Tata Steel has come up with its CRMT Laboratory in Jamshedpur. The aesthetics of the existing building is seamlessly merged with the new proposed LGFS structure.

Project Name and Location
Tata Steel’s CRMT Laboratory, Jamshedpur

Application
Testing Lab – Roof Top Extensions

Background
Located in Jamshedpur, Tata Steel has a group of laboratories which provide scientific and metallurgic testing and investigations for a wide range of scientific services. These mechanical and chemical testing help establish quality of raw material like iron ore, coal etc. Since R&D centers typically demand constant upgrades with respect to safety, efficiency and more room for research works; Tata Steel wanted to renovate the existing set up and expand it further for their future research needs.

Customer Requirement
The CRMT Lab had an existing RCC roof which was to be extended for extra space. A roof top building for their Metallurgical section for over 500 Sq.m. was to be installed. The building also required a facelift for their front facing entrance. Tata BlueScope Steel with its rich experience in LGFS solution was preferred for setting up the structure. Existing building was very old and due to limited load bearing capacity of the structure any other solution would not have been feasible.

EZYBUILD® solution
Roof Top Extensions from EZYBUILD® with SMARTBUILD® Solution/ technology was an ideal choice. Being advanced, light weight framing structures; SMARTBUILD® offered several advantages – speedy construction, easy installation over existing structure and low maintenance. Made of high strength light weight ZINCALUME® steel, it was best suited for a roof top extension with limited load bearing capacity.

SMARTBUILD® proved itself as the preferred solution to address the requirements both functionally and aesthetically. Since the building was old, an additional floor would have affected its overall stability/ durability/longevity. Due to its tenacity, SMARTBUILD® solution offered great strength and less load on existing RCC roof. The aesthetics of the existing building had to be seamlessly merged with the new proposed LGFS structure. SMARTBUILD®’s precision engineering enabled design flexibility that was compatible with any exterior and interior cladding product available. Here the front fascia made of ACP and glass suitably complemented with the new and old building structure.

A smart technology (LGFS) can be used almost everywhere and with limitless potential for any kind of shape, design and quality over conventional system. SMARTBUILD® solution provided by Tata BlueScope Steel has made our roof top Laboratory building possible which seemed to be impossible with conventional system due to low load bearing capacity of the existing roof slab within shortest possible time and utilizing minimum resources. MK Das VP (Iron Making)