Egg cartons in beachshack!- Luxalon Quadroclad

Asked a builder friend about what new products were particularly impressive in the building industry and he was about to investigate this product as he felt it had potential as a lightweight product for large surfaces although cost was going to be an issue. The honeycomb structure is very similar to the egg carton insulation we found in the walls of our beachhouse when we were renovating!

this concerns me

We researched ironwood for Design 2A 'Domus' hot humid climate brief (Kakadu)' and concluded that ironwood was a sustainable plantation material. Reading this article, I now begin to question this. This suggests that ironwood is hard to find and that consumers have driven the need to source it from anywhere!

GREAT TIMING!

An exhibition on at Fed Square. Will try to get to it this weekend.

colorbond product.

I have included this article on my blog as Aramax is a recent roofing product that

has a deep profile and is able to span up to 20 metres. Good for warehouses maybe.

con assignment in progress

Exterior of warehouse with exoskeletal structure

Inside of warehouse - no structure!

View of truss which is loaded on the "gerberette" or gerber arm which pivots at the column and is attached at the other end to a tension column which transfers the forces out and down to the footings - all of which reduces the bending moments on the truss thus allowing for a greater span and less depth to the truss thus freeingup of internal space. Celebrating the structure includes notonly an exoskeletal steel strucure but also exposing the concrete pad footing. CHS column with steel arm which has dual function of supporting concrete panel and the horizontal and diagonal bracing.

SITE VISIT 4 -

Safety mesh on.

The dunny!

Safety scaffolding up for next stage.

These massive 9 x3 metre concrete slabs are cladding only and are connected to the columns only by the teeniest weeny spring clips that are 150mm x 70mm in size.(shown in last site visit). Very hard to wrap my head around this.

Hoping that the infill slab would be down but not yet. Gravel bed is ready.

YEAH! INVITED ON SITE

Walls are up!

This section of wall and roof is the only one with fulling bracing. Is there more to come? The precast panels are 9metres by 3 metres. and placed horizontally. Looks good. Note bracing across the window (interesting! I quite like it) and temporary props for panels supporting the roller door. Concrete floor to be installed in sections next week.

Temporary props for wall with roller door.

Footing for column

Connection to old post office. The old rafter is visible on the far side of the column. A new rafter has been bolted to this side of the universal beam and the new purlins (not shown ) sit on top of this.

Just four small bolts at the base of columns holding all this up. Amazing!

This could be fun!

Bracing tensioner

Hole cut in concrete panel for one of the beams to support the entrance portico

Bracing

These are the clips holding the 9x3 metre concrete panels to the columns. They are so insubstantial! But obviously very effective!

How can four small spring clips hold up a nine metre by three metre concrete slab?