Edmond Coignet

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Edmond Coignet, born (July 4), 1856 in Ville d'Avray, France Deceased (1915). French Engineer and Entrepreneur, has been instrumental in the theory of Reinforced concrete.

[edit] Life and Achievements

Son of industrial François Coignet (1814-1888), and educated at the École centrale des arts et manufactures. Coignet was the inventor of the agglomerated concrete to strengthen the cement with metal inserts. He permanently reoriented the family business to construction. In 1892 he applied his innovative construction methods on the aqueduct of Achères, in Paris. Coignet was the first to use reinforced concrete piles and built with the architect Jacques Hermant first Parisian buildings in this material.

[edit] References

  • L'art de l'ingénieur, sous la dir. de Antoine Picon, éd. du Moniteur, 600 p. (ISBN 2-85850-911-5)
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