Three innovative plastic building products have recently been introduced to the residential construction industry: plastic shingles, plastic lumbers, and plastic foam core sandwich panels. They are each described, compared to conventional practice, and evaluated for their potential for implementation. It is shown that designers and builders will have to rework their budgets, study safety factors, and invest time and effort into acquiring new skills, if they wish to fully benefit from these products. However, an incentive for such concessions, is the possible financial reward from successfully meeting demands for efficiency, durability, and environmental sensitivity in housing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.56971 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Drummie, Ann M. |
| Contributors | Friedman, Avi (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Architecture (School of Architecture.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001326391, proquestno: AAIMM87710, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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