120 Category 3: Industrial Buildings and Plants 3 Heightening of a Production Building - Ghent, Belgium SE Owner Taminco Architect Bureau PARTNERS - Architecten & Ingenieurs nv General Contractor Cordeel Engineering Office Bureau PARTNERS - Architecten & Ingenieurs nv Construction Period 09/2013 - 02/2014 To expand a production line, additional floors were needed on top of the existing concrete building. The new steel structure consists of a closed building and a covered space. The total height of the building was raised from 14 m to 25 m, and an additional 650 m² production space was created. The new building was designed to comply with the new equipment, keeping in mind that the structure should provide enough flexibility for later adaptations to the production line. To minimalize the impact on the existing building, the hinged footings of the steel structure were placed in the centre of the existing concrete columns, thereby transferring only normal forces. Because the thin concrete roof under the covered space wasn’t strong enough to support new equipment, a raised floor was created. This also provided extra room for the piping and cables without disturbing the safe circulation and operation of the equipment. To minimize the total project time, the building of the structure and the placing of the new equipment were done simultaneously. Due to intensive pre-study and impeccable cooperation between the designer, the building contractor and Taminco, all deadlines were achieved, and the end result surpassed expectation. Contact Tim Neels Address Meulesteedsesteenweg 396 9000 Ghent, Belgium Website www.bureaupartners.be Bureau PARTNERS - Architecten & Ingenieurs sa, founded in 1987, is a multidisciplinary study team of architects and engineers working in the public and industrial sector. Due to this complementarity, Bureau PARTNERS is able to approach any problem from a wide variety of angles. This process results in a sophisticated design and in a better balance between quality and cost for each discipline. Bureau PARTNERS - Architecten & Ingenieurs nv
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