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Category 3: Industrial Buildings and Plants
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LLM Mecasport - Francorchamps, Belgium
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Ateliers Mersch s.a.
Owner
LLM Mecasport
Architect
Nicolas Halleux
General Contractor
Serbi
Engineering Office
Ateliers Mersch
Construction Period 03/2014
The project involves the
construction of a car showroom
with facilities
to repair Porsche and other luxury cars.
The new garage is located at the entrance to the Formula 1 circuit of
Spa Francorchamps.
In collaboration with the architect and general contractor, we designed a
steel support structure.
The building consists of a 480 m² workshop on the ground floor of with a
235 m² mezzanine accessible via a freight elevator for storage of spare
parts, a small 107 m² showroom for displaying some prestige vehicles,
an office upstairs from the showroom and finally a 312 m² apartment. The
apartment on the first floor has a covered terrace with direct views of the
Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Following consultation with the fire department and the study of various
technical solutions, amongst which the possible oversizing of the structure
- studied with the SCIA Engineer software - the chosen solution has been
a non fire resisting structure together with a 1-hour intumescent paint.
The metal structure details were calculated using the SCIA Engineer
program in accordance with Eurocode 3. Specific use loads applied as a
jacuzzi on the terrace had to be taken into account.
Contact
Thierry Mersch
Address ZI des Plénesses - Rue du Tiège, 7
4890 Thimister, Belgium
Website
Our workshops specialize in the manufacture and assembly of steel
structures.
We are a family business of about twenty employees, our company
develops structures ranging from a few tons to hundreds of tons for
clientele of industrial and construction companies.
Based in the Verviétoise area for almost 50 years, our company continues
a tradition of expertise and integrity and is popular in Belgium and abroad.
It is their attention to detail, high-quality work, sense of responsibility, and
respect for our commitments that characterize our dynamic SMEs.
