“Early in the concept and design of the project it became evident that a steel framed structure could not only deliver architectural interest but would be cheaper and faster to construct than pre-stressed in-situ concrete. Steel could also accommodate design changes during construction. The column free spaces and floor to ceiling heights, large spans and fast construction particularly favoured steel.”
“The plan of the steel framing layout combined the strength and deflection efficiencies of continuous composite construction with stock length beam sizes. This reduced wastage and/or supply lead times. The maximum primary beam span is 11.5 metres and the typical simple supported secondary beam span is 12 metres. These beams were designed as composite beams.”