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Barrel-arch concrete shell for arena built on shores
Rivergate International Exhibition Building in New Orleans, La, consists of six barrel roof sections, each 60-ft wide and almost 400-ft long and two 30-ft wide cantilevered half-shells; partly prefabricated forms and trusses and elaborate scaffolding were designed for roof curving in both directions; tapered diamond-shaped column carries capital, which flares into arch of barrel roof; concrete valley beam area is poured simultaneously with roof; building rests on 30 piles driven to approximately 75 ft; secondary columns rest on four 60-ft deep piles each.
Barrel-arch concrete shell for arena built on shores
Rivergate International Exhibition Building in New Orleans, La, consists of six barrel roof sections, each 60-ft wide and almost 400-ft long and two 30-ft wide cantilevered half-shells; partly prefabricated forms and trusses and elaborate scaffolding were designed for roof curving in both directions; tapered diamond-shaped column carries capital, which flares into arch of barrel roof; concrete valley beam area is poured simultaneously with roof; building rests on 30 piles driven to approximately 75 ft; secondary columns rest on four 60-ft deep piles each.
Barrel-arch concrete shell for arena built on shores
Construction Methods Equipment
1967
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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