Ferrocement

Description

A construction containing steel bars or shaped wire mesh covered with a cement mortar. The metal increases the tensile strength of the concrete.

See also Reinforced concrete.

Synonyms and Related Terms

béton armé (Fr.); betão armado (Port.); ferroconcrete; ferro-concrete; reinforced concrete

Authority

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996