Tersons Prefabricated Multistory Structures (2 results)
Language: English
Published by Dormar Productions Limited
- Hardcover
Seller: Optimon Books, Gravesend, United KingdomOptimon Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Scarce book on architecture. Chapters include planning the system, planning the home, construction, erection and manufacture. No jacket, the laminated cover is marked and torn at the corners of the spine.
Published by London, the company 1964 1964
- Hardcover
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United KingdomInch's Books
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Add to basket63pp, many detailed plans and diagrams. 22x30, glossy boards Ex lib with label on front and stamp on eps, boards a bit worn, contents very good. Terson's were a London based construction firm who were a major contractor in post-war schemes from Sheffield to Stevenage New Town, apparently founded via the Carter Paterson haulage f…irm (from where the firms's name was derived - TER + SON). Having expanded rapidly to be one of the UK's biggest contractors as part of the Power Securities conglomorate (with Balfour Beatty) they suffered financial collapse at the end of the 1960s.This book sets out in great detail the design and construction techniques required for its prefabricated housing system, with estimated timings for moulding, lifting and so on.
