Friday, May 2, 2008

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

1 comment:

SRT251-2008-Edward-Greer said...

great site to visit by the looks, just wondering though, you said that some of the beams were being fireproofed, do you know if the older side of Westfield has fireproof beams? or is it only on this new side?