Hennebique, François
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| Birthname | François Benjamin Joseph Hennebique | ||||
| born on | 25 April 1842 at 18:00 (= 6:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France, 50n2122, 2e4532 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m2e4532 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   05°05'   15°08 Asc. 23°47'
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Biography
French engineer and self-educated builder who patented his pioneering reinforced-concrete construction system in 1892, integrating separate elements of construction, such as the column and the beam, into a single monolithic element. The Hennebique system was one of the first appearances of the modern reinforced-concrete method of construction.
Hennebique had first worked as a stonemason, later becoming a builder, with a particular interest in restoration of old churches. Hennebique's Béton Armé system started out by using concrete as a fireproof protection for wrought iron beams, on a house project in Belgium in 1879. He realised however, that the floor system would be more economic if the iron were used only where the slab was in tension, relying on the concrete in the compression areas. His solution was reinforced concrete – a concrete slab with steel bars in its bottom face.
Between 1892 and 1902, over 7,000 structures were built using the Hennebique system, including buildings, water towers and bridges. Most of these were by other firms licensing the technology, although Hennebique designed some structures himself, including the 1899 bridge at Châtellerault.
He died on 7 March 1921, aged 78, in Paris.
Events
- Other Work 1892 (Patented his invention)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield submitted birth certificate (acte n° 12) from the online Pas-de-Calais archives (image 566/1272): "six heures du soir" (six o'clock in the evening). No extra info in margin. English Wikipedia has 26 April in error.
Categories
- Vocation : Building Trades : Construction work
- Vocation : Engineer : Civil
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Reinforced-concrete construction)