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.

Construction Site visit two:

-underside of composite constructed slab
-bondeck
-exposed services (red pipes)
site: New TAC building Geelong CBD

Construction Site visit one:

-Connection between pre-cast concrete panel and bracing
-The ferrule would be cast into the panel and then the bracing is attatched
site: Safeway Supermarket Pakington st Geelong West

Construction Site visit one:

-Pre-cast concrete panels supported by angled bracing

-Bracing connected by Ferrules in the concrete panels

-Steel construction : roof and 1st floor interior

-note: yellow safety caps on top of safety fence

site: New Safeway Supermarket on Pakington st Geelong West

Construction Site visit one:

Mastic between two pre-cast concrete panels

New Safeway Supermarket on Pakington St Geelong west

Construction Site visit two

- underside of composite construction slab

-props (braced) holding up ceiling joists and composite slab

site: New TAC building, Geelong CBD

Section through a Composite Construction wall

Section through a pre-cast concrete panel wall

Section through a pre-cast concrete panel wall