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CAE Special Projects
VK ENGINEERING
Address Zevenbergenlaan 2a • 8200 Brugge (BE)
Telephone +32 50 390553
Fax +32 51 262021
Contact Mr Geert Devolder
Email vke-cs-bru@vkgroup.be
Website www.vkgroup.be
VK Engineering is the new identity of Ingenieurs- en Architectenbureau
Van Kerckhove (Roeselare, est. 1952), Studium
(Bruges, est. 1963), Bureau d’Etudes Coget (Brussels, est. 1974)
and Ingénieurs Associés (Brussels, est. 1977).
Ingenieurs- en Architectenbureau Van Kerckhove, established
by Hubert Van Kerckhove and managed by Peter Van Kerckhove
since 1982, took over Studium in the same year and Coget
in 2000. The expansion of the Van Kerckhove-group urged
a more streamlined organization under the joint VK-label,
regrouping the engineering services in 2002 in VK Engineering
Building Services and Civil & Structural. Ingénieurs Associés reinforced
VK in 2004.
With its steady expansion, VK enlarges its action radius, with
regard to expertise and knowhow, as well as geographically.
With offices in Brussels, Merelbeke, Bruges and Roeselare,
employing about 150 people, VK is one the largest engineering
firms of Belgium.
VK Engineering offers its knowhow and knowledge especially
to the private market, more specifically offices, industrial, hospitality
& leisure and the residential market. Through the years,
it has put challenging and large-scale projects to its name. The
new NATO-headquarters, the Mondrian business center, the
Marriott-hotel (Ghent), the GlaxoSmithKline-complex (Waver),
the new Antwerp Law Courts, the Charlemagne building (Brussels)
and the Bruges Concert Building are but a few examples.
VK Engineering consists of a team of multidisciplinary consulting
engineers. The firm is subdivided into cells, each one guided by
an expert project director, and undertakes studies in building
services and civil & structural engineering of prominent projects.
It engages into various missions, from the study of new buildings,
to renovations of (protected) monuments, assessments
and management developments.
VK Engineering supports the architectural and industrial
concept by its creative approach within a rational structure.
In maintaining a smooth and coordinated cooperation in the
various construction phases, the project is realized according
to the concept of the designer and to the satisfaction of the
Used software • ESA-Prima Win
client. As a well-established engineering firm, VK ENGINEERING
evidentally also closely follows the newest and future developments,
such as CDF simulations, night cooling, natural ventilation,
activation of the concrete nucleus, geothermal studies,
co- and trigeneration, solar collectors, …
As such, VK Engineering is capable of offering its clients an integrated
study and performing end product.
VK Engineering is equipped with an extended library, containing
the most recent standards and technical data, and disposes of
advanced soft- and hardware.
196 SCIA User Contest 2007 • Category 5 • CAE Special Projects
Roofs Courthouse Antwerp
Roofs Courthouse Antwerp
This project regards the new law courts in the south of
Antwerp; it fits in with the large revitalization activities in this
part of the city.
The law courts are designed as an open house. Large glass
surfaces connect the judicial services with the citizens of
Antwerp and offer marvellous sights on the city.
The pointed, cone shaped, roofs are without doubt the most
striking characteristic of the buildings, they peak at 41 metres
above ground. The roof structure is a grid of linear and
spatial metal bars, connected through hinging joints. It rests
only on 14 points of support, not on the facades
Footbridges without intermediate support and as wide as
the central hall hang underneath the roof construction. They
connect the office wings on both sides of the hall.