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CATEGORY SHADE SAILS OR STRUCTURES – DOMESTIC (USING KNITTED SHADE CLOTH ONLY) WINNER COMPANY: Abacus Shade Structures PROJECT: Bob Jones Residence Sydney PROJECT LOCATION: 25 Hession Road FABRIC NAME: Monotec 370 FABRIC SUPPLIER: Ricky Richards COMPONENT SUPPLIER: Waratah Steel Ideally we should have been digging footings when excavations for plumbing and the pool were being dug. This late timing meant that underground services were everywhere. Plumbing, electrics, paving were all in the vicinity of the proposed structure location. The solution was to keep the posts and the excavating down to a minimum by using only one post. Any machinery had to be driven over ground protection mats so as not to harm the grass or pavers. So we had to build a structure that did not impact on the surroundings or hit underground services!
CATEGORY SHADE SAILS OR STRUCTURES – COMMERCIAL (USING KNITTED SHADE CLOTH ONLY) WINNER COMPANY: Fabritecture PROJECT: BAC Taxi Shade PROJECT LOCATION: 11 The Circuit FABRIC NAME: Solar Shade 600 FABRIC SUPPLIER: Nettco COMPONENT SUPPLIER: Confidential The project utilised high strength shade cloth that was specifically chosen to handle the high wind loads in the open area and large spans of the project site. The main challenge for this project came with manufacturing the mesh. Due to the durability requirements of the material, the mesh was created using old style knitting machines, which were much slower than anticipated. The needles broke on the weaver, and had to be replaced with smaller needles, which caused delays. The connection detail solution developed was unique to the project, and was required to handle the high load requirements and larger spans of the structures.
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