Stainless Steel Products Malta

An expansion project included the acquisition of an existing adjacent low steel shed type building.  The floor level was excavated in rock to achieve the desired factory height, whilst also obtaining the same floor  level for the entire factory complex.

The adjacent 12.0m site adjoining the new with the old premises was then utilized as a link block. A high steel structure was here erected to achieve a steel gantry structure.

Savio College Gymnasium

The structural design of the steel dome structure was commissioned for by the steel fabricator. The analysis consists of a 3-hinged arched dome construction of 35m span, with a central tension ring taking a light lantern. The structure was resin bolted to the existing encircling reinforced concrete ring beam.

The circular steel sections were shipped over from the UK with built up curved insulated panels connected to the structural framework.

Aviation Part 2

Phase 2

In 2009, the firm designed the general supported steel hanger measuring 30m * 54m * 8m high, together with the external landscaping and restoration works that complete the site. All design work for the hanger, including structural and civil works were in house. Construction took place in 2013 under the supervision of the design team. Additionally, two Nissen huts were transformed into a carpentry workshop and a canteen respectively. Nissen huts consist of limestone masonry front and back semi-circular facade, whilst the first four courses along its side are constructed from limestone masonry, the hut is capped with a corrugated iron sheet bent in a semicircular envelope.  One of the Nissen huts now utilised as a canteen was dismantled from Luqa and reconstructed on site. An elephant hut was restored into a chapel. In contrast with the Nissen hut, the facades of the elephant hut extend above the corrugated steel semi circular envelope. The Air Raid Warden Post (ARP) consists of a masonry and corrugated iron garage structure, and nowadays serves as a storage area.

Malta Flying School

The 25.6m X 21.7m land area available was spanned over by a 21m span steel portal frame of 8m height. The steel portals are spaced at 6.4m centres, with one set of central bracing installed. A 3m high lean to building was constructed in concrete blockwork and a reinforced concrete slab laid to falls. As this hangar houses private aircraft of maximum height of 2.8m, possibility exists of inserting a mezzanine floor.

This construction faces onto a taxilane of Malta Internaltional Airport, with other ancillary private facilities located in the vicinity.

Malta Aviation Museum

Phase 1

In 1997, the firm took the responsibility of overseeing of works on the Malta Aviation Museum. The project involved the utilization of ex-RAF buildings, where the 1^st exhibits were housed in a 10m span Romney Hut. The two adjacent 10m span Romney huts dating back to the 1950s were restored and nowadays serve as the welcoming reception and exhibition area of the Malta Aviation Museum. Offices and public toilets are housed in ex-RAF buildings, located a few metres away from the aforementioned Romney huts. In 2005, the firm prepared the planning application for the excavation of the 7,000 sqm site and the Air Battle of Malta Hangar 25m * 30m constructed out of insulated panels on steel trussed portals.