241 X Nemetschek Structural User Contest 2013 - Category 4: Special Projects Category 4: Special Projects 4 Short description │Amadeus Kalvermarkt The project concerns the implementation of a new building in the centre of The Hague. It consists of a parking area in the basement, a shopping area on the first 3 floors, and 6 and 12 floors with apartments. One of the main characteristics of the design is the fact that the new building is constructed on top of an existing foundation. To be able to withstand the much heavier loads at the foundation on top of the floor slab of the old basement structure a new raft foundation has been designed. An exceptional part of the structure is the foundation of the very heavy loaded steel-concrete composite columns. These stand on top of walls which are located in the basement. What makes it special is that a large part of the reinforced concrete wall structure has been replaced by a steel frame. For the design of this atypical complex structural element a 3D Scia Engineer model has been used. Project information Owner Development Company Kalvermarkt, Den Haag Architect Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten, Goirle General Contractor Strabag Züblin, Vlaardingen Engineering Office IMd Raadgevende Ingenieurs, Rotterdam Location Den Haag, The Netherlands Construction Period 08/2012 to 07/2014 IMd Raadgevende Ingenieurs Contact Heleen van den Berge Address Piekstraat 77 3071 EL Rotterdam, The Netherlands Phone +31 10 2012360 Email [email protected] Website www.imdbv.nl Since its inception in 1960 IMd Raadgevende Ingenieurs [consulting engineers] has remained totally independent and has had no commercial ties with manufacturers, subcontractors, contractors or developers who could influence the making of unbiased and unrestrained recommendations. The company dedicates its activities to making recommendations in the field of structural engineering. The company has experience in working on projects in which the structural engineer is expected to do more than merely make calculations and drawings. An active input of the structural design in the design phase specifically leads to an economically feasible plan. IMd’s aspiration is to ensure that the client gets a functional and beautiful building, the architect can realise ‘his design’, all the consultants achieve their best performances and the contractor can build quickly and easily.
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