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Solid alternative
Who said that steel should dominate the warehouse construction landscape?
The Concrete Centre champions an alternative approach.
Clients and suppliers are likely to benefit frames in the industrial shed market. concrete walls together with roof structures –
from a challenge by an alternative concrete Speaking at the recent Shed conference, Dr lightweight or heavy – in the materials most
solution to the domination of steel portal Bernard Rimmer, former director of Slough appropriate for architectural and performance
Estates and consultant for The requirements. According to Dr Rimmer this
Concrete Centre, said, “The solution will provide more freedom and
competition between steel and flexibility for designers to offer an attractive
concrete in the office structure and viable alternative to steel that is strong on
market has been great for issues of sustainability, fire resistance and
innovation and efficiency to speed to market.
the benefit of clients and “These benefits of concrete construction for
suppliers alike. In stark industrial sheds are further compounded by
contrast, the domination of global issues of steel prices and climate
steel portal frames in the shed change”, said Rimmer. “The time is right for
market has led to little designers to examine a real and viable
innovation or change over alternative to the portal frame shed”.
many years”.
The Concrete Centre has produced a new report
The alternative solution
‘Shed Structures: A New Approach’.
being offered consists of a
For copies telephone 0700 4 500 500 or visit
combination of structural
www.concretecentre.com
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