Friday 21 September 2012

Talk with Engineer - Lloyd Ellis


  • Need to go down roughly 17m to hit bedrock in Christchurch
  • Piles down 17m from ground, spaced 5m apart

  • Structure under the old building (ie. the new bits) will most probably be concrete

  • Existing masonry will require reinforcing with a steel frame on the outside - steel will go down into a large concrete footing to stabilise. Then the new building (ground floor down) will be placed inside this.
  • Either put steel frame on the inside around the whole existing OR steel frame for auditorium and tie the existing back to this to stabilise
  • Circular auditorium space could be poured concrete with layers or GRC - can be coloured (either)
  • Facade will need strengthening also

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