Steel detailing, from model to site.

Terminal 2 is part of the first phase of the redevelopment of Damascus International Airport, led by a consortium headed by UCC Holding. Once all three terminals are complete the airport is planned to serve about 31 million passengers a year. I modeled and detailed about 850 tonnes of steel (frame, floor framing, roof trusses and connections) and produced the fabrication drawings.

• Gridded steel frame with columns, primary and secondary beams and floor framing
• Long-span lattice roof trusses over the terminal hall
• Bolted beam-to-column connections with plates, stiffeners and bolt groups
• Support to site erection: model and drawings checked against the frame going up
• Full scope: model, detailing and fabrication drawings issued for the workshop

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A seafront family entertainment destination on Al Nawras Island, Yanbu, developed by SEVEN, the Public Investment Fund's entertainment company. The contractor is the Al Bawani and UCC Saudi joint venture and the architect is Gensler. I modeled the curved facade and its cladding system, from the panels down to the steel sub-frame and fixings.

• Curved facade wall with perforated aluminium and solid back panels
• Steel sub-frame of runners, transoms, tubes, angles, stiffeners and cap plates
• Flashing, rock wool and fixing hardware such as sleeves and washers
• Perforated soffit panel system, followed through to the installed result on site
• Full scope: model, detailing and fabrication drawings issued for the workshop

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Steel structures for the hydroponic system buildings at Expo 2023 Doha, part of the construction and fit-out of the expo buildings for Ashghal. The two building types are free-form: a low arched pavilion and a tapered conical building, both built from curved steel ribs that were later clad. I modeled the rib geometry and its connections in Tekla Structures.

• Free-form gridshell of curved steel ribs following the architectural surface
• Tapered conical building with stepped rib framing, shown under erection and after cladding
• Low arched pavilion with a continuous rib grid over a central core
• Drawing sheets with several 3D views for fabrication and erection
• Full scope: model, detailing and fabrication drawings issued for the workshop

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Steel structures for a support building for Qatar Energy at Dukhan, delivered through Al Mana Engineering & Contracting Co. The building covers 2,809 m² under portal frames with curved rafters, purlins and bracing, and uses about 99 tonnes of steel. I modeled the full frame in one Tekla model and set it out on the structural grid.

• Portal frames with curved rafters on a numbered structural grid
• Purlins, side rails and eaves members
• Vertical and roof X-bracing
• The whole 2,809 m² building in a single model
• Full scope: model, detailing and fabrication drawings issued for the workshop

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Refurbishment of 27 barns at Farm 2 for Baladna Food Industries in Qatar. The model shows a long barn with a continuous roof and large wall-mounted ventilation fans on the end walls, with every member and opening defined before fabrication. This barn weighs 55 tonnes, and the 27 barns together come to 657 tonnes of steel.

• Roof and wall framing with purlins, girts, bracing and edge members
• Openings and supports for the large ventilation fans
• Column bases with anchor bolts, set out on the structural grid
• Full scope: model, detailing and fabrication drawings issued for the workshop

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Steel structures for schools in the Qatar Public Private Partnership Schools programme. Two blocks are modeled together in one Tekla model, with truss roofs, rolled-section beams and columns and standard bolted connections, so the buildings stay coordinated and the drawing output stays consistent.

• Roof trusses with bracing and lateral ties
• Columns, primary beams and floor beams on a regular grid
• Two buildings coordinated in a single model
• Full scope: model, detailing and fabrication drawings issued for the workshop

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A standing seam metal roof of 2,600 m², laid out over a free-form plan with curved edges and a central tower-shaped element. The roof panels, their supports and the curved edge trim are modeled so the panel layout follows the geometry.

• Standing seam panels set out over a curved free-form plan
• Cold-formed channel supports and clips under the panels
• Curved edge and fascia details around the roof perimeter
• Full scope: model, detailing and fabrication drawings issued for the workshop

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