The Main MMC Options for Concrete

• Thin Joint
Modern Methods
of Construction for • ICFs
Concrete Homes
• Tunnelform
Tom De Saulles
The Concrete Centre
• Open Panel Systems
• Closed Panel Systems

There have been criticisms of traditional methods

• Slow
Thin Joint • Weather dependant
Technology • Lack of consistent quality control
• Material is wasted on site

Thin Joint Thin Joint

Special dimensionally
accurate aerated
blocks are joined
together with a thin-
joint mortar.

The advantage is that it is faster and not

dependent on the brickwork for stability Aerated blocks

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Insulating
Concrete
Water tight structure
Formwork
Brickwork added
at a later stage
(ICF)

Insulating Concrete Formwork Insulating Concrete Formwork

A team of four can erect and

concrete the ground floor
walls of a house in around
one day.

Tunnelform

Tunnelform 2

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Nightingale Estate
(Hackney, East London)

Tunnelform

University of East
Anglia
Student Accommodation
Open Panel
Systems

Open Panel Systems Open Panel Systems

Ibis Hotel Wembley

Holiday Inn, Woking

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Two-way Joint

Closed Panel
Systems
Three-way Joint

Closed Panel Systems Closed Panel Systems

Stage 1. Stage 2. Stage 3. Stage 4. Stage 5.

CAD design Panels are cast Brick facing Window/doors Reinforc em ent added

Stage 6. Stage 7. Stage 8. Stage 9. Stage 10.

Insulat ion added 90 mm concrete Mort ar joints Windows are fit ted Co mpleted panel

Stage 11. Stage 12.

Panel storage Dispatch

The Main MMC Options for Concrete

• Thin Joint
• ICFs MMC and
Thermal Comfort
• Tunnelform
• Open Panel Systems
• Closed Panel Systems

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 Future Performance of Light and
Heavyweight Houses

Living Room Temperature of Light and

Heavyweight Adapted Houses - Summer 2050

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