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Residential Complex with 7 Units and Parking - Bonn, Germany
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Owner
Emons Bauträger GmbH
Architect
Emons Architekten
Engineering Office
Ingenieurbüro Mentges
Construction Period 2015 - 2016
The Mentges office utilised all BIM-functionalities from the Nemetschek
Group during the construction of this apartment building. Overlooking the
Rhine Valley and the picturesque ‘Siebengebirge’ a residential complex
with 7 units and an underground parking will be built in Bonn.
To provide adequate sound insulation and to reflect the foundation
conditions, the building is divided into 2 parts, with staircases and
basements separated from the living areas and the underground car park.
The living area includes a penthouse, upper and ground floor and also 2
underground floors with the parking space. The staircase extends over
all floors; cellars and technical rooms are located in the basement. The
foundation is formed by elastically bedded plates.
As the building geometry is irregular and the slabs are at different levels, a
simplified check by equivalent earthquake loads was not an option and a
3D finite element program had to be used for the calculation.
From the 3D building data prepared by architects in Allplan, Mentges has
derived the structural model and generated the analytical 3D model in
SCIA Engineer. The earthquake checks were performed according to EC8
using the IRS method, and the slabs were designed for the gravity loads.
The results were sent to Allplan through the .asf file, so that, as always
at IB Mentges, the reinforcement could be fully detailed in the original 3D
building model.
Contact
Oliver Mentges
Address Aulgasse 176
53721 Siegburg, Germany
Website
For 20 years the engineering company Mentges designs structures and
buildings in concrete, steel or timber for industrial, commercial, residential
and administrative purposes. The customer base today is crossing regional
borders with nationwide projects. Mr. Mentges set BIM approaches in
his thesis already in 1989 and therefore relies on the technology leader
Nemetschek Group. Structural analysis and detailing with SCIA Engineer
and Allplan is a real BIM. The consistent 3D design is not a goal in itself,
but for the 3 engineers involved it represents a way to produce an optimal
design with a minimised possibility of errors.
Ingenieurbüro Mentges
