lift slab meaning

[Architecture]
1.

A method of concrete building construction in which floor (and roof) slabs are cast, usually at ground level, and then raised into position by jacking.

2.

A slab which is a component of such construction.

• slab:    Noun: slab &n ...
• lift:    Verb: lift &n ...
• concrete slab:    [Architecture]A fl ...

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1. In 1955 he was awarded a patent for the lift slab method of constructing concrete buildings.
2. Lift slab construction was also involved in the L'Ambiance Plaza collapse in moratorium on lift slab construction.
3. Lift slab construction was also involved in the L'Ambiance Plaza collapse in moratorium on lift slab construction.
4. The investments include a second blast furnace that will enter service in 1998 and will lift slab production to 4 . 6 million tons.
5. Earth-moving equipment will also be used to lift slabs of concrete from the rubble, which are believed to be covering the victims.