Glubam spatial frame building near completion

[Yan Xiao]

I would like to report to this forum that we have recently built a spatial frame building for a public park facility. Attached are two photos taken at final construction stage of the spatial frame. This building was quite a challenge, with longest girder of 15.5m long and largest span of about 9m. Essentially, all the beam to column connections are different and joining each other in very complicated skewed angles. The total sq.foot area is about 400sq.m.

regards to all,


Yan XIAO, Ph.D., PE.
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