GFRC-Studframe cladding for the Argos plant. Constructive details.

This image shows the back face of a pannel, while stocked, (it is 90º counter-clock when mounted).

Detail is an anchor plate serving the union with the "L" bracket support to the façade structure.

The iron studframe is calculated to sustain the stress due the wind loads, it is joined to the back of the GFRC shells (15 mm. thick), through L iron rods, embeded in the GFRC shell during the precast process.

This method for GFRC cladding pannel manufacturing was first introduced in USA, some 30 years ago, being a wordlwide standard now.

Bending and tensile resistance of this GFRC is higher than 10 Mpa (about 1.500 psi) at 24 h, thus allowing the whole precast pannel to demould next day without damage.

Pannels are fixed to the auxiliary structure of the building, through bolted unions, each comprising bottom to sustain self load and top to avoid tilt. That also makes pannel pre-positioning easier.

The back face of the whole cladding remain allways accessible to the maintenance services of the building.