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Many offices or manufacturing facilities are able to construct their buildings and then bring in equipment later – they don’t require steel structure works. For them, the two activities are separate and independent. It is a different story if some requirement of certain pieces of equipment exceeds the standard specifications of building construction. This can include the size of doorways to match large products, the requirement for routing specialized gases for particular manufacturing processes, or the need to route high voltage cables to specific equipment. Another common logistical consideration can be the weight of the equipment and the expected required mobility. Many manufacturing facilities deal with heavy equipment, fork lifts if nothing else. The sole requirement is that the slab be reinforced and that no extended flooring be added which could weaken the floor weight capacity. A much more difficult requirement is if the fork lift must be operated on the second floor. That floor will then require significant construction changes to allow that floor to be both supported above ground level and have sufficient capacity for a fork lift. A comparable common structure would be a multi-level parking garage, whose building requirements would be much more involved than a multi-level office building. A similar requirement is if equipment must be suspended from the ceiling of the first or subsequent levels. Then the second floor would have to be constructed in a hardier fashion in order to support the weight. Moreover, if the piece of equipment needed to be moved about the ceiling during normal processing, the structural requirements become even more complicated. The point of this description is that such a requirement must be addressed during the planning of the building, long before construction, and that it should be handled by experts, such as those employed at a steel structure works. A company specializing in steel structure works will be focused on customizing building specifications to deal with heavy, mobile equipment. They will also be knowledgeable about the construction requirements and building codes of the locale in which they operate. Moreover, if they are an international concern, then they will know the preferences of each of the countries in which they operate. One use of steel structure works is to install an x-ray tube with collimator. This is required in a general x-ray examination and treatment room. The equipment must be able to move in both latitude and longitude directions. In the United States, this would be implemented with the “Unistrut” base material; in Asia, mild steel is preferred. For installation of heavy equipment that must be suspended as well as mobile, contact a company for steel structure works. Get in touch with Accentrix to specify the proper suspension and mounting hardware for your application.
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