Wilson Hall Using DURA^® Concept

Wilson Hall, located in the factory compound is the 1^st portal frame building built by Dura Technology Sdn Bhd. Wilson Hall was designed and built with the aim to study the potential use and feasibility of DURA^® members against the conventional steel members in portal frame design. With the building consists of a total roof coverage area of 2,861 m2 (i.e. 30,800 ft2).  Figure below shows the total transverse width and longitudinal length of the roof which covers 67 m (i.e. 220 ft) and 42.7 m (i.e. 140 ft), respectively.Each portal frame is spaced 12.2 m c/c (i.e. 40 ft) and the building consists of eight pieces of Dura^® prestressed columns, internal rafters, cantilever rafters and connectors. For this building the reduction column is tremendous.

Here in Dura Techology Sdn Bhd, our goal is to introduce this advanced engineered material, with greener effect to bring the engineering industry into sustainable construction visionaries. The UHPC method was compared to conventional steel design method. The comparison chart shown below, indicate that the UHPC method has a preliminary cost saving of 20% versus conventional steel design method with overall global warming potential reduction of 10%.