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A
housing
estate
of more
than
200
flats,
constructed
in six
months
–
that
is the
result
of the
practical
application
of the
Milokum
house
building
technology.
The
technology
is relatively
simple
and
cheap.
Prefabricated
wall
elements
are
made
in a
production
plant
and,
once
precisely
marked,
brought
to the
site
to be
assembled
in accordance
with
the
assembly
diagram,
without
a stationary
crane
or any
other
tools
except
for
spanners.
An additional
saving
is the
possibility
to employ
less
qualified
assembly
teams.
Once
the
structural
elements
have
been
assembled,
installation
and
finishing
teams
begin
to work.
As a
result,
a 16-flat
building
can
be put
up in
three
months.
In the
event
that
garages
on cast
concrete
slab
are
provided
at the
building’s
basement,
the
project
completion
period
is extended
by an
additional
month.
The
authors
of that
solution,
Mr.
Jacek
Michalski
and
Mr.
Piotr
Michalski
from
Kraków,
do not
conceal
that
they
were
inspired
by American
building
systems.
However,
following
their
adjustment
to Polish
conditions
and
some
improvements,
their
system
changed
so much
that,
prior
to its
repeated
entering
the
American
market
(the
home
of lightweight
structure
–
that
was
an additional
prestige!),
it was
necessary
to apply
for
a new
patent.
Similar
patents
were
also
obtained
in the
Czech
Republic
and
Lithuania.
Still,
the
Polish
patent
is pending
since
the
procedure
of obtaining
one
is very
time
consuming.
Also,
Slovakia
and
the
distant
Kazakhstan
are
interested
in the
new
technology.
Six
housing
estates
were
constructed
under
that
new
technology
in Poland.
However,
the
last
one,
the
"Pod
Klombami"
estate
in Kraków,
beat
a specific
speed
record
in the
construction
industry:
208
flats
within
6 months
and
20 days.
The
period
was
calculated
from
the
very
first
hit
of a
shovel
to the
date
of the
last
flat’s
transfer
for
use.
The
truth
is that
such
construction
races
do not
have
best
traditions
in our
history
but,
this
time,
the
reduction
of the
completion
period
did
not
result
from
implementation
of some
ideological
plans
but
rather
true
economic
necessity.
A shorter
construction
period
means
lower
costs
of site
maintenance
and
guarding,
lower
general
costs,
lower
supervision
costs,
and
even
lower
costs
incurred
by the
project
loan
scheme.
New
flats
are
characterised
by excellent
thermal
(k =
0.25)
and
sound
insulation
parameters,
both
in respect
of sound
permeability
and
conduction.
The
Milokum
buildings
comply
with
all
requirements
imposed
by the
Building
Research
Institute
in respect
of fire
resistance.
An
extension
of that
technology
is the
modular
building,
shown
a year
before,
which,
in the
case
of a
single-family
house,
can
be assembled
within
a dozen
or so
hours.
While
such
cheap
and
fast
building
is not
highly
popular
in Poland
yet
(the
exhibition
house
which
still
can
be seen
in the
Wadowicka
Street
was
purchased
by a
Czech
client),
the
ever-economic
Englishmen
declared
their
interest
in that
sort
of buildings.
The
only
difference
is that
they
are
going
to purchase
multi-family
up to
four-storey
high
buildings.
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