design services, including foundation, hangar floor and apron design.
The innovative and tailor-made arched truss design from Hatch Goba allowed this
Ethiopian-based contractor to clinch this prestigious project. “The hangar was erected
successfully, and represents a quality structure that the Ethiopian construction industry
can take great pride in,” Olivier highlights.
“Hatch Goba provided an appropriate cost-effective and local solution that maintained
the quality of the end product, while acknowledging some constraints of constructing in
an Ethiopian environment,” Dubber concludes.
All structural steel for the hangar was sourced from Italy and imported via the Port of
Djibouti and freighted from there by road to Ethiopia. Efficient ordering of structural
steel was enabled by the use of Strucad 3D structural steel detailing software which
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