lift-slab

[ lift-slab ]

adjective
  1. noting or pertaining to a technique of constructing multistory buildings in which all horizontal slabs are cast at ground level and, when ready, are raised into position by hydraulic jacks.

Origin of lift-slab

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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