43 Category 1: Buildings 1 Lidl - Genk, Belgium SE Owner Lidl Architect Architeam General Contractor Cordeel nv Engineering Office Establis Construction Period 01/2014 - 01/2016 This project concerns the expansion of the existing distribution centre of Lidl in Genk. The site contains a food and non-food building, built in concrete and consisting of several floors. The food area has 2 compartments and is divided by a fire wall. There is also a dilatation joint foreseen next to the fire wall. Due to the location of the building, the structure had to be checked for earthquakes. Because of the fact that the roof beams are prestressed with a great span, there is a lot of creep and shrinkage that results in a displacement at the top of the columns. The loads on the roof structure are not equally divided due to elements such as sprinklers, solar panels, and cooling units. Additionally, the fire walls’ structural elements have to obtain 2hrs of fire resistance. In SCIA Engineer, we induced a negative line load to analyze the effect of the roof beams. This results in a displacement which is taken into account for the 2nd order moments in the columns. Besides this static modelling, there was a dynamic modelling used to view the impact of earthquakes. Finally, the columns were calculated with the maximum internal forces, resulting from static and dynamic calculations. Establis nv Contact Jurgen Vantornout Address Beversesteenweg 612 8800 Roeselare, Belgium Website www.establis.eu Establis guarantees creative calculations for structural engineering, finding you the best solutions for the lowest costs. Our team in Antwerp and Roeselare consists of 30 highly qualified staff with diverse specialisms in, among other fields, concrete, steel, prefab, foundation and seismic engineering. We are ready to guide your unique construction project from start to finish. Establis guarantees creative calculations for structural engineering, finding you the best solutions for the lowest costs.
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