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Category 3: Industrial Buildings and Plants
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Heightening of a Production Building - Ghent, Belgium
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Owner
Taminco
Architect
Bureau PARTNERS - Architecten & Ingenieurs nv
General Contractor
Cordeel
Engineering Office
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Construction Period 09/2013 - 02/2014
To expand a production line, additional floors were needed on top of the
existing concrete building. The new steel structure consists of a closed
building and a covered space. The total height of the building was raised
from 14 m to 25 m, and an additional 650 m² production space was created.
The new building was designed to comply with the new equipment,
keeping in mind that the structure should provide enough flexibility for
later adaptations to the production line. To minimalize the impact on the
existing building, the hinged footings of the steel structure were placed
in the centre of the existing concrete columns, thereby transferring only
normal forces.
Because the thin concrete roof under the covered space wasn’t strong
enough to support new equipment, a raised floor was created. This also
provided extra room for the piping and cables without disturbing the safe
circulation and operation of the equipment.
To minimize the total project time, the building of the structure and the
placing of the new equipment were done simultaneously. Due to intensive
pre-study and impeccable cooperation between the designer, the building
contractor and Taminco, all deadlines were achieved, and the end result
surpassed expectation.
Contact
Tim Neels
Address Meulesteedsesteenweg 396
9000 Ghent, Belgium
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