and title: | T100, The man-made world: a foundation course |
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| Item code: | T100; 17 |
| First transmission date: | 14-05-1972 |
| Published: | 1972 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:29 |
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| Producer: | Colin Robinson |
| Contributors: | and V Blake; J Davidson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Assembling; Cladding panel; Concrete centre core; Flats; Hot-press moulding; London; Plastics; Steel Frame-One; Steel-work; Tolerances |
| Footage description: | Shot of G.L.C. Ambulance. Shot of construction of industrialised multistorey flats using the SF-1 system (Steel Frame 1). Problem of fire in plastic prefabricated buildings briefly taken up. J. Davidson gives a definition of industrialised process in building. Shots of architect and drawing board. The characteristics of the SF1 design are given and pointed out on the architects drawings. Davidson lists the design requirements of the individual panels used in the building. He lists some of the materials that were considered and tells why these were discarded. GLC Ambulances made of glass fibre, were used as a model for a suitable panel material. (Shot of GLC Ambulance and details). Davidson points out some of the similarities between the SF1 panels and the ambulances. Davidson discusses the testing of the panels' fire resistance. He gives the procedure for testing which was used. (Shots of a panel under-going fire resistance testing). V. Blake tells how a fire resistant material was found. V. Blake takes up the production process for the panels. He describes the moulding process and gives reasons for using the press mould. (Shots of hot press moulding machine at work moulding the panels). Blake takes up the problem of sound and fire insulation of panels. He describes the process of providing this insulation during manufacture. A foam cement and plaster core is used. (Shots of insulating material being put into panels). Blake discusses the problem of providing a suitable finish to the panels. The colour finish had to have very long wear characteristics. He describes how this was achieved. (Shot of SF1 building exterior) Jenkins discusses the function of individual parts of the SF1 buildings 1. The core frame 2. The podium structure. He goes into the problem of precision needed in the plastic and steel parts during manufacture. (Shot of SF1 building being assembled at various stages of completion) Jenkins describes the methods used to obtain the very high tolerances required. He tells why such tolerances are needed in both the cladding frame and the panels. Shots of parts of the cladding frame being drilled and machined on individual jigs. Jenkins describes the process. He explains why such close tolerances are required. (Shot of building site). The welding and grinding during assembly of the cladding frame is shown and explained by Jenkins. Jenkins explains how the problem of transport of panels to the building site was overcome. (Shots of lorry being loaded/unloaded and panel being hoisted into place on the building. Davidson, Blake and Jenkins comment on the finished building (Shots of the finished SF1 building from various angles). |
| Master spool number: | 6LT/70336 |
| Production number: | 00521_2503 |
| Videofinder number: | 5839 |
| Available to public: | no |
