Holdfast Training Services Trial Blog

We are about to install a section of beams to support a Mezzanine floor level. The supporting structure is made from expLORe pre-cast walls (Laing O’Rourke’s own brand of twin wall). In the photo you can see the pre-formed pockets where the steel beam will bear into the 8m high wall at mid-height.

The pre-cast walls have a 16-week lead time for manufacture and so detailed installation considerations had to be made several months ago. In order to develop this, our on-site Digital Engineer modeled the installation angles the beams would need to achieve whilst on the crane hook. This check identified the need to oversize one of the pockets so beams could be ‘maneuvered’ into place.

The point of this blog is to showcase 3D pdfs. I had never seen this. Download the file on from this link.

3D pdf model

It allows you to send 3D models to those without expensive software – an ideal method to communicate information where 2D drawings lack detail.

A very useful tool for the generalist RE when developing RAMS maybe…?