gain associated with a window and of testing their specially produced vinyl and nylon fabric arching effect on indoor conditions.
Rail depot wins award
A reinforced concrete building, UK Rail's new maintenance depot at Paddington, London, has won for its designers and constructors the Concrete So-
UK Rail's new maintenance depot
ciety's 1969 Award for projects completed in 1968. The building is a complex providing vehicle and plant maintenance workshops and warehouse ac- commodation and particularly commended itself to the judges for its effective use of land that might otherwise be rendered sterile by the large adjoining traffic intersections.
The design of new road works, railway levels adjacent to the site, the position of the nearby canal and town planning requirements all presented special problems. Some 80,000 cu. yds. of earth had to be excavated to create a new ground level below the existing elevated road structure.
Bicknell and Hamilton of London in collabo- ration with Hubert Bennett are the architects. Consulting engineer: G. Maunsell and Partners.
Unusual roof for Australian Pavilion
The Australian Pavilion at the Second Asian International Trade Fair in Tehran shows an unusual application of plastics as a roofing material in its own right.
The 22,000sq. ft. roof of the pavilion is of a
between two horizontally opposed cones of con- crete. It is supported by a network of steel cables which cover an unobstructed 27,000 sq. ft. display
area.
The 75ft. operating windmill adjacent to the Pavilion serves as a landmark for the Australian exhibit. It symbolises a practical application of the Pavilion's theme 'Co-operation in Development' for 100 similar windmills have been supplied by Sidney Williams & Co. Pty. Ltd. for water supply development programmes on the south coast of Iran. The roof structure is designed and developed by Nylex Corporation Ltd.
Training course programme on concrete
A new and expanded Training Course Program- me which consists of 65 different courses on concrete for 1969-70 has been published by the UK's Cement and Concrete Association.
A growing number of participants from overseas are attending training courses at the Association's modern training centre in Buckinghamshire.
The course programme has been carefully plan- ned in relation to the introduction of the metric system to the construction industry in the UK. SI units will be used throughout all design courses in the programme, and other courses will change to the metric system more gradually during the year.
Further details of all the courses in the new programme can be obtained from: The Registrar, Cement and Concrete Association, Conference and Training Centre, Fulmer Grange, Fulmer, Slough, Buckinghamshire, UK.
London's RHM Centre under construction
Some 300 tons of Frodingham 3N steel sheet piling, in mild steel, mostly in 40ft. lengths, supplied by British Steel Piling Co. Ltd., is being used in the construction of the RHM Centre at the corner of Vauxhall Bridge and Grosvenor Road, London.
The piling is being used for the construction of retaining walls for the building of a two-storey underground car park, a 20-storey office block, and a nine-storey block of luxury flats.
The steel sheet piling was driven largely through
The Australian Pavilion at the Second Asian International Trade Fair
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