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Steel beams
56cm deep
300cm centers
Spanning~16m

Atrium edge beams
110cm deep
Spanning~18m

Atrium columns
(1.4m-0.6m from bottom to top)

rierendeel frame
I-section columns: h= 100cm, b=47.5cm
I-section beams: h= 110cm, b=47.5cm
Spanning- 34m

Link frame
I-section columns: h=l(J0cm, b=30cm
I-section beams: h=110cm, b=30cm

Composite mega column
(1.2m x 7.5m)

Figure 4.39

Commerzbank Tower structural axonometrics

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