User talk:Beams&Lintels/sandbox

Beams&Lintels Peer Review
- Is there any part of the lead section that you want to add to or edit?

- In this sentence [For a multi-story building, meaning a building with more than one story, the use of a few common types of concrete suspended slabs are used (for more types refer to the section titled "Design" below)] link directly to the Design section. See here: link

- [Mostly used in residential and industrial applications.] This is not a complete sentence.

- It's good that you link to other existing pages

- [Cast in-Situ slabs which used in high rise buildings and huge shopping complexes as well as houses.] >>> Cast in-Situ slabs are used in high rise buildings and huge shopping complexes as well as houses.

- [This steel tray improves strength of the slab, and prevents the slab from bending under its own weight.] >>> This steel tray improves the strength of the slab and prevents the slab from bending under its own weight.

- [A ribbed slab, gives considerable extra strength on one direction. A waffle slab, gives added strength in both directions and it looks hollow from bottom.] No commas needed here.

- Under the "Design" section maybe consider adding photos for each of the slab types? Can you find a diagram that illustrates them all?

- [Prefabricated concrete slabs are built in a factory and transported to the site, ready to be lowered into place between steel or concrete beams.] >>> Prefabricated concrete slabs are built in a factory and transported to the site. Once there, they are ready to be lowered into place between steel or concrete beams.

- [After the concrete has set the wood may be removed, or left there permanently.] >>> After the concrete has set, the wood may be removed or left there permanently.

Overall this is a great addition to the existing page. Maybe you can add a section where you discuss how concrete construction has changed over the past few decades and how various designers have accomplished major feats in concrete ie: link

Keatonkane (talk) 01:00, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Instructor comments
I generally agree with your peer reviewer's comments, although they seem to be mostly copy edits. As for more substantive suggestions, the "steel tray" is more properly called decking (although the current Wikipedia article on decking doesn't acknowledge this); there are two types, composite (which contributes to the slab's strength as noted) and noncomposite (which is essentially left-in-place formwork that doesn't contribute to the slab's strength). Check out the Steel Deck Institute for more information. The citations are heavily biased toward online sources; consider including more authoritative publications such as those from SDI or the American Concrete Institute.

Elizabeth Linden Rahway (talk) 03:04, 27 November 2017 (UTC)