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Barber’s Pole featured TLC Surface Treatment in Welshpool. at the external section The tower used multiple triangular Arena of Perth Arena. aluminium panels, and was painted with Intergard 269 epoxy primer and Perth Arena is 's proud new home of entertainment, music and sports. Interthane 870 high build acrylic polyurethane for the topcoat.

The Totem pole in the first stages of "This is an iconic venue painting had been a challenge to ensure a suitable system could be applied for Perth for many years not only to protect but also to give a smooth finish as the lower section is to come. The arena is a very visible to the public. work of art itself!” TLC painted 12-15 of these triangular sections at any one time until - Premier Colin Barnett.¹ completion which spanned over a 3-month period. The Pineapple almost 50 years ago, which specializes internals. This used approximately changes colour and shape as it moves. in applying protective coatings to half of the protective coatings painted Aluminium panels coated in yellow and steelwork for projects in Infrastructure, by Ferro-Clean – over 20,000 litres. violet paint open and close creating a Mining and Oil & Gas. The external or exposed steelwork was constantly changing appearance. then coated with Interplus 356, and The steelwork was fabricated locally, the visible portions then topcoated and was made in sections to facilitate with Interfine 979 polysiloxane, transport and construction. The two appropriately named ‘Perth Arena Blue’. 130 metre long ‘mega-trusses’ weighed 400 tonnes each and consisted of Ferro-Clean’s CEO commented, “During 32 K-shaped sections, designed to the colder winter months of the 3-year support the main roof structure, which construction period, paint curing times weighed 2200 tonnes all up. The roof were a challenge. In order to have the was built on the ground, and then mega-truss roof frames ready for permit The $548M arena is located on puzzle. “This landmark building has Made from two separate roof panels, hoisted 22 metres up to its required transportation into the inner-city site, Wellington Street, near the site of been designed to provoke symbolic each panel is controlled independently position with eight hydraulic jacks, IP’s low temperature rapid cure paint the former Perth Entertainment interpretation, create direct visual to provide shade for spectators, protect where it remained for three months made it possible to meet the very tight Centre, and was officially opened on responses from all approaches, the bowl from weather and to track the while the supporting columns were construction deadlines and therefore 10 November 2012. Twelve months and become an integral part of sun to prevent shadows being cast on installed. It is understandable that given we were able to maintain a high level of from its opening, it was awarded with a the city’s overall urban design and the court. the nature of the building, some of the throughput at our multiple facilities”. string of accolades taking the top prize architectural strategy” said Design steel sections were very complex pieces IP Area Manager Bob Parry is extremely at the 2013 Western Australia Design Director Howard Raggatt.¹ The very complex structural steel and required expert applicators to ensure satisfied with the high performance Institute of Australia (DIA) Design skeleton for Perth Arena consumed they were completed to standard. acrylic polysiloxane finish on the Awards, top honours at the Australian The arena can be closed down for an 40,000 litres of protective coatings exposed surfaces of the megastructure, Institute of Architecture awards in Perth intimate concert with 3000 people, produced by International Paint (IP). One of the highlights was the ‘Barber’s and their long lasting appearance will (George Temple Poole Award) and not utilizing Vector Lifting’s Retractable The off-site blast cleaning and painting Pole’ – A 25 metre long pole which truly complement this iconic building to mention the Sir Zelman Cowen Roof. The moving roof weighs of the structural steel for this project marks the Western Australian border for years to come. Award for Public Architecture, the most 320 tonnes and closes in 7 minutes, was conducted by Ferro-Clean Pty Ltd, on the Arena’s Australia-shaped side. prestigious award for an architecture with a state-of-the-art tracking system. a Perth-based company established The pole was split in two sections, due Another interesting feature of the Perth project at the prestigious National to its length, and painted with red and Arena project is a totem tower, designed Architecture Awards 2013. Complex structural steel skeleton during white stripes. The intricate pipework by Perth-born artist Geoffrey Drake- the construction stage of the Perth Arena. at the main entry to the arena was Brockman. Affectionately nick-named as The venue has 36 luxury appointed also a challenge, due to its size and ‘The Pineapple’ by the people of Perth, corporate suites, a 680-bay underground irregularity. However the result is very the tower is situated on the eastern side Pineapple changes colour as car park, five dedicated function spaces impressive – when viewed from a of the Arena. It stands at 10.5 metres the segments open and close. and space for touring trucks, which can certain spot (marked with a brass tile) high and 3.5 metres in diameter, with drive directly onto the arena floor. The the pipework forms an outline of the some 108 moving elements. Its moving stadium’s very flexible design allows building, following the perimeter and panels are programmed to open and Truly an iconic feature, the Perth Arena for crowds of up to 12,000 in general internal lines very accurately. close like flower petals in response has sealed itself as Western Australia’s admission concert mode and up to to people walking past and it shoots landmark of live entertainment, music 15,500 in tennis mode. Understanding the project’s necessity geometric laser projections onto the and sports. The breathtaking design, for a high technology coating with wall of the Arena at night, visible from large crowd capacity and world’s- Perth Arena was designed by excellent long term colour and gloss several parts of the city. leading technology is no wonder the -based design house retention properties, the IP engineering arena is ranked no: 22 in the world’s A-R-M Architecture. The striking sales team specified a combination The centre section holds a laser top 200 venues by respected live music building design was inspired by the of inorganic zinc and epoxy zinc for projector, and the triangular panels industry magazine Pollstar. 12-sided Round House in internal steelwork, including the roof open up and undergo a colour change and the 209 irregular shaped pieces frames and cat-walks, which are visible to violet. This laser tower artwork Submitted by Bob Parry and Jasmine Moey of Christopher Monckton’s Eternity from the audience area of the building’s created by Living Iron, was painted by of International Paint

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