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KAWASAKI STEEL TECHNICAL REPORT
No.36 ( July 1987 )
Overseas Engineering Operations
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Engineering and Erection Using Sliding Method for Large Span Roof in the U.S.A.

Mitsuo Ichinose, Kazuyoshi Fujisawa, Hiromi Obokata
Synopsis :
A unique long span structural named "Super Wing" which was developed by Kawasaki Steel was applied to a 105 m-span roof structure in a new arena of "DELTA CENTER" in Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States in October 1991. Sliding method for the erection of the roof trusses contributed to shortening of the construction period of the arena, since the sliding method enabled simultaneous works performed at roof and on the ground. Kawasaki Steel executed the structural roofing work together with the subsidiaries of Kawasaki Steel, Kawatetsu Engineering, Ltd. and Kawatetsu Kizai Kogyo Co., Ltd., under their cooperation in exchanging of engineering and sliding method of roof trusses, respectively. It took seven weeks for the erection of the entire roof trusses.
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