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Interarch introduced ground-breaking building system in 2010, referred to as Light Gauge Framing Systems which can be used for buildings up to G+ 2 storeys and for varied others applications in residential & commercial. We wanted to start a new section in the newsletter which will showcase new application of LGFS, starting with benefits in this issue.

Logistics sector in India is expected to touch US$200 billion by 2020 & India’s warehousing requirement is expected to grow at an annual average rate of 9% to 1,439 million Sq. ft in 2019 from 919 Sq. ft in 2014. Government is also bringing favorable policy changes which are expected to impact the warehousing sector in India. These include the introduction of the Goods and Service Tax (GST), National Policy on Handling, Storage and Transportation, and increasing Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and dedicated logistics parks and Free Trade Warehousing Zones (FTWZ) are fostering the growth of the logistics market in India and also helping identify it as an independent sector by the government.

Over time and with the changing role of the sector, traditional warehouses have transformed to collection and storage points, where raw material, intermediate and manufactured goods are collected, assorted, stored and distributed to the point of consumption/ sale. The warehousing market in India is expected to grow at a rate of 35 to 40% annually, displaying high potential. The growth in warehousing in India is primarily being driven by the burgeoning manufacturing activity, increasing international trade and the emergence of organized retail in the country. Increasing private and foreign investments in infrastructure and easing government regulations are further bolstering the growth of the warehousing sector in India.

An iconic presence in a city of architectural icons, the John Hancock Center rises boldly from the mid-American prairie to cast a cultural shadow much larger than the one it gets from the sun.

In its simplest form, the John Hancock Center is four vertical beams connected by a series of cross braces forming a square tube. More importantly, the steel exoskeleton made construction cheaper. According to the AIA Guide to Chicago, the 100-story John Hancock Center was erected for about what it cost to build a contemporary 45-story office building.

One of the most famous buildings of the structural expressionist style, the skyscraper's distinctive X-braced exterior shows that the structure's skin is part of its 'tubular system'. This is one of the engineering techniques which the designers used to achieve a record height (the tubular system is the structure that keeps the building upright during wind and earthquake loads). This X-bracing allows for both higher performance from tall structures and the ability to open up the inside floorplan. Such original features have made the John Hancock Center an architectural icon