Under construction- The 'Hay' Building, Deakin university waterfront campus

The new Law and Medicine faculty at the Deakin University Waterfront campus is an interesting case study due to the technical amalgamation of several types of construction ranging from steel post and beam, reinforced concrete slab timber framing and brick veneer. (Note; some of the below images were taken on a site visit in conjunction with another student, Ryan Mitchell, and may also be on his blog).


Above: This is an interesting shot because it shows a multitiude of building materials, namely C purlins, cleats, brick veneer walls, and floorjoists.
Above: Steel window framing grid waiting for glass inserts has been attached by cleats to the side of the reinforced concrete slab structure.

Above: a distance shot showing how the window frames cover all floors to give the 'curtain wall' effect.
Corner detail of curtain wall fastenings. Note: in this image the obvious 'kink' in the structure can be seen, this is to allow sea view from all points on the long thin site.
Above; extra reinforcement and engineering was required to enable these universal beams to overhang in this manner.
In this shot the connection between the steel post and beam structure and the concrete slab of the very top floor is visible through the brick portal on the right.