196 SCIA User Contest 2007 • Category 5 • CAE Special Projects CAE Special Projects 5 VK ENGINEERING Address Zevenbergenlaan 2a • 8200 Brugge (BE) Telephone +32 50 390553 Fax +32 51 262021 Contact Mr Geert Devolder Email [email protected] Website www.vkgroup.be VK Engineering is the new identity of Ingenieurs- en Architectenbureau Van Kerckhove (Roeselare, est. 1952), Studium (Bruges, est. 1963), Bureau d’Etudes Coget (Brussels, est. 1974) and Ingénieurs Associés (Brussels, est. 1977). Ingenieurs- en Architectenbureau Van Kerckhove, established by Hubert Van Kerckhove and managed by Peter Van Kerckhove since 1982, took over Studium in the same year and Coget in 2000. The expansion of the Van Kerckhove-group urged a more streamlined organization under the joint VK-label, regrouping the engineering services in 2002 in VK Engineering Building Services and Civil & Structural. Ingénieurs Associés reinforced VK in 2004. With its steady expansion, VK enlarges its action radius, with regard to expertise and knowhow, as well as geographically. With offices in Brussels, Merelbeke, Bruges and Roeselare, employing about 150 people, VK is one the largest engineering firms of Belgium. VK Engineering offers its knowhow and knowledge especially to the private market, more specifically offices, industrial, hospitality & leisure and the residential market. Through the years, it has put challenging and large-scale projects to its name. The new NATO-headquarters, the Mondrian business center, the Marriott-hotel (Ghent), the GlaxoSmithKline-complex (Waver), the new Antwerp Law Courts, the Charlemagne building (Brussels) and the Bruges Concert Building are but a few examples. VK Engineering consists of a team of multidisciplinary consulting engineers. The firm is subdivided into cells, each one guided by an expert project director, and undertakes studies in building services and civil & structural engineering of prominent projects. It engages into various missions, from the study of new buildings, to renovations of (protected) monuments, assessments and management developments. VK Engineering supports the architectural and industrial concept by its creative approach within a rational structure. In maintaining a smooth and coordinated cooperation in the various construction phases, the project is realized according to the concept of the designer and to the satisfaction of the client. As a well-established engineering firm, VK ENGINEERING evidentally also closely follows the newest and future developments, such as CDF simulations, night cooling, natural ventilation, activation of the concrete nucleus, geothermal studies, co- and trigeneration, solar collectors, … As such, VK Engineering is capable of offering its clients an integrated study and performing end product. VK Engineering is equipped with an extended library, containing the most recent standards and technical data, and disposes of advanced soft- and hardware. Roofs Courthouse Antwerp This project regards the new law courts in the south of Antwerp; it fits in with the large revitalization activities in this part of the city. The law courts are designed as an open house. Large glass surfaces connect the judicial services with the citizens of Antwerp and offer marvellous sights on the city. The pointed, cone shaped, roofs are without doubt the most striking characteristic of the buildings, they peak at 41 metres above ground. The roof structure is a grid of linear and spatial metal bars, connected through hinging joints. It rests only on 14 points of support, not on the facades Footbridges without intermediate support and as wide as the central hall hang underneath the roof construction. They connect the office wings on both sides of the hall. Roofs Courthouse Antwerp Used software • ESA-Prima Win
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