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12 August 2011

Structex Wins Two National Awards

Structex has been awarded the 2011 Concrete3 Excellence in Concrete Innovation Award from the Cement and Concrete Association of New Zealand (CCANZ) for its design of the Southern Cross Hospital’s Endoscopy Consulting building in Christchurch. This project was also recognised last week by the Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand (ACENZ) with a Silver at the industry body’s annual awards.

The Endoscopy building, completed in August 2010, was designed using innovative new techniques for improved seismic performance that were put to the test by the 22 February Christchurch earthquake.

The building design employed included a South Island first – the use of the Precast Seismic Structural System (PRESSS) combined with U shaped flexural plates.

For more information on the building and its design, please click on the following link: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1108/S00427/structex-awarded-for-hospital-buildings-seismic-performance.htm