My favorite site

I recently visited a relatively new yet established industrial estate in Sunshine.In particular I visited 2 factories on Normanby Drv.Below are photos of the first site I visited.The warehouse is used to mainly store pallets full of specialist mining equipment parts.This site found in fact most beneficial ,in particular when it came to dealing with the warehouse/office complex scenario which was presented to us in the major assignment.Again we see that consideration has been given to the requirements for transportation of goods,forklifts,pallet systems,security and appropriate levels of daylight.This building has been constructed using concrete panels,which we see increasingly being used for an entire range of buildings,whether the panels a pre-cast or cast on site.Moreover I liked the site as due to the warehouse being relatively small it was very easy to clearly see any typical steel to steel connections and features that could be associated with industrial design.The internal box gutter is particularly clear.Walls appear to be loadbearing as the loadbearing panel is carrying the rafters.Panels that are used as loadbearing tend to reduce overall cost due to the reduction in weight of any required structural steel work.However more roof bracing is required,but removing columns further only provides saviongs.For large panels,the joints between panels are generally located at rafter centres such that roof framing laterally supports both panels.As the permiter walls are located at the boundary alot of thought needs to be given to issues like the erection process,any base joint details,sealing of wall joints & flashings between buildings as work can only be completed from one side as adjacent buildings exist on the boundary.