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Nemetschek Structural User Contest 2013 - Category 4: Special Projects
Category 4: Special Projects
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New Antenna Mast Smilde
On 15 July, 2011 a blaze in one of the feeder cables caused the Hoogersmilde guy-wired antenna mast
to collapse, causing service disruption to the region and damage to part of the concrete tower. The
goal of the client Omroepmasten B.V. was to minimise the disruption by installing a new mast on the
concrete tower by August 2012. To mitigate the tight deadline, Iv-Consult and contractor VolkerWessels
Telecom completed a parallel fast-track design that would meet the scheduled mast erection date.
Scia Engineer was deployed to carry out the analysis of the new guy-wired lattice mast. A geometrically
nonlinear analysis of the structure was chosen in order to allow for the high slenderness of the
structure and to better represent the behaviour of the cables. A modal analysis has moreover been
executed to evaluate the natural frequencies in comparison with the wind actions.
Iv-Consult
Contact
W.M. Visser
Address
Noordhoek 37
3351 LD Papendrecht, The Netherlands
Phone
+31 78-6448555
Email
Website
Iv-Consult is a division of Iv-Groep, a group of professional engineering companies. Through the years,
the company has developed itself into a highly qualified engineering company and sparring partner for
clients who need independent advice or a constructive solution.
Services are provided from preliminary design up to detail design. Iv-Consult is a market leader for the
design of steel and mechanical structures. The main office is located in Papendrecht, the Netherlands.
Iv-Consult also has offices in Almere, the Netherlands and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
As an engineering company, Iv-Consult focuses on the challenging design and engineering of complex
structural and mechanical projects. The company has the know-how and experience to realise large-
scale projects like power plants, ports and yard developments. Our clients can vary from end-users to
developers, architects and contractors. We provide engineering services with a creative mind setting
and a high focus on cost effective design. Quality through cooperation is our selling point.
Project information
Owner
Omroepmasten B.V.
Architect
Omroepmasten B.V.
General Contractor
VolkerWessels Telecom
Engineering Office
Iv-Consult
Location
Hoogersmilde,The Netherlands
Construction Period
01/2012 to 09/2012
