Buitrago, Manuel; Sagaseta, Juan; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2020-02-01)
[EN] The risk of structural failure of buildings can be significant during construction. Temporary adjustable telescopic steel shores or props are commonly used in building construction. The failure of shores is sudden and ...
Makoond, Nirvan Chandra; Buitrago, Manuel; Adam, Jose M.(Auburn University USA, 2023-05-17)
[EN] As the impacts of climate change and emerging conflicts become more and more apparent, it is undeniable
that more robust building structures are required for resilient societies to be able to thrive. In fact, there ...
Buitrago, Manuel; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Moragues, Juan J; Alvarado, Yezid A.; Adam, Jose M(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2021-03)
[EN] Temporary shoring structures are used in the construction of reinforced concrete buildings to transmit the loads of newly poured slabs onto the lower floors. The main problems involved in the use of shores/props are: ...