Steel Construction Detailing

Emirates Office Tower is a high-rise building positioned in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, construction for the structure was commenced in the year 1996 which was accomplished in the year 1999. The structure rises to the peak architectural height of 354.6 meters whilst to the rooftop and topmost floor it is 311 meters and 241.4 meters respectively, it houses 54 floors in total and lies on overall ground area of 100,000 square meters. The design of the tower is considered to be a complex one indicating contemporary commercial era structural design, the structure consists of 3 big principal walls supporting the weight shifted at 4 levels through huge steel strings which remains linked to the centers with help of post tensioning and cut off fasten construction. The tower is hemmed in through attire of silvery aluminum windowpanes, shiny and copper reflective cut-glass. Each tower as of foundation is near to the ground wavy structure accumulating parking area and service essentia...

Sidu River Bridge, positioned in Hubei province of China, is a suspension route journeying the Sidu River. Construction for the bridge was initiated in 2005 which was accomplished in the year 2009; the one was built at an estimated construction cost of US$ 100 million. The bridge spans an overall distance of 1,222 meters and lengthiest span of 900 meters with width of 24.5 meters whilst the ground clearance is 496 meters crafting it to be the highest bridge in the world.   The design of the bridge consists of H-shaped towers with a string reinforced central span and unsuspended sideway spans. Burrow tie up natured trusses were built in 71 segments of which the largest segment weighed 91.6 metric tons, the trusses are 21 feet high and 85 feet wide. The foremost suspension cable was set up utilizing a rocket as the bridge’s geographic location made it unmanageable to do the task using boats or helicopters which has been heretofore utilized to do the same, for the construc...