Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 2: Concept Design 2 - 29 12 m 15 m 12 m 15 m Figure 4.3 Typical beam layout around a concrete core Steel plated cores m ay be used as an economic alternativ e where speed of construction is critical. Double skin cores can be installed with the rest of the steelwork package and the concreting opera tion can be carried out later. This form of construction is shown in Figure 4.4. Figure 4.4 Steel composite core speeds up the construction process