Entrance "North Galaxy" CSM nv Hamonterweg 103 3930 Hamont-Achel Belgium Tel.: +32 11 64 07 51 Fax: +32 11 64 87 95 Email: [email protected] Contact: M. Ronny Loos Email: [email protected] In 1965, C. Schuurmans started with a small construction workshop in Achel, Belgium, near the Dutch border. 40 years later, the company has become one of the most important steel manufacturers in Belgium with establishments in Achel and Hamont. CSM has its own engineering, production, and assembly department which enables us to finish different types of projects entirely in own management. The workshops have a total surface of approximately 25,000 m², with a hoist capacity up to 100 ton. CSM realizes a yearly turnover of approximately 20 Million Euros. Thanks to its 150 employees, CSM processes 10.000 tons of steel on a yearly basis. Besides the Benelux, CSM is also active in Germany, France and The United Kingdom. The product range of CSM is very diverse. Not only architectonic constructions of rolled tubes with smooth welding and steel connections are possible, also larger industrial projects, such as boiler rooms and piperacks or canals and ducts, are being manufactured to the great satisfaction of the customers. CSM also has several references in bridgeconstruction and offshore projects. CSM is certified by ISO9001, VCA**, and its welders are being inspected by means of different standards. By constantly pursuing quality, by permanently trying to realise postulated deadlines, and by putting security as primary objective, CSM strives for and is entitled to the title of trustworthy supplier. The project is a part of the “North Galaxy” complex near the railway station “BrusselsNorth”. This project concerns the entrance hall. The building has an elliptic roof surface and it is surrounded by a glass frontage. In the original design, the frontage of the building was anchored by trusses, but at a later stage was decided to attach the glass frontage to steel cables. This implied that the roof surface had to be aggravated in order to face with the extra forces. This was also necessary in order to make the structure more rigid to avoid distortion of the cables as a consequence of the wind load. On the first floor, an additional problem arose as the surface was not resistant against the extra upward pressure. In order to resolve this problem, CSM designed a complete secondary steel cellar structure. This structure released the pre-tension and reinforced also the concrete basis of the building. Project characteristics 150 Ton 900 m² Boulevard du Roi Albert II 1030 Bruxelles 146 Company Project Entrance "North Galaxy" SCIA User Contest 2005 / Steel constructions 4 Categorie
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