Broad Group which has built factory mass produced skyscrapers has a new construction innovation – Core Tubular Steel Slabs (CTS).
* CTS are 8 to 20 times lighter than reinforced concrete
* CTS are 100 times more corrosion resistant than carbon steel
* CTS able to withstand temperatures 300 degrees celsius higher than carbon steel
The 6th generation BSB features a stainless steel panel clip diameter 16~32mm thin-wall core tubes, employing a special vacuum brazing assembly line which reduces cost and enables mass production.
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On paper, these B-CORE slabs have a lot speaking for them, but trying to find out what the user experiences are, and who applied them, and where they are used, I found it very hard to obtain any information. There seems to be pretty little informtation on them anywhere, apart from the marketing statements and their repetition in different internet media.
Disturbingly, J57 Mini Sky City, the tallest building erected with B-Core Slabs is listed as ''Abandoned'' here: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/j57-mini-sky-city/19743