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In the running for the Concrete Society Awards

08/04/2008

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32 tonne roof unit prior to turning

The recently completed Renault F1 Team CFD centre structure at Enstone in Oxfordshire represents a unique application of ABM Bridge System’s Matiere CM4 Arch.

The Renault F1 Team’s new Computational Fluid Dynamics ("CFD") Facility is an environmentally–friendly, computerised ‘virtual’ wind tunnel – a world–class subterranean computing facility that will be used to perfect the aerodynamics of the 2009 season cars.

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The 62.5 metre long structure during construction.

Recognising the innovative, environmentally friendly and cost effective nature of the project, ABM Bridge Systems and the client’s consultant and architects (Ridge – Property and Construction Consultants) have submitted the Renault F1 Team CFD Centre building for consideration in the Concrete Society’s 2008 ‘Excellence in Concrete – UK New Structures Award’.

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