Editor’s note: Francis L. Brannigan had submitted this column, and others, before his sudden death on January 10.
Below is my response to a question about concrete building fires from Lieutenant Mike Froelich of the Sylvania Township (OH) Fire Department.
This is so-called ‘tilt slab,’ or tilt-up construction.1 Formerly, slabs would be cast on the ground and then tilted up. Now, the finished slab is delivered on a truck.
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