GFRC panels are becoming more frequently used in more modern buildings to provide unique styles and give the chance to provide a creative feeling to the whole structure. Whether it's a newly designed house, a business shop or an airport, the panels offer a different range of advantages. The panels provide a variance of form and colour. These designs have proved very popular because of the custom selections you can choose to match exact specifications you may need, it gives the architect a large source of designs to create and with the panels it gives them this possibility.
Historic buildings that have deteriorated over time due to the factors of duration and weather and other potential disturbances, the panels are finding broad use in the rejuvenating of old buildings that have suffered from wear and tear over time. They're considered by a lot of professionals within the building industry to be deemed the best solution available today to replace old framework and structures. As they can replace old structures of old buildings, this gives the lucrative panels unlimited choice for people to choose from should they wish to replace them. Not only can they replace old framework but they can also be built upon from scratch for new buildings that have no base and are being built completely from fresh.
GFRC panels are consisted of a 1 inch thick composite glass fiber concrete skin that is attached by flexible steel pins to a firm steel frame. They have also been a great choice for high-rise buildings as the solid steel frame that the panels provide are good for areas of high seismic activity such as earthquakes that could disrupt old fragile buildings. Also for extremely decorative and awkward shapes of buildings will be put under more pressure from seismic activity and the panels provide a sturdy frame. Because they are flexible the seismic activity would be able to move the fiber glass but it wouldn't collapse and fall like some historic buildings might under the intense pressure of something that.
They're manufactured by hand spraying a cement/sand mix and the fiber glass used is cut into the specific details of what the buyer wanted of shape and size. Depending on what colour they chose, the cement/sand mix will be sprayed onto the specifically but fiber glass to provide the desired finish and look. Not only are the cement/sand mix on the exterior to look nice and neat, but they also provide the fiber glass with tough protection.
Because the panels are also extremely lightweight, this means they can be transported much further abroad due to the weight. Traditionally of pre cast panels you can only distribute 400 square foot on a flatbed truck but a big advantage of the glass fibre concrete is that they can fit up to 1500 square foot on a truck. The whole of the United States of America has benefitted because of this and can generally distribute to any part of the country. Parts of Africa have also been able to have panels distributed to them. Countries like Japan also make use of these sturdy materials because they live in Earthquake prone areas such as the ring of fire.
