Edgewater

This is a series of photo taken in conjunction with Richard Israel, this photo's depict prefabricated panel walls and their arrangement, also present on sight was a concrete pouring crane that was used to lay suspended slabs on the higher floors. i also saw temporary supporting structure for the suspended slabs. it also shows the use of concrete to support the prefabricated concrete panels.

New-Concrete Society Technical Report 67:

This Article discuses the types of movement, restrain and cracking in concrete structures.It acknowledges the loading bearing nature of concrete, but focuses more on other factors such as temperature, early-aged construction, humidity effects, creep and long term shrinkage. They say it important to understand the difference between the type movement and the source of movement, as it usually caused by multiple sources. It also discuses the importance the restraint to minimize movement. This can be done in several ways reinforcement, temperature differentials at interfaces.

This is an extract from "Concrete for the Construction Industry, Vol 42, Num 4, May 2008" page 26

If this was England, it would still be bad










Comic taken from "Concrete for the Construction Industry, Vol 42, Num 4"

Sustainability Scores for Concrete

This article is based on the research at the time, about the long term sustainability of concrete in the long term. They even go as far as to suggest that in 40 years people who have brought a lightweight timber home may be regretting their decision, as their homes may regularly over heat. The findings of the research states. That over the life of a home, the whole life operational CO² emissions of a house have far more environmental impact than the embodied CO² of the materials used to build. In The UK 50% of the carbon emissions are due to the energy used to heat, cool and light buildings, thus amplifying the importance of evaluating the energy consumption a building when selecting construction materials. The study uses future climate conditions to further understand potential needs of buildings in the future. It was deduced that thermal massing can reduce air conditioning needs as well as the capture of solar gains thus reducing heating fuels. It id these savings that will slightly off set the embodied CO² in masonry construction.



This taken from "Concrete for the Construction Industry, Vol 40, Num 6, July 2006" page28-29

The Geelong Deakin Waterfront Campus Construction site.

This a series of photographs that depict the wing of deakin. the pictures show a variety of steel column connections with each other, The preparation joints where extra structure will be added with help of cleats. they also show the use of existing
structure to allow for larger window and shaping the suspended concrete slabs to reveal maximum views


















































these photos where taken in conjunction with Richard Israel.

Just the Place for Moving Events

This article depicts the new Phoenix stadium in Arizona and the application of steel to construct it. RDS steel detailers helped realize this unique design through a series of the details their Auckland office building. The shape of the exterior takes its form from a barrel cactus, featuring an outer skin of large smooth panels composed of double curved steel cladding alternating with dramatic vertical slots of glass. The Stadium's roof is another achievement for steel, a retractable roof comprising of two 50m by 75m retractable panels, each weighing 500 tones.


This is an extract from"Steel Australia, Vol 2, Num 1, March 2008" page 26-27

The Geelong Westfield Shopping Plaza

The following images are taken of the portion of Geelong Westfield shopping plaza which is currently under construction. Some of may remember early when I posted images of the car park at this facility.

This Shows the cladding used to increase the fire resistance of the beams it covers, it was also seen in the car park.

















Joint for temporary bracing column






















Just a view from a to be window











The steel framing and construction of the separating walls.


















The placing of concrete slabs
















Steel framed columns covered in plywood cladding final finish yet to be added















Concrete column


















View of insulation from below and services running through beams













Roofing framing













The beginning of a travelator,









































Beams and fireproofing, also temporary structure for construction workers services












View the glazed area of wall















services connections to roof











Steel roofing














connection detail for steel beams













roofing and air duct
















Prefabricated concrete panels used to construct wall
































framing of windows in prefabricated concrete panel wall.










temporary supports used to hold prefabricated concrete panels in place











steel roofing structure from above

















bondek position above the insulation














Steel roofing
















connection of beams to rafters





















another roof detail















roof beams connection detail









A close up of the roofing insulation

Truck Station Weathers Road Rush

The Article depicts a busy southbound section of the F3 freeway just north of Sydney that recently welcomed a heavy vehicle checking facility. This new building is a typical steel structure. It provides for disabled access and amenities to AS1428 standard. In terms of construction the welds comply with tough B204 standard and the coatings quality to B220. The use of all hot dipped galvanised steel members and COLORBOND cladding for the 45m long 17.5m wide and over 6m high cover structure satisfactory meets design criteria. The Steel grade 300MPa was used for bars and sections to AS3679 standard, grade 350MPa for the hollow sections to AS1163 and 450MPa for the cold formed sections to AS1397. The 14m by 3.35, inspection office is finished in COLORBOND and LYSAGHT SPANDEK metal wall cladding, roof sheets, edge trims and roof ventilators.


This is taken from "Steel Australia, Vol 20, Num 3, September 2007" page 16-17