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Lidl - Genk, Belgium
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Owner
Lidl
Architect
Architeam
General Contractor
Cordeel nv
Engineering Office
Establis
Construction Period 01/2014 - 01/2016
This project concerns the expansion of the existing distribution centre
of Lidl in Genk. The site contains a food and non-food building, built
in concrete and consisting of several floors. The food area has 2
compartments and is divided by a fire wall. There is also a dilatation joint
foreseen next to the fire wall.
Due to the location of the building, the structure had to be checked for
earthquakes. Because of the fact that the roof beams are prestressed
with a great span, there is a lot of creep and shrinkage that results in a
displacement at the top of the columns
. The loads on the roof structure
are not equally divided due to elements such as sprinklers, solar panels,
and cooling units. Additionally, the fire walls’ structural elements have to
obtain 2hrs of fire resistance.
In SCIA Engineer, we induced a negative line load to analyze the effect of
the roof beams. This results in a displacement which is taken into account
for the 2nd order moments in the columns. Besides this static modelling,
there was a dynamic modelling used to view the impact of earthquakes.
Finally, the columns were calculated with the maximum internal forces,
resulting from static and dynamic calculations.
Establis nv
Contact
Jurgen Vantornout
Address Beversesteenweg 612
8800 Roeselare, Belgium
Website
Establis guarantees
creative calculations
for structural engineering,
finding you the best solutions for the lowest costs.
Our team in Antwerp and Roeselare consists of
30 highly qualified
staff
with
diverse specialisms
in, among other fields, concrete, steel, prefab,
foundation and seismic engineering. We are ready to guide your unique
construction project from
start to finish
. Establis guarantees creative
calculations for structural engineering, finding you the best solutions for
the lowest costs.
