116 Category 3: Industrial Buildings and Plants 3 LLM Mecasport - Francorchamps, Belgium SE Ateliers Mersch s a Owner LLM Mecasport Architect Nicolas Halleux General Contractor Serbi Engineering Office Ateliers Mersch Construction Period 03/2014 The project involves the construction of a car showroom with facilities to repair Porsche and other luxury cars. The new garage is located at the entrance to the Formula 1 circuit of Spa Francorchamps. In collaboration with the architect and general contractor, we designed a steel support structure. The building consists of a 480 m² workshop on the ground floor of with a 235 m² mezzanine accessible via a freight elevator for storage of spare parts, a small 107 m² showroom for displaying some prestige vehicles, an office upstairs from the showroom and finally a 312 m² apartment. The apartment on the first floor has a covered terrace with direct views of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Following consultation with the fire department and the study of various technical solutions, amongst which the possible oversizing of the structure - studied with the SCIA Engineer software - the chosen solution has been a non fire resisting structure together with a 1-hour intumescent paint. The metal structure details were calculated using the SCIA Engineer program in accordance with Eurocode 3. Specific use loads applied as a jacuzzi on the terrace had to be taken into account. Contact Thierry Mersch Address ZI des Plénesses - Rue du Tiège, 7 4890 Thimister, Belgium Website www.ateliersmersch.be Our workshops specialize in the manufacture and assembly of steel structures. We are a family business of about twenty employees, our company develops structures ranging from a few tons to hundreds of tons for clientele of industrial and construction companies. Based in the Verviétoise area for almost 50 years, our company continues a tradition of expertise and integrity and is popular in Belgium and abroad. It is their attention to detail, high-quality work, sense of responsibility, and respect for our commitments that characterize our dynamic SMEs.
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