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De Rotterdam - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Owner
De Rotterdam CV
Architect
Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
General Contractor
Strabag Züblin
Engineering Office
Royal HaskoningDHV
Construction Period 2009 - 2013
The high rise project De Rotterdam is being described as a vertical city.
With three 150 m high towers, including residential, commercial, hotel
and parking facilities, the building is a giant that has no equal in the
Netherlands. Special design features include the large cantilevers at the
midpoint of the building height and the settlements due to the clay layer
present below the sandlayer which is the base of the pile foundation.
SCIA Engineer was used to investigate the soil-structure interaction and
investigate deformations of soil and structures from the earlier stages of
construction until 30 years after completion. Measures against excessive
settlements, like using hydraulic jacks to shorten or lengthen columns,
have been analyzed using SCIA Engineer.
The results from SCIA Engineer were key to discussions on the
topic of settlements with all the stakeholders, including the client,
subcontractors for finishing, the main contractor and the municipality.
Actual measurements so far show that the predictions were accurate.
SCIA Engineers ability to handle large amounts of data enabled us to
model with a minimum amount of simplifications, and the wide range
of options to, for example, include the effects of hydraulic jacks in the
buildings were a key success factor in this project.
Royal HaskoningDHV
Contact
Dennis Snijders, Jan Font Freide
Address George Hintzenweg 85
3068 AX Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Website
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project management consultancy with over 130 years of experience. Our
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Image courtesy of OMA; photography by Ossip van Duivenbode
