SamoaTel HQ

The three level U-shaped telephone exchange and headquarters for SamoaTel, Apia, Samoa, features the SPEEDFLOOR® Suspended Concrete Flooring System.

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The SPEEDFLOOR® Steel Joists were shipped from New Zealand and installed by Fletcher Construction Ltd.

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