Site 2: Doherty's Road Laverton

Construction Type: Continuous Portal Frame


This building has internal stanchions supporting the structure due to its large span.








I think its interesting how the stanchion is not embedded into the the concrete slab. Could this be because the height of the stanchion is so tall, further fixings such as bolts and welding need to be done before concrete is filled into the space in order to increase its overall stability?



Bracing is included in the roofing in order to increase the stability and resistance to windloads or uplifts. More triangulation in the bracing of the roof is required due to it's large roof area (larger the roof area = more contact with the wind).




Here, i noticed that 1/3 of the walls are concrete panels. This is a more economical solution because having all the walls as concrete panels would be very expensive.




Here we can see how the temporary props are fixed to the concrete panels.
The circular holes in the panels are furruls, which are designed to lock all the metal plates to the beam.