concretable

n. a modular, portable building made of concrete. Subjects: Florida, English, Architecture

Editorial Note: A “concretable” is a type of “relocatable,” which is a modular, portable building made of any material. Etymological Note: concrete + portable

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Citations: 2002 Angie Francalancia Palm Beach Post (Florida) (Mar. 20) “Creator Of Portables Tries Henry Ford Method” p. 1: In an industrial lot alongside Pike Road, amid steel frames and giant cranes, is where portables are born. The concrete cottages that go together like an erector set and promise more permanence are finding their way to school campuses.…“I call these relocatables,” said Sanger, patting the walls of a finished classroom that was ready to be loaded and hauled to Wellington High School last week.…Sanger said using concrete portables—concretables—is a response to a state law that is requiring the district to house all children in buildings that meet building codes. 2003 Boca Raton News (Florida) (Dec. 9) “Classroom size reduction funds pending distribution”: In the run for the money are 30 Palm Beach County Schools, including six from Boca Raton and Delray, which are in need of permanent additions to better accommodate the rising number of students. Calusa Elementary, Del Prado Elementary, Verde Elementary, and Waters Edge Elementary are all slated for additional modulars—classroom facilities that can be stacked on top of each other if need be—to replace the more expensive concretables, which cannot be stacked. 2007 Barbara Behrendt @ Lecanto St. Petersburg Times (Florida) (Jan. 29) “‘Concretables’ get a thumbs-up”: Both new additions, which came online when school opened in August, are constructed of concrete portable modules built by Royal Concrete Concepts Inc. of Palm Beach County. Approved by the School Board in January 2006, the “concretables” were assembled over eight days at the beginning of summer vacation and were ready for students less than two months later.

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