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CASE STUDY:
ENVIRONMENTAL / COST BENEFIT OF USING TECBEAM TO REPLACE STEEL BEAMS
ACTUAL EXAMPLE BUILT, FIRST QUARTER, 2009 | The following is a typical Tecbeam example project - a recent house construction in Mordialloc, Victoria.
It is a common re-engineered steel substitution job for Tecbeam.
Note the set back load bearing walls. The structural properties of Tecbeam joists were utilised to remove the steel beams and save costs.
The table (see below) details the steel beams originally designed by the project’s engineer. The substitution of
Tecbeams are then shown including details of the lengths of members involved and the dollar and energy savings.
The construction could not have been simpler. The ceiling was fixed to furring channels connected directly to the Tecbeam purlins.
For more information on how you can use Tecbeam to create cost-effective, buildable structural solutions, please see our website: www.tecbeam.com.au or contact our licensed Victorian manufacturer and distributor, by calling your local Bowens Timber and Hardware store.
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Chute Street, Mordialloc -
Steel Beams and Boomerang Joists Replaced with Tecbeams |
Embodied Energy of
Replaced Steel Beam (MJ) |
TECBEAM Embodied Energy (MJ)
MGP10 density 510kg/m3
Tecbeam steel web 2.33kg/linM |
Energy Savings (MJ) |
1xB1 – 250UB37 |
6.3 m replaced by 20m TECBEAM |
7,459 |
1,541 |
5,918 |
1xB2 – 310UB40 |
6.6m replaced by
18m TECBEAM |
8,448 |
1,387 |
7,061 |
1xB9 – 180UB22 |
4.5m replaced by 4.5m TECBEAM |
3,168 |
347 |
2,821 |
1xB18 – 200UB25 |
4.5m replaced by 4.5m TECBEAM |
3,600 |
347 |
3,253 |
1xB19 – 200UB25 |
4.5m replaced by 4.5m TECBEAM |
3,600 |
347 |
3,253 |
Steel (0.82tonne)*
Price** + Joists
$12,500 |
Tot. Steel + Tecbeam
Price**
$10,165 |
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TOTAL ENERGY SAVING (MJ) |
22,306
(6,500kg of CO2 or 130,000 black balloons) |
Savings To Builder on Materials $2,335 |
** Excluding fixings, handling and erection
* Including fabrication
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