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News Release from: Halfen | Subject: Detan tension rod
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 July 2005
Detan tension rod system braces The Sage
Gateshead
Halfen's Detan tension rod system has been used as bracing to the steel structure supporting the 'shrink-wrapped' roof that envelopes The Sage Gateshead.
Halfen's Detan tension rod system has been used as bracing to the steel structure supporting the 'shrink-wrapped' roof that envelopes The Sage Gateshead, the city's newest landmark building Designed by Foster and Partners and built by Laing O'Rourke, the site is between the new Millennium Bridge and the Tyne Bridge with its great arch, echoed in the shell-like form of The Sage's roof
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 30 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The GBP70 million building provides accommodation for three auditoria and the Regional Music School, and also acts as a base for the Northern Sinfonia and Folkworks, which promotes folk, jazz and blues performances.
Each auditorium was conceived as a separate enclosure but the windswept nature of the site prompted the architects to provide a covered concourse along the waterfront to link them.
As a result, the entire complex is sheltered beneath a broad roof.
Waagner Biro, working with structural engineers Connell Mott MacDonald, detailed and installed the 720 ton roof, using some GBP85,000 worth of Detan tension rod in the process. Request a free brochure from Halfen ...
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