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92 Category 3: Industrial Buildings and Plants 3 Owner Lambiotte & Cie Architect B.A.E. Bernard Willaime General Contractor Houyoux s.a. Engineering Office B.G.S. sprl Construction Period 09/2016 - 04/2017 The project consists of a three-floor building dedicated to chemical processing. The steel tower, with an open-space work platform, is 22 metres high. One of the structural challenges was to allow for replacement and maintenance of the production line during the building’s operational life. Therefore, cross bracing could not be used. Moreover, the roof and floor structures were both divided into removable frames. SCIA Engineer was used to calculate internal forces in the elements, to evaluate the lateral stability of the building and to calculate deflections in an overall analysis. It was helpful to quickly compare different solutions to find the most efficient one and optimise that solution. Also steel connections were designed with SCIA Engineer. Lambiotte & Cie - Marbehan, Belgium B.G.S. sprl Contact Louppe Sébastien Address 17, rue de Vance 6720 Habay, Belgium Website www.bgns.be Established in 1995, BGS is an engineering company based in 3 locations in Belgium that works on projects mainly realised in Belgium, Luxemburg and France. We offer an integrated approach covering not only structural and HVAC design, but also ground surveys for public and private projects.