VSH Turòa nad Bodvou - Nemetschek Scia

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CAE Civil Works
Staaladviesburo
Address Lavendelstraat 181 • 9100 Sint Niklaas (BE)
Telephone +32 3 7663977
Fax +32 3 7666272
Contact Mr Willy Vercauteren
Email staaladviesburo@skynet.be
Website www.staaladviesburo.be
Staaladviesburo SAB, is a consulting firm, specializing in expert
advice and support on industrial structural steel constructions.
SAB especially focuses on support for smaller firms without inhouse
structural consultancy and on non-standard constructions,
restorations and renovations.
SAB, founded in 2000, arose - after 40 years of experience - from
Engineering Company Public Works TKB - ATENCO and with
the cooperation of BSC British Steel Corporation.
SAB can guide you through your projects with practical and
theoretical assistance for:
• Preparatory studies, drafts, calculations
• New constructions
• Restorations and renovations
• Multi-storey frames, hangars, warehouses, crane girders,
(grain) elevators, towers …
Some references:
• Naval lift Belgian Army – Zeebrugge
• Pedestrian bridge – Diest
• Restauration Royal Greenhouses – Brussels
• Swamp environment and raptor cage – Zoo Antwerp
• Mosque – London
• Belgacom towers- gangway - Brussels
Used software • ESA-Prima Win, SCIA•ESA PT
Bridge Bosberg Houthalen - Helchteren
The goal of this pedestrian bridge is to connect the wood
and the heather land; they are actually separated by a
national trunk road. The concept of the structure is such, that
it is also accessible for wheelchair-users. The local authorities
insisted that the form of the construction would be in
harmony with the environment.
The length of the structure is total ± 190 m, with an efficient
width of about 2.50 m - is imposed by the ground profile of
the terrain and the necessary free height above the national
road. The distance between the platforms on each side is
maximum 10 m. The total weight of the bridge construction
is ± 60 ton. The road surface of the bridge is dimensioned
for overloads of 5 kN/m2 . The complete structure is built
with RHS (rectangular hollow steel sections) A.E.355 D. The
protection of the steel is executed by a high-quality blast
and painting, carried out in the workshop. We used ESAsoftware
mainly for checking deflections and optimising the
steel-sections.
98 SCIA User Contest 2007 • Category 3 • CAE Civil Works
Bridge Bosberg Houthalen - Helchteren