Betonielementtisysteemi

ensimmäinen kotimainen betonielementtijärjestelmä

Kirjoittajat

• Yki Hytönen
• Matti Seppänen

Abstrakti

The Finnish Precast Concrete System

The first Finnish precast concrete system (betonielementtisysteemi, BES) was developed at the change of the 1960s and 70s to resolve the problems in the production of concrete elements, resulting from the rapid growth of residential building construction. BES has been considered a turning point in the industrialization of the Finnish construction domain.
The development of BES aimed at better modification possibilities in planning and construction of flats. However, BES did not determine facades as part of the system, thus it did not offer tools for developing the outer design of buildings.
Despite its problems BES set the standards for the whole rapidly growing market of precast concrete elements.