Tuesday, March 18, 2008

more pictures of MFB building



These detailed shots illustraight
  • C type girts with bolted connection to hi strength concrete columns
  • the form of the external cladding is unusally shaped and requires a subtantial amount of support with is provided by the application of the steel/ concrete structure

Portal frame connection detail


detail protal frame pinned connection

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

MFB complex (Burnley)




My images relate to the Metropolitan Fire bridgade training complex, located at 450 Burnley street, very close to the Burnley exit of the citylink tunnel. It comprises of steel fabrication, aswell as tilt up construction. It has been build by the ABI group, and was completed in 2007. photos include detail of steel framework design.