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Summit Steel Makes an Entrance at Boat Show
It’s the first time Summit has built ground support structures in this format, so an element of custom engineering was actioned to make it happen.
Based on the shape of an equilateral triangle – all three sides of equal length and three equal 60 degree angles - each side of the triangles features two levels of truss, with a metre truss section in between. The bottoms of the legs are clad up to 2.2 metres, and the three fascias of each structure are being used as billboards.
The main entrance measures 6.8 metres high, and the marina entrance is 4.5 metres tall. Both are constructed from Summit’s SuperTruss, complete with custom-built 60 degree corner pieces. The ground plates were also specially made for this project – to support the triangular shape in the horizontal plane. Summit also designated and fabricated 60 degree horizontal support plates to increase strength and provide a base for vertical adapters to accommodate the legs.
Both structures were built nearby their installed positions - allowing traffic in and out during the set up – and then craned into place at the appropriate moment. They look extremely elegant as well as being highly practical as a signage device.
They’re designed to withstand extremely robust weather, wind speeds of up to 35 metres per second, the larger structure being ballasted with 900 kgs of weight per leg. Each leg has the very expedient footprint of just 52 cm – the size of Summit’s standard G.P. SuperTruss.
8th September 2004
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