Nō reira, e hia koe i tētahi mea hei whakamārama ake i a koe... Ki te he ake koe i ngā kaupapa hanga, rānei ko tēnā i tēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te mohio i te mea nui nei i hanga ai te whare e tuwhera i runga o tō tinana, kaore anō he hou tērā i tēnei wā. Āe, kei te pai, ki te hou noa iho tēnei U Beams ki a koe. Tae atu mai mātou ki te whakaae ki a koe i ngā mea katoa e hia koe e ai ki ngā U beams, i roto i tētahi āhuatanga whakataki me te waiaro māmā!
U Beams — nā Rob Jang He aha tēnā he U Beam? Nui rawa atu te mana o ngā U Beams, ka taea e rātau te whakawehenga i te nui o ngā taumata, kaua e pūtere, kaua e tahuri, e pai ake ana tēnā i a rātau! Kei raro i a rātau ngā momo iti, ngā roa spandrel, kērē kērē, e pai ana mo ngā mahi hanga katoa. Ko tēnei ka taea e rātau te whakarite i ngā U Beams hei whakaritorito tonu.
Ko te aha nei, he aha te take i whakamahia ai ngā U Beams i roto i te hanga i ngā whare whakahaere? Whakamahia hoki ngā U Beams mō te mea e taea ana rātou i te whakangungu haumaru mō ngā hiranga nui. Hei tauira, ki te hanga koe i tētahi pūtahi, nōho ki te whakatupu i tētahi wharetoka tuaroa rānei, nō reira ka mahi ngā U Beams hei whakawehe i te mana ā-waha o te whare whakahaere. Ko tēnei e hiahia ana kia whai mana rawa te whare hei tū tonu, kāore i korerotia. Nui noa atu, e whanake tonu ana ngā U Beams, e tūpato tonu ana, koia nei ka pai rātou mō ngā wāhi e paunga ana i ngā huarere kino, pērā i ngā ua nui rānei, nō te hau nui. Ki te kēmu nei, ka whakapono ngā hangaenga ki runga i a rātou hei tū tonu i te tūranga i ana momo whenua mo ngā tau e maha!
Ka tēnā te whakamārama i te mea, e pai ana ngā u beams ki te whakamahia mō te kawe i ngā huanga nui, engari ka taea hoki e rātau te whakamahia hei whakaaturanga hanga i ngā whare hou me ngā hanga whai pūmanawa. Hei tauira, ka taea e ngā hangaenga te whakawhitiwhiti āhuatanga rānei ngā wāhi taihoa ki roto i ngā whare, ka whakapakari i te manaaki me te pūmanawa. Ka taea hoki e rātau te hanga i ngā āhua pūmau ranei, i ngā raupapa ranei, ko tēnā he take whakapae kua whakauru ki ngā tahataha. Apopo anō, ka taea e ngā U Beams te whakamahi mō te hanga i ngā wharekura pūtaiao, pērā i ngā hanga pātiki ranei, ngā hanga kauae ranei. E hīnāke ana tērā i te mea, e āhei ana ngā U Beams ki te whakangungu i te whare, engari ka whiwhi anō i te mana motuhake mo te āhua o ō rātau whare!
Ki te whakarite koe ki te whakamahi i ngā U Beams mō tō au mahi, he iti nei te mōhio me ngā tohutohu e hiahiatia ai i mua. I te tīmata, me e hiahia koe ki ngā matatū o ngā U Beams i te roa me te rahi. Me whakamutu i tēnei ka puta mai ngā whare hei wāhi iti noa iho, ā, he iti rawa atu i te mea e tika ana. Ko te mea tuatahi ka whai ake koe, ko te utu o ngā U Beams. Ki te nui rawa atu i a koe te utu, ko te pai rawa he whakaaro mō tērā. Ngātahi, me tirotiro koe mō tētahi hunga whakahaere whakawāhi e māia ana me ngā U Beams matatū, nekeneke. Ko tēnei i tērā e āwhina i a koe ki te whakapono i ngā rauemi pai rawa mō tō mahi hanga.
Nā ngā U Beams e āwhina ana ki te hanga whare kāwhakaha me te nui ake i ngā painga o te hanga U shape Beam. E taea ana e ngā U Beams nei te whakatū tonu i ngā rākau mōhiti rā whakatoitoi ki runga i ngā roonga whare. Whakamurihia ki ngā Rākau Mōhiti Rā — He whakaiti i te waihangatanga o te watea, he pai rawa te panoni. Nā rātou e kawe ana i te uru o te rā hei hanga i te watea, ko tēnā he pai rawa mō te taiao. Nā ngā papa kāwhakaha ka hanga i ngā roonga whare hei whakamāmā i te werawera, ā, e āwhina ana ngā U Beams ki te hanga i tērā me whai wā. Ka whakangaro ngā papa kāwhakaha i te whakaputa werawera ki roto i te whare, ā, kāore he nui ngā painga waihangatanga o te watea... Kia tahi tātou katoa ki te whakatipu i ō tātou mahi hei tiaki i te Papatūānuku, hei hanga i tētahi wāhi pai mo te katoa, mā te whakamahi i ngā U Beams i runga i ngā huarahi mōhio ake nei.
Ka taea e matou te tuku i nga American/u beams/nga H-beams taumata o Aotearoa nga taumata o Japan mo nga pare pukapuka maero me te whakaaetanga i nga ratonga whakahirahira pērā i te pūtahi me te taputapu. Nō te wā ka tuku atu o mahi ki te Waehau ki te Tonga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Waenga-roa-o-te-ika-a-Maui ki te Afrika ki te Waenganui-o-te-moana me etahi atu rohe.
Ko tō mātou kāwanatanga he 17 tau ngā taumata o te wawau i te aho toto. Tē whiwhi nei mātou i tētahi raupapa e rahi ana o rōpū hiko me ngā paiaka. He tari hoki mātou e pāngia ana ki te whai take tonu, ka taea e mātou te tuku āwhina āwhina ki ngā whakautu haere me ngā whakaaetanga matua. E ai ki te nui ake o ngā whītau e hangaia nei, e iti ake ana te utu!
Kei a mātou tētahi tira matawai whai take me te mohiotanga pai o ngā mahi, ngā whakautu haere me te ratonga tuatahi. Kei reira hoki tētahi tira paihikaroa e noho ana i runga i ngā wa katoa hei whakahoki i a koutou ngā pātai me ngā take. Mēnā ko tā mātou he u beams, ka taea e mātou te whakanoho he hoa whenua tiaki i a koe.
Ko tātou e mahi ngātahi ana ki te maha o ngā whare hiko kōwhai nui. Ko ngā mea katoa i hanga i whakamātau ai i mua i te tahua, ko te paetanga ka whai wāhi. Nā te mea ko ngā mea hanga nei he maha ngā momo pīpu kōwhai (ERW/SSAW/LSAW/ pīpu whakamaru/kotahi rākau/pīpu kore-kokonga/u beams), he poraka (taumata Amerika, taumata Rani, taumata Āhina H-beam kōwhai), he rākau toki, Angle rākau, flat rākau, he pūrere rākau, he maha ngā raupapa rākau me ngā rākau rori, he maha ngā momo rākau roa me ngā rākau rori, strip rākau, he takitaki, he rākau hukahuka, he pēnei hoki.