Technical Information

• The ground floor structure was designed for 50kN/m².
• The suspended floor structure was designed for a loading of 15kN/m².
• The roof structure was designed for heavy service loading of 3.5kN/m².
• The two steel framed buildings over 8000m² are linked via two 12m long link bridges.
• Planning constraints insisted the building heights were unchanged which proved a challenge to get light deep beams for the heavy first floor structure whilst maintaining clear spans of 12m and floor-ceiling heights of 5.5m as required by the client. 
• Our solution was to provide long continuously spanning compositely design shallow UC sections. This elegant solution provided the heights and clear spans whilst maintaining a clear service zone unaffected by any steel structure.
• The steel frame solution maintains a quality controlled off-site fabrication including the intumescent paint which minimises the risk of painting during the construction phase.
• The detailed 3D structural BIM model was used to visualise the structure and highlight clashes between the architectural and M&E disciplines.