My Trip to Office Works

This is my first blog, so i am a little nervous. But thanks for reading and taking the time out of your busy busy day to share the love and amazement of long span low rise buildings with me. So i went to 'Office Works' today, great trip, brought my salad sandwich and apple with me, as i needed to buy a few things. A diary and those 3M hooks to hang some paintings up at my place were top of the list. But when i got there i am stopped by the amazing span of the roof trusses and visible internal framing without the need for columns and pillars. Above is an outside view of the 'Office Works' i visited (Malop Street, East Geelong). Architect Unknown When i got inside i nearly collapse with the enormity of the span, so i took a photo of a 3 metre detail where the top of the roof truss connected to the roof. The gable roof sits upon the truss transferring the stress created by the weight of the roof, down the truss and onto the outside load bearing walls. After further inspection of the roof trusses of this fantastic long span low rise facility, i worked out that the trusses had been constructed in parts, with certain parts of the truss most probably have been made before they were brought on site, cutting down the construction time of the project. As i took one last bite of my Granny Smith, i realised that all the trusses were made out of a solid steel. I gathered this was because steel is a very strong material that can resist a lot of compression and tension forces without failure. i love office-works.