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NIKE ELC New DC ‘Wings’ - Ham, Belgium
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Owner
Nike Europe Holding BV
Architect
Jaspers-Eyers Architects
General Contractor
BPC
Engineering Office
Arcadis Belgium nv office Ghent
Construction Period 07/2014 - 03/2016
E-commerce is a booming business and has inspired Nike to build a new,
highly automated, distribution centre, being built next to the existing Nike-
site at Laakdal and will be in production starting from March 2016.
The complex of 150.000 m² consists of several different blocks. The goods
are stored in two fully automated high-bays, with a store capability of
18 million pairs of shoes. The main dimensions per high-bay are 81 m width,
100 m length and 41 m height. The steel structure of the 41 m high racks
also serves as the main structure of the building, known as clad racking.
Shipping, receiving and processing of goods happens in the low-bay
on 4 levels. Dimensions here are 240 m by 72 m and 26 m height.
The structure is in precast concrete-elements. In between low-bay and
high-bay there is a conveyor zone mainly of steel (162 m by 21 m by
26 m height). Next to the low-bay we have an office building. And next
to that there is a two level carpark building of 36 m by 285 m that is also
constructed in precast concrete-elements.
SCIA Engineer was used to make FEM models of each different block,
steel or concrete. The great advantage was the possibility to model all
the load cases the structure is subject to, which finally led to obtaining
internal forces in the stabilising cores. That would not be possible without
SCIA Engineer due to the large dimensions and complex thermal joints.
Contact
Dirk Inghelbrecht
Address Koningsstraat 80
1000 Brussel, Belgium
Website
ARCADIS is the leading global design and consultancy firm for natural
and built asset designs. It works in partnership with clients to deliver
exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design,
consultancy, engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS
differentiates itself from other firms through market sector insights and the
ability to integrate health, safety, and sustainability into their design and
delivery of solutions across the globe. ARCADIS is a firm of 28,000 people
that generate €3 billion in revenues.
ARCADIS Belgium nv
