The Spanish company Industrias Metálicas Anro has invented a system for assembling metallic structures which makes it easier to join beams and pillars when building multi-story parking garages. These types of garages are very common in Great Britain and the United States.

The new construction model developed by Anro clearly differentiates itself from assembly based on soldering or screws: the components are instead assembled in the factory and transported to the construction site. As a result the structure arrives ready to be installed, without the need for any soldering or to align beams and put in place connecting bolts. This reduces construction time, the cost of a project and its environmental impact.

With this new construction system multi-story parking garages, which are common in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the United States because they are cheaper to build than underground garages, can be built in a shorter period of time. Multi-story garages are used in residential areas and for public buildings such as hospitals. In a given surface area they allow more parking spaces to be built and at lower cost.

Anro’s technique has won the endorsement of specialized testing laboratories and been implemented by companies who have adapted it for other uses. Also collaborating in its development was the School of Civil, Canal and Port Engineering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha), among others.