Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Site visit #1. Constructed building
The example of long span construction seen here is the Mitre 10 building in Geelong. The roof is supported by the exterior walls only, and has no internal columns.
This photograph shows the internal structure of the roof. There are two single steel beams joined in the middle.
The join connecting the two steel beams is shown here. The connection is made with steel bolts.
Shown here is the connection between the steel column in the wall and the concrete slab. Again, bolts are used to anchor the building, as well as steel plates.
This photograph shows the interresting join between the steel wall columns, the wall cladding, and the long span roof beams and the roof covering. Bolts are the main fixing used, with welding between the roof beam and wall column. An extra triangular steel piece is added to help transfer some of the roof load to the wall, and thus the ground.
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