Thank you all so much for your replies - really insightful & helpful stuff!
I’ve got a site visit to inspect the roof & cross and will report back out of interest!
Thank you all again.
Haha so true..
Well it’s apparently been suspended from the church since it was built in the 1960’s so I’m sure there will be the usual resistance if we say it doesn’t work!
To be honest, I want to see something rigid in there… almost like an inverted guyed mast.
From what I understand / have seen so far, the cable connections back to the roof structure failed.
I’ve yet to do an inspection to be sure, but it looks like the connections weren’t particularly good and degraded over time anyway.
The cross is absolutely fine too, it looks like one of the...
Hi All,
I was hoping for some assistance/discussion on how to tackle the analysis of a cable supporting structure.
Our practice has been asked to undertake the design of a new suspension structure for a cross to the front facade of a church (see picture).
The cross is reasonably...
