Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Hollow Core Concrete in application.

http://www.hollowcore.com.au/news/winner07.pdf

The Core Centre Torquay is an office and retail space that also contains car parking space. It is made up of two suspended concrete floors.

Precast hollow core concrete was used to allow for complexities in design including:

- Cantilevered beams and floor to accommodate large glass panels.
- Irregular floor-to-floor heights.
- Ramps.
- Central stair void.

Hollow core concrete allowed for the required 16 metre spans which gave the site flexibility and also saved costs.

1 comment:

Chris said...

very good choice of articles, gives a real insite to the semesters work. i like what you have done with those drawings clear and precise lines