Clarendon Street Site

I came across a commercial building under construction in Clarendon Street in Melbourne (down the road from Crown), and fortunately I had my camera with me. Prime opportunity!

Here we can see the insulation placed above the purlins, which are connected to steel beams on either side. We can also soo the girts along the walls and the blue beam bolted to the concrete beam below the girts.

A picture of a concrete band beam and slab, showing the economical height saving as opposed to a normal beam and slab.

A close up of the concrete beams and columns, as well as the steel beams bolted to the concrete columns.

More wall girts with what appears to be plasterboard cladding.

Here's a good picture of what the external facade columns look like, before (steel girt frame) and after (concrete facade cladding).

The bolted connection of steel beams and columns.