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COVER STORY
REPORT

KIRBY - GAME CHANGING

STEEL STRUCTURES

Steel as a construction The industry has witnessed change in Facts Sheet
material for high rises adaptation of steel in high rises over Client Name: Phoenix Infocity, Hyderabad
is being accepted by the last 5-6 years mainly because of Project Name: Phoenix Avance H09
various advantages it offers such as off-
Building
customers but only site construction, speed, quality, timely Steel Solution Provider:
in select cities as the completion, etc. Indian construction industry Kirby Building Systems & Structures India
building segment is still is fast evolving with increasing acceptance of Building Usage: High Rise Office Building
dominated by concrete modern construction technologies with Steel Steel Tonnage: 6,600 MT (Approx.)
or RCC. Kirby has taken Structures being one of them. Kirby is providing Status: Completed
this opportunity and is these steel structures with more innovative Location: Hyderabad
parameters such as design flexibility, easily
extensively promoting accommodating aesthetic or architectural area covering the structure and development
steel as an alternate features, factory controlled fabrication which of 12.37 lacs square feet – 20 floor Structure
construction material for mitigates quality, transport and labour issues, consisting of Ground Podium and above 18
all high-rise buildings for green building features, longer life span, floors are Steel Structure.
various applications either ease of maintenance, lower project cost, Over 6,600 MT of steel involved in construction
in the form of only steel or environmental friendly and many more. with 5,600 MT of the built-up sections and 980
MT of deck sheeting. Most of the raw material
in composite form. Role in the project such as plate sections etc. used in fabrication
Kirby Building Systems & Structures India Pvt Ltd for this project is procured from JSW Steel,
is involved in Connection Design, Detailing, Tata Steel, etc. and Deck Sheeting from JSW
Manufacture, Supply and Construction of this Structural Metal Decking Ltd.
High Rise Building using Structural Steel works Three sides of compound is shared with
covering the superstructure part of the building. residential area and fourth side with
another high rise IT facility. This jobsite is in
Salient Features a very confined space with challenges of
This Office Building located in the Hitech City neighborhood residential building, site logistics
– IT hub of Hyderabad is being developed to and interfaces with various construction
cater the requirements of IT companies within activities such as earthworks/excavation, RCC
2.65 acres allocated land area with 2 acres works and Structural Steel works.

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