Coolspan

UK, Eritrea

Conport Coolspan buildings have cold formed portal frames and have been used for laboratories and and auditorium at the University of Asmara, Eritrea as well as for clients in the UK.

Also shown is a Cablespan building erected at Gosport in the 1940’s using aluminium from Spitfire stock, cables from barrage balloons and poles from the Pluto pipeline. This was designed by Peregrine Churchill. He used to claim that the catenary roof was bomb proof.