Whitegoods Warehouse

This warehouse is located in Clayton, Melbourne. Its purpose is to to store and distribute various brands of white goods. The building looks similar to the layout of the office and warehouse scenario for the major assignment having a separate warehouse and office complex.

The warehouse consists of a portal frame with concrete tilt-up panels fixed to the stanchions as cladding.

The building has an approximate 40m span. It's roof is sheeted with coated steel sheeting which is fixed to the purlins. Rows of translucent sheets are used to allow light into the warehouse. Between the purlins and roof sheets is safety mesh. A UB. rafter spans to the center of the warehouse (i.e. apex).

The strut/tie is fixed to the concrete panels. The purlins are fixed to this strut using nuts and bolts via a cleat.

The universal column is fixed to the pad underneath the concrete slab with the use of cast-in hold-down bolts or chemset bolts.
Sub-grade, packing sand, void barrier, formwork and reinforcement are put in place before the slab is poured.
The movement joint shown around this column was made with the use of 12mm fibreboard which is formed into this shape. The concrete slab is poured around it and in between the form-work and column. This separation allows for movement between the column area and slab so that cracking is minimized or eliminated.

Concrete panels are fixed to universal columns using bolts and braces.

The apex shows where the beams meet in the center of the warehouse. These beams are connected with the use of bolts (rigid connection). No haunching is used in the scenario.
Roof bracing can also be seen which go through the beam and have adjustmemts which increase or decrease the tension of the bracing. The diagonal bracing is 20mm diameter rod.

The universal columns, universal beams and cut UB haunching can be seen. The gutter is supported on top of the columns with the drainage pipes run internally from the roof, fixed to the concrete panels and then through the floor slab to the main storm water drainage underneath the warehouse.
The rafter/beam is fixed to the column using bolts. Stiffening plates are fabricated onto the column by welding.