SDS/2 Plays Role in Creating SeaWorld's AntarcticaSeaWorld Orlando recently unveiled details about Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, a new attraction that will open May 24. The main attraction includes a striking entrance — made of materials meant to resemble rock and snow, and forming the shape of a mother penguin and her son — that leads into a realm that includes a family adventure ride and gives visitors the opportunity to walk among the penguins and explore their world. The entire structure was detailed in SDS/2 by The Steel Detailers, Inc., of Seminole, Florida, and fabricated by Design Data customer Met-Con, Inc., of Cocoa, Florida. The project's unique challenges included substantial vertical bracing, few 90-degree connections, and HSS framing for the windows inside the building that were modeled and detailed as shop-assembled frames to reduce field welding. The structure also required trusses that had to be modeled and detailed as field-erected trusses due to their size. To see construction photos of this project, click here; to watch a short video that gives a glimpse inside the attraction, click here. |
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Structural Detailing, LLC Helps Fast-Track BIM ProjectWith only 20 months for design, permitting and construction, the replacement Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center project in Missouri required a collaborative BIM approach to meet the owner's ambitious schedule. Due to Poplar Bluff's proximity to the New Madrid Fault, the project also required use of large buckling restrained braces (BRBs). Overall, nearly 2,400 tons of steel were used on the $112 million project, not including the BRBs. To help meet the schedule, SDS/2 customer Structural Detailing, LLC, out of Brentwood, Tennessee, teamed up with Star Seismic to write a parametric program to import the model of the brace gusset plates and braces into SDS/2. Structural Detailing, LLC was responsible for detailing the entire structure. To learn more about this project, check out the March issue of Modern Steel Construction. |
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