Author: Ganesh Kumar
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TEK1’s Steel Detailing for Sydney Metro – Resolving Design Challenges – 5
We hope you found our previous blogs on the Sydney Metro project insightful. If you missed them, check them out. In this blog, I’d like to share an important lesson about concrete encasement for conduits that every steel detailer should keep in mind.Normally, conduit encasement falls under electrical scope, so detailers don’t focus much on…
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Mezzanine floor & stair handrails
TEK1 recently completed a Mezzanine steel & stair for a prominent organization in Australia. The goal was to provide detailed support steelwork for mezzanine floor & stair including handrails.
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Do not stick your neck out
While detailing a project for a leading organization in Australia, the client asked us to calculate material quantities for production and procurement. However, this involves high risk.As detailers, we don’t control the nesting process — which depends on factors like sheet size, scrap management, and fabrication methods. Each fabricator uses different nesting techniques. If we…
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Media wall
TEK1 recently completed a media wall support project for a prominent organization in Australia. The goal was to provide detailed support steelwork for a large media wall screen — with a unique challenge. Unlike most projects, we didn’t receive any structural design drawings. Instead, we were given only a concept design, leaving it to TEK1…
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Project – Bridge – 25
Tek1 recently completed a cladding project for a prominent organization in Australia. The project involved detailing cladding and its support system around a footbridge with unique challenges. The footbridge featured curved ends, but these were not simple linear curves, making the design and detailing process particularly intricate. Tek1 conducted numerous meetings with the client and…
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TEK1’s Steel Detailing for Sydney Metro – Resolving Design Challenges – 4
We hope you found our previous blogs on the Sydney Metro project insightful. If you missed them, check them out. In this blog, I’d like to share another connection detail we proposed to the structural engineer on the Sydney Metro project Since this is a metro project, fireproofing sheets are required on steel members as…
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TEK1’s Steel Detailing for Sydney Metro – Resolving Design Challenges – 3
We hope you found our previous two blogs on the Sydney Metro project insightful. If you missed them, check them out using the link below! In this blog, we’ll share about a connection detail that we proposed to the engineer. As per the design, a PFC beam needed to be supported by an I-beam above.…
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TEK1’s Steel Detailing for Sydney Metro – Resolving Design Challenges – 2
In the last blog in Sydney metro project , we discussed about the design issue regarding angle weld. Here we are going to discuss about the member placement issue. The design specified two PFCs on both sides of a column.Column was surrounded by fireproofing sheets. However, the PFC flanges clashed with the fireproofing sheets, making…
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TEK1’s Steel Detailing for Sydney Metro – Resolving Design Challenges – 1
TEK1 is currently engaged in steel detailing for the Sydney Metro project, working with a reputed organization in Australia. During the detailing process, we have encountered several design challenges. Here, we will share one such issue and how we resolved it. The Issue A design required two unequal angles welded to a small hanger with…
