Construction World May 2017

FORMWORK AND SCAFFOLDING

Up for an ARCHITECTURAL HIGHLIGHT ‘down under’

For the scaffolding contractor, the biggest challenge was to meet the extremely tight timetable in spite of only minimum crane availability. The project- specific planning service provided by PERI Australia´s engineers, together with the system advantages of the flexible PERI UP Flex Modular Scaffolding, helped the construction team to complete the work within the very tight time schedule. Construction work for the 34 000 m² expansion of the Chadstone Shopping Center began back in 2014; today, the largest shopping centre in Australia has a total area of around 212 000 m². The structure receives up to 70 000 visitors a day – who now have the opportunity to stroll under an impressive, undulating curved glass roof. Flexibility and sophistication PERI engineers developed a project- specific solution in close collaboration with scaffolding contractor, Nomad Scaffolding, which was optimally adapted to match the extraordinary geometry and scaffolding heights of up to 20 m. It was necessary to be able to reach every angle of the steel construction along with bridging large areas and ensuring the reliable transfer in part of concentrated loads. Nonetheless, the scaffolding construction could be erected almost exclusively with system components. PERI UP Flex impressively demonstrated its adaptability during this challenging project. Thanks to the modular scaffold´s high level of flexibility, the loads generated by the steel roof construction could then be reliably transferred from all areas and, in addition, the PERI UP solution offered In Melbourne, the continent’s largest shopping centre has been renovated and expanded. Now an architecturally demanding, curved glass construction covers the Chadstone Shopping Centre which was opened in 1960.

access points to all areas of the complex shaped steel roof as well as the safe and level work spaces. The modular scaffolding can be optimally adapted to suit almost any local conditions due to the continuous metric system grid of all components along with the possibility of changing the direction of the decking. Through the self- locking ledger connection on the rosette and integrated lock against lifting, PERI UP Flex can also be installed extremely quickly. Light solution up for the task A particular advantage of the PERI UP Flex Modular Scaffolding in the project was the low weight of the individual system components. One reason: due to the rectangular ledger cross-section, PERI UP achieves an increased load-bearing

BELOW: The PERI UP Flex Modular Scaffolding was adapted to suit the complex- shaped glass roof structure: all working areas could be easily and safely reached while every load transfer was optimally planned.

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CONSTRUCTION WORLD MAY 2017