Horizon & Arabian

Construction House

• Present
• G.R.C Building Materials

• G.R.P Building Materials

• Presented by Dr. Sam Erfan

New building Material

• Concrete mix with Fiber equal

three times steel concrete
building.
• In recent years High Technology
materials, specially synthetic
composites and industrial
processes.
What Is GRC ?

• Glass Reinforced Concrete (GRC) is a combination of specially

developed Alkali Resistant (AR) glass fibers and cement sand
mortar.

• The resultant composite is a concrete like material combining

the compressive properties of cement mortars with the valuable
flexural and tensile strength of the glass fibers.
• It is in many ways similar to concrete but its higher cement
content and lower permeability make it more resistant to
moisture penetration, atmospheric attack or sand erosion. The
high cement and low aggregate content also result in higher
moisture movement than concrete, although thermal movement
is similar.
• GRC was originally pioneered by the U.K. Building Research
Establishment in the early 1970's. This environment-friendly
composite using natural raw material is transformed into a great
variety of products. Due to its flexibility to meet performance,
appearance and cost parameters, GRC products are popular
among designers, architects, engineers and end users.
Advantages:

• Mould ability to produce wide range of intricate shapes and profiles.

• Lightweight, ease and speed of handling, with reduced erection and
transportation costs.

• Reduced loadings on buildings leading to substantial reductions in

structural and foundation costs, especially useful for building renovation
or restoration.

• Ability to reproduce fine surface details.

• Low maintenance requirements.

• Good freeze-thaw resistance.

• Low permeability.

• Excellent fire properties.

• Environment-friendly.
What Is GRP ?

• Glass fibre Reinforced Plastics (GRP) or Fiber Glass

Reinforced Plastics (FRP) are essentially structural
materials that belong to the larger family of
composite materials. As a matter of fact, modern
composites owe their genesis to glass-fiber
reinforced polyester developed in the 1940s. The
composite basically consists of e-glass fibers and
polyester resin that has excellent mould ability
with several desired qualities such as lightweight,
high strength, high stiffness, toughness, chemical
resistance, electrical properties, aesthetic appeal,
etc.
Advantages

• Easy mould ability to architectural forms and shapes

• High strength to weight ratio

• Wide performance range

• Low manufacturing cost

• High resistance to impact

• Resistance to corrosion

• Good electrical characteristics

• Heat and sound insulation

• Translucency and color impregnation

Our Panels
• Allow for fast, strong & affordable
construction of homes, building, offices&
warehouses.
• All made from composite materials.
• Allow for 35, 65, & 420 sqm. Homes to be
build in 1, 4, & 10 days respectively.
• Are waterproof, can withstand a hurricane,
and no foundation or roof structure
required.
• Our panels come from 6cm to 10cm
About us
• World demand for houses clearly exceeds
supply many times over among many
factors contributing to it are price and
inability to build fast enough per example
on low income Housing.
• According to a study conducted by the UN-
Habitat agency, in 2001 over two billion
human brings-i.e. over 40% of the
population in development regions lived in
cities, of which almost 870 million resided
in slums. In fact, 78% of urban population
of the last developed countries lived in
slums.
Uses of the Material
• The material can be used for producing
Islamic molding and decoration, persisted
light domes, Hip tiles and vary recent
facing of buildings.
• The material is ideal for building’s
accessories and Decorations coastal cities
to resist Humidity and bad weather to
perform Balcony Balustrade, Sun, Shade,
pergolas, Flowers Boxes, and Entrance &
Window’s cap.
The Material
Cement Fiber Glass
• General Description:
• Cement Fiber Glass is material developed from
(GRC) with higher mechanical, physical, chemical
specification:
• 1-It’s stresses is 3 times of reinforced concrete and
normal life time is not less than 4 times of it.
• 2-It is not affected by water and Humidity.
• 3-It resists alkalis acids salts and sea iodine it
insulate heat & ELC.
• It is very rigid and have high resistance friction it
can has a smooth anti-pollution surfaces.
Composition &
Manufacturing Methods
• 1-Cement, Sand, Polymers, water,
and Adhesive materials.
• 2-Reinforced by distributor alkaline
fiber net (A.R. Fiber) which cold bear
a very high tension.
• 3- Exposed to a special Mechanical
operations during manufacturing to
be very rigid after drying &
treatments.
Notes on (A.R) Fiber
• A.R. Fiber differ from other Fibers in
the inclusion of (Zr02) Zirconium
oxide which provides the alkaline
assistance property.
• The Glass is melted by electric or
gas heated furnaces, molten glass
passes from the furnace to series of
electrically heated outlets which are
made of platinum that defies the
high temperature.
Prefabricated Buildings
systems
• Walls:
• 1- Sandwich panels from 6-10 cm thick with heat &
sound insulating core.
• Panels are two floors including life and dead loads.
• Panels are semi-finished and have all electric &
water embedded pipes.
• The panels are surrounded with special
interlocking made of wood, metal or G.R.C which
make it easy for assembling and make the building
one strong and Rigid block not affected by storms
& earth Quakes.
Uses of the prefab
building systems
• The system serves housing,
educational, Tourist, Administrative,
Exhibitions, Industrial, and Military
Buildings.
• Because of it’s light weight so
addition one or two floors on the roof
of the old buildings could be made
easy.
Portable GRC Bathroom
top hat is water tank
Sewage cover G.R.C
strong and has no value
because no steel.
Sewage cover with ring
Sewage cover with ring
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Qatar Gazebo
Fence
Mosque OmanGRC&GRP
calculation
• 1-Reduce the cost specially far from city.
• 2-Easy for disassembling and can be
transferred from one place to another, then
re-assembled in different designs.
• 3-It can be build on weak and bad soils.
• 4-Very easy to produce shell construction
roofs like domes, vaults and show rooms
with very low cost.
• Can be build in 1, 2, 10, day turn key.
Thank You

• Dr. Sam Erfan

• Email serfan2519@aol.com
• Tel Eg 012-702-3941
• USA 1-727-242-5443