Architect and engineer . ame first cost asmill construction. In the articles by Mr. Lord referred to, buildings of varioustypes are placed in the following order as to first cost, beginning with the lowestin cost: Mill cons^ruction. Concrete flat slab. Concrete beam and slab. Structural steel, fireproofed. Since 1916, however, marked changes have taken place in the materialsand labor market, but the net result has been rather to reduce the differencein cost between mill construction and reinforced concrete instead of toincrease it. A modern concrete mercantile or industrial building of a certa
Architect and engineer . ame first cost asmill construction. In the articles by Mr. Lord referred to, buildings of varioustypes are placed in the following order as to first cost, beginning with the lowestin cost: Mill cons^ruction. Concrete flat slab. Concrete beam and slab. Structural steel, fireproofed. Since 1916, however, marked changes have taken place in the materialsand labor market, but the net result has been rather to reduce the differencein cost between mill construction and reinforced concrete instead of toincrease it. A modern concrete mercantile or industrial building of a certain size andtype, built to serve a specific purpose, may, for example, cost $200,000. Asimilar building equally modern in appointments, of the same size,built toserve the same purpose, but of another type of construction, may cost $180, first glance the intending builder might be tempted to favor the seeminglycheaper building, but when it can be shown that the first mentioned type colts 84 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. PACIFIC COAST SHREDDED WHEAT CO., OAKLAND Lewis P. Hobart and C. H. Cheney, Architects H. J. Brunnier, Engineer
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