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