The Ytong came in 8' tall blocks, various lengths as I understand, 8" thick. I didn't get to see how they actually got connected together, that was before I got there. All the power came down from the top.
The structural contractor was very excited about how fast this stuff went up. It came in on a truck, they set it with a crane and he was ready to put the roof framing on it one day.
I had too much electrical stuff to look at to spend much time looking at how this all went together structurally but I am curious. I have to believe they needed some poured concrete, just to get the wind resistance and uplift protection. I bet it was the interior walls that were the "easy" part he was so excited about. I still have to believe the exterior needed a tie beam, solid concrete dowelled columns and corners etc.
