Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld b.v.
Is involved in many
different activities. It has a vast experience
with non-
residential building and housing, and is no stranger to
infrastructure building and renovation building. The
(approx. 40) employees are highly qualified in technical
skills and can rely on a vast amount of experience.
TAB
started as an advice office for undertakers and steel
constructers and these roots can still be found in the fact
that we design structures,
which are economical
while
keeping in mind the practicability. TAB can offer you an
impressing range of analyzing power and experience.
We are confident that
we can offer the
most optimal
solution to any problem. The last few years TAB has
specialized in FEA and particularly in the design of
structures in earthquake regions and design and follow
up of the rough structure from start to end. The (approx.
8) employees are highly qualified in technical skills and
can rely on a vast amount of experience.
Your Project.
Technical data of the project
Project title
Olympic Main Press Centre (MPC).
Physical Location
Athens -
Greece.
Site owner
ATHENS 2004.
Architect
K. Kyriakides and associates S.A.
Engineering office
Karanikolas-Zoyopoulos-Papadopoulos Ltd,
commissioned by Joint Venture Michaniki s.a.
General contractor
Technical
Union s.a.
The building is a 44.000
m² expansion of the existing
congress center "Helexpo". The whole complex is approx.
65.000 m². The building contains conference halls with a
capacity of up to 800 persons. The conference part has 5
building layers aboveground with a free span of 27,0 m.
In all, a steel structure of approx. 4.000 tons of steel
will
be applied.
After a thorough research as to the earthquake loads, so
called "eccentric bracings"
will be applied in the design.
These elements for the stability combine a large stiffness
with a favorable plastic behavior.
Because of the importance of the building complex, the
Greek government has determined the earthquake load
to be 0,24 g (in stead of 0,16 g). There is also a stiffness
demand. The frequency must be higher than 1,25 Hz.
An
intensive design process made it possible to meet both
demands.
Why is this project important?
The Main Press Center (MPC) is the headquarters for the
5,500 written and photographic Press covering the 2004
Olympic
Games in
Athens. It
will be located
within
walking distance from both the International Broadcast
Center and the Athens Olympic Sports Complex,
which
will host nine out of the 28
Olympic sports being
contested at the Games. Housed in a complex of three
multi-level buildings taking up an area of
more than
52,000 square meters, the MPC will comprise:
A lobby area: help desk, banking services, travel
agency, post office,
message office, news desk, courier
service, general store, technology store, pharmacy,
and hairdresser.
Press conference rooms
The MPC will commence operation four weeks prior to
the Opening Ceremony and will continue for up to four
days after the Closing Ceremony (13 July - 3 September
2004). Two weeks before the Opening Ceremony, it will
become operational on a 24-hour basis. In the MPC, the
written and photographic Press will enjoy making use of
a wide range of facilities and services, including:
KODAK film-processing laboratory.
Photo
Work
Area:
workstations, photo helpdesk,
photo-transport office and lockers for photographers.
Press Work Room:
workstations with pay telephones,
competition-results pigeonholes, results printing, help
desk, INFO 2004 terminals.
Rental
Agency space
Catering: dining hall (international food court setting)
and VIP dining area.
Service
Center: central
help
desk for Rate
Card
assistance.
INFO 2004 - the Games INFO system.
Ticketing services for the accredited press.
Use of ESA-Prima Win
ESA-Prima Win has been chosen for different reasons:
The geometry of the buildings is quite complicated
therefore a user-friendly interface was a must.
Existing 3D
CAD files could be used to quickly
generate parts of the structure.
Quite early in the design it became apparent that the
asked for stiffness would be the predominant design
factor.
On the other hand we wanted an economical
structure and at the same time one that demonstrated
a favorable plastic behavior. Therefore it
was very
important to be able to quickly introduce modifications
in the design and calculate the implications.
ESA-Prima Win turned out to be an instrument very well
suited to achieve the above-mentioned goals.
We think
that without the use of ESA-Prima Win it would not have
been possible to do the design
within the very short
delay we disposed of.
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