Harmony Timber has supplied trusses to five blocks requiring a mansard roof solution in Twickenham. The roof had been engineered with steel beams throughout and Harmony’s design team was tasked with removing as much steel as possible.
Starting with over 250m of steel beams, Harmony reduced this by over half to 90m on one block alone. The steel detail was over complicated to start with but with some thought and timber engineering using the latest Pamir software from Mitek, Harmony’s design team managed to simplify the steel positions and the timber connections to the steels to also make the erection of the roof more efficient and cost effective. At present four of the five blocks have been erected in half the allocated time, with nothing but positive feedback from the client and site team.
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