Unistrut Rant #43B. Ok, so do the construction folks on here think they extended the unistrut just as a theatrical visual statement of "INDUSTRIAL"? The unistrut I saw used on an industrial building here stops at the outer most pipes so that it has a neater appearance.
My educated guess is that they had to extend it farther in order to anchor it to the structure underneath the building cladding. I cant recall if this building is clad with insulated panels or precast concrete...
Bob?
Building is clad with foam core metal faced panels.
I'll tell you a little story about the Unistrut installation when I get home.
Now, a little story as promised.
Let's start by referencing the shot below.
Note how it appears that the coupling on the bottom of the pipe appears that it may be over the Unistrut.
Well guess what, it was.
They proceed to secure the upper end of the pipe with Unistrut pipe clamps. When the reach the bottom they realize there is an issue because the thickness of the fitting will cause the pipe to bow out. They get out the impacts screw gun, remove the piece of Unistrut. They then proceed to move it down and reinstall it. They appeared to just shoot the screws into the panel skin.
You can see in the following picture that the section of Unistrut has been moved down.
You can clearly see the dimples where they removed the Unistrut.
You can not see it in the above picture (blocked by man lift boom) but there is a vertical length of Unistrut that will also have to be moved as will be under the fitting placed on the bottom end of the pipe.
I can see in Tim's pictures that nothing else had been done at that time. By the placement of the Unistrut I imagine they will attach a tee and have lengths of pipe go to the faux columns on either side.
Now, this is not the first time I've seen them have to relocate a piece of Unistrut. Someone need to learn how to use a tape measure.
We will really be going for the "Industrial" look when these materials start rusting!