Tension supports are provided a few feet below the roofline to reduce the need for collumns.
Image showing the apex and the roof at a slight angle, with insulation visible behind.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Site Visit
Today I visited office works and noticed the central space had some interesting support systems enabling the space to be open.
Tension supports are provided a few feet below the roofline to reduce the need for collumns.
Image showing the apex and the roof at a slight angle, with insulation visible behind.
Tension supports are provided a few feet below the roofline to reduce the need for collumns.
Image showing the apex and the roof at a slight angle, with insulation visible behind.
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Bunnings Warehouse
Bunnings warehouse is a perfect example of a large spanning building.
Main View
This interior view of Bunnings warehouse gives an idea of the long spans required for the structure using minimal supports. Collumns run along each wall and down the centre of the structure only, allowing maximum space for storage.
Lateral Support
This gives an idea of the repetition of supports (cross bracing) along the roof, and the connection to longer spanning beams.
Collumn and Roof Spanning beam. Corner connection
This detail shows a close up for the 'I' beams used in the structure and the connection system used.
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