Scia User Contest 2005 - page 148

Entrance "North Galaxy"
CSM nv
Hamonterweg 103
3930 Hamont-Achel
Belgium
Tel.: +32 11 64 07 51
Fax: +32 11 64 87 95
Email:
Contact:
M. Ronny Loos
Email:
In 1965,
C. Schuurmans started with a small
construction
workshop in Achel, Belgium,
near the Dutch border. 40 years later, the
company has become one of the
most
important steel
manufacturers in Belgium
with establishments in Achel and Hamont.
CSM has its own engineering, production,
and assembly department which enables us
to finish different types of projects entirely in
own management. The workshops have a
total surface of approximately 25,000
m²,
with a hoist capacity up to 100 ton. CSM
realizes a yearly turnover of approximately
20 Million Euros.
Thanks to its 150 employees, CSM processes
10.000 tons of steel on a yearly basis.
Besides the Benelux, CSM is also active in
Germany, France and The United Kingdom.
The product range of CSM is very diverse.
Not only architectonic constructions of
rolled tubes with smooth welding and steel
connections are possible, also larger indus-
trial projects, such as boiler rooms and pipe-
racks or canals and ducts, are being manu-
factured to the great satisfaction of the cus-
tomers.
CSM also has several references in bridge-
construction and offshore projects.
CSM is certified by ISO9001,
VCA**, and its
welders are being inspected by
means of
different standards. By constantly pursuing
quality, by permanently trying to realise pos-
tulated deadlines, and by putting security as
primary objective, CSM strives for and is enti-
tled to the title of trustworthy supplier.
The project is a part of the “North Galaxy”
complex near the railway station “Brussels-
North”. This project concerns the entrance
hall.
The building has an elliptic roof surface and
it is surrounded by a glass frontage. In the
original design, the frontage of the building
was anchored by trusses, but at a later stage
was decided to attach the glass frontage to
steel cables. This implied that the roof sur-
face had to be aggravated in order to face
with the extra forces. This was also neces-
sary in order to
make the structure
more
rigid to avoid distortion of the cables as a
consequence of the wind load.
On the first floor, an additional problem
arose as the surface
was not resistant
against the extra upward pressure. In order
to resolve this problem, CSM designed a
complete secondary steel cellar structure.
This structure released the pre-tension and
reinforced also the concrete basis of the
building.
Project characteristics
150 Ton
900 m²
Boulevard du Roi
Albert II
1030 Bruxelles
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Entrance "North Galaxy"
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