An important aspect of modern architecture is the infinite possibilities it promises. With advanced technologies and materials, innovation in metro station’s steel cladding has evolved significantly over recent years, focusing on enhancing durability, aesthetic appeal, energy efficiency, and sustaina-bility of urban transport structures.
Tata BlueScope Steel’s significant contribution in the development of metro lines by supplying superior quality roofing and structural solutions underscores the company’s commitment towards advancing urban infrastructure, fostering sustainability, and supporting the growth of efficient, reliable, and modern public transport systems. The innovative Roofing solutions offer design flexibility, exceptional aesthetics, and unparalleled structural integrity, ensuring passenger comfort and safety. Tata BlueScope Steel is a one stop solution that addresses the needs of all stakeholders as well as offers significant savings on the total cost of ownership of Metro Stations.
Tata BlueScope Steel has a rich legacy of having built over 135 Metro stations across the nation. #Shelterforall by Tata BlueScope Steel has truly lived its purpose by enabling safe travel conditions for thousands of commuters, thereby contributing to more than 8 metro stations and 22 in the making with its high-performance roofing solutions for Pune Metro.
Pune Metro stations have been designed with a blend of functionality, aesthetics, and cultural elements to reflect the city’s heritage and modernity, made possible by Tata BlueScope Steel’s LYSAGHT® roof and wall cladding. Use of locally inspired colors, patterns, and designs to ensure stations are easily identifiable; some stations have incorporated art and motifs inspired by Pune’s history, like Maratha architecture, cultural festivals, and traditional patterns. With large spacious platforms, these stations are built with eco-friendly construction materials, solar panels, natural lightning and water recycling systems. The Archi-tects: Renowned architects including Hafeez Contractor and Shapoorji Pallonji & Company have played a significant role in the development of the Pune Metro project. Tata BlueScope Steel roofing sheets were specified, as it perfectly complemented its project requirements! Roofing Solutions and Cladding Material: Tata BlueScope Steel’s LYSAGHT KLIP-LOK® 700 is a premium concealed fixed roofing and cladding solution, often used in infrastructure projects like metro systems for its sustainability, durability and aesthetics. These roofing solutions are made from COLORBOND® steel Spectrum Series, giving unique metallic finish for visually striking aesthetics, creating modern landmark structures. It is not only environmentally friendly, but engineered to resist harsh weather conditions, especially in the coastal regions with its bestin-class corrosion resistance. Signature colours like Copper Penney, Champaign Gold, Sky Ridge in COLORBOND® steel were picked from an array of vibrant palettes.
Pune Metro faced several complex design challenges during its construction phase such some part of its structural claddings required multilevel roofing in blocks, with crimp curves of varying degrees that too tapered towards several places. This was addressed by precision in detailing the sheet against each block with different curves without error. The crimp curve drawings were in line with the desired shape. The sheeting too was planned in a phase wise pattern where the topmost layers were installed first followed by side walls and subsequent layer wise cladding.
Due to varying sheet curves and uneven layering of roofing patterns; there were chances of experiencing leakages through the gaps. LYSAGHT® LOK-KLIP® Expansion joint: LYSAGHT KLIP-LOK® 700 with LOK-KLIP®, is an established concealed fix roofing profile which is most popular in all types of infra, commercial and industrial projects for the value it adds in form of project longevity, performance and minimum maintenance. It is designed to make the entire system watertight. Fast & Effective, this innova-tive product enables contractors and roof fixers to easily and quickly install weather resistant end and expansion joints between overlapping sheets of LYSAGHT KLIPLOK® 700 LYSAGHT LOK-KLIP® system has been fully tested under cyclonic and noncyclonic conditions for weather resistance and wind uplift in NATA accredited testing facility. Offers excellent thermal expansion and contraction. Without the additional purlin detailing required for conventional step joints, the LYSAGHT LOK-KLIP® system can also serve to be cost-effective.
Conclusion:
Tata BlueScope Steel has played a pivotal role in revolutionizing metro station design through its innovative and sustainable steel cladding solutions. With its expertise and legacy of building several metro stations, Tata BlueScope Steel conti-nues to support the transformation of urban landscapes, providing safe and sustainable travel environments for thousands of commuters. The Pune Metro, with its unique blend of modernity and cultural heritage, stands as a testament to the company’s ability to deliver customized, high-performance roofing solutions that cater to the specific needs of each project. Through its commitment to sustainability, Tata BlueScope Steel is indeed shaping the future of urban mobility and infrastructure.
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