Case study 388 Lonsdale Street Melbourne September 2018 TRUECORE ® steel gives new life to an old buildingProject Goal: – Add eight storeys to a 50 year old, 12 storey building. Key highlights/challenges: – Existing structure’s ability to take additional load. – The age of the building meant that the grid could have been anywhere between 10mm to 30mm off, so the new steel structure had to accurately meet the existing columns. – There was no external access to build the walls and then clad them: all the new levels would be built without scaffolding. Key benefits: – Cost, time and safety – due to uniformity of manufactured frames, ease of handling and reduced working from heights requirements. Sources: – Carlos Cagliero, Senior project manager, Verve Construction (CC)

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