Kate- Construction and structures 2: 2008

Monday, November 3, 2008

Section through a wall (residential)

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

1:10 model: Major project

-Portal frame consists of UB stanchion and UB beam

-Z section girts and C section purlins

-external steel frame supports the timber slats used to shade the interior of the warehouse

-safety mesh, insulation and lysaght sheet roofing at 2 degrees, sit on the C section purlins

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Concrete
Volume 40, number 6, July 2006
article: new software speeds structural detailing
author: unknown

This article informs us on the new advanced features that have been incorporated into StruCad V12. This new and improved software provides faster structural steel detailing and a choice of new modelling technologies. The article contains detailed information about a number of these features. Including the new CAM system and interactive connection modelling.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Article One

Facilities Management Journal
March/April 2007

article: Museum of Science, Boston: Capital planning

page 40

author:Lisa Raffin

This article gives a brief account on the capital planning of the Museum of Science in Boston. Including the challenges of the site, such as the fact that half of the building belongs to the city of Cambridge and the other half belongs to the city of Boston which makes adhering to local building codes difficult. It also mentions the maintainence and renewal projects that needed to be organised.

Article two

Facilities management journal
March/april 2007
article: Budgeting green
pages 50-51
author: Jackie Jennings

This article contains information on how to build in an environmentally friendly way. Ideas such as lots of openable windows, using low-VOC paints, and carpets made from recycled materials are all examples of ways to make your buildings environmentally friendly. The article puts forward the information in an imformative way that is easy to understand, this makes the article a valuable resource.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Article six

Steel Australia

Volume 20, number 2, June 2007

article: just the place for moving events

pages 26-27

author: unknown

This article focuses on a sporting stadium near phoenix, Arizona. It has not only a retractible roof but also a retractible side and a field that moves in and out of the structure. It is primarily constructed from steel and this is what the article discusses in depth, the way in which the steel structure can be manipulated to suit the needs of the sporting clubs, the weather and the size of the crowd of spectators.

Article four

Steel Australia

Volume 20, number 2, June 2007

article: galvanising gets greener

author: unknown

'Galvanising gets greener' includes a detailed account on the Australian company GB Galvanising, that won an award in 2007 for achieving world class efficiencies that are built into the plant expansion. The article continues to talk about how the plant was made more 'green' by lowering energy usage, burning less natural gas in the factory and lowering greenhouse gas emitions.

Article five

Steel Australia
Volume 20, number 2, June 2007
article: Steel framed way speeds brizzie bridge build
pages 24-25
author: Chris M Harris

This article is centred around the construction of the Eleanor Schonell Bridge in Brisbane. Its steel construction produced a lighter structure requiring less support as well as enabling prefabrication and most of the assembly to be completed off-site. The article goes on to explore the ways that the structure was put together as well as the major benefits of the steel construction.