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Composite frame system called Reinforced Concrete Steel Tube (RCST) system

Shimizu Corporation – Japan

The RCST system consists of concrete-filled steel-tube columns, H-shaped steel beams and beam-column joints with steel cover plates for confinement.

Office building in Sydney (One Shelley Street building)

UNSW, Sydney – Australia

The One Shelley Street building in Sydney was completed in 2010 and is best known for utilising an extremely efficient steel diagrid perimeter structure to eliminate the need for internal columns and to minimise the use of internal structural cores.

Logistic facility in Singapore (JLH)

National University of Singapore – Singapore

New composite beams and columns were adopted to reduce the beam height and the weight of the columns.

Office building in SÃO PAULO

Engineer appointed by Gerdau – Brazil

The composite solution was chosen considering not only the optimized best technical solution (building height, gravitational/lateral forces applied, lateral resistance system adopted), but also the total cost, erection time-consuming and time to get the raw material from providers as well.

Office, residential and retail in Rotterdam

Pieters Bouwtechniek – Netherlands

The building serves as the expansion of the city hall, also providing residential spaces in the downtown area of Rotterdam.

Commercial building in Mumbai

BESTECH CONSULTANT ENGINEER – India

Composite columns and beams as well as special foundation details at column base were adopted to reduce construction time and to increase the strength, serviceability and life expectancy.

School in Montelabbate

Studio AEDITECNE di Vicenza – Italy

Multiple types of steel products, including composite columns (concrete filled tubes) and composite beams (thin-walled steel profiles with concrete infill) were used to retrofit the structural system of an elementary school that was deemed unsafe according to the new code requirements that came into force in Italy in 2003.

Football Stadium in Bilbao

IDOM Consulting Engineering Architecture – Spain

The building is the new stadium for the San Mames, Bilbao.

Office building in Tianjin

Tongji University – China

The reinforced concrete core -mega braced frame tube system is used, which the mega braced frame tube consists of 4 hexagonal columns at edges of the building, 9 belt trussed, and mega bracings.

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