Gebr . Van der Lugt Lisianthus are building a new six - hectare greenhouse in the Dutch Ithiel Town of Monster . It is an exciting undertaking in which multiple parties are involved , one of which is Verkade Beton . Among other things , they will install a 277 - metre long concrete flower sewer , which is so forward-looking and with child that citizenry have started call in it a tunnel .
picture by Marco van Vianen . For more images , you’re able to go to the Verkade BetonFacebook pageboy
It ’s some impressive engineering , pretty singular as well , and the pridefulness and joy of designer Marco van Vianen . “ Something like this has never been made in the Netherlands before ” , he aver . “ We had n’t made a concrete binful for bloom transportation yet . Normally you would use prefab concrete control board , but in this case , we had to deal with a eminent groundwater level , so the trough had to be waterproof . Due to the length , dilation were also required , which also involve to be waterproof . The distention have been poured in with the cement just like a steel construction for the funding of the concrete path above it . ”
Something that is also quite especial is the measurements . Inside it assess five beat in width ( the way of life itself is over half a meter wider ) and 1.40 meter in profundity . “ This establish the steel backup construction an absolute requirement because if it were n’t there , the weight in the middle would be too much to birth . To this closing , the brand beams in the middle of the sewer have been combined with alloy suspender , over which four Bercomex conveyer belts are order . A fortune of thought go into making this decision , and everything had to form with the Bercomex specs . But also the force per unit area on the walls is many times nifty when working with a depth of 1.40 meters instead of the more standard trough depth of 1.00 metre . The depth of 1.40 meters was choose because Van der Lugt wanted to be able-bodied to take the air through it since maintenance is required now and then , which means someone necessitate to be in the burrow during this time . In other words , now you do n’t want to crawl anymore . ”
The complexness of the raw building project , and especially the role the flower burrow has in it , is surprisingly self-aggrandising , as Richard Groenewegen of consultancy firm AAB knows . “ It is a common thread throughout the company . People have been construct for two months , so it ’s safe to say a plenty of body of work is required . The transporter belt underneath , the width of the path , those are all affair that have an influence on the rest of the construction of the greenhouse , the electrical energy , and the heating aggrandizement , even on the position of the glasshouse column and the measurements of the portals above the path . There was a lot of consulting expire on with installer Stolze on how the cable’s length should run and how all of the control box require to be place on the columns . Even now that everything has been placed and installed , and the piece of work is finally done , mass still need to wait for the track . When that is done , most of the overseas telegram and boxes can finally be touch base . ”
As far as AAB is touch , the entire project at Van der Lugt is very comprehensive . Richard has been involved in the build from the get - go , over one year before the ground was infract . “ first , we set all of the ( environmental ) permits that were needed , and we contacted all potential organizations . Because it need a re - build project , we also leave a full Reconstruction Period as well as the drawing . The negotiations with both the purchase and the sales broker went via us . Besides that , we designed the front with a bombastic warehouse , the back exit , and the architectural design of the new berth . And lastly ” , say Richard , who has suggest on a premature expansion at Van der Lugt , “ many of the negotiations with entrepreneurs go via AAB ; we also coordinate all program : the ice , the DOE , the projection screen , the heating , the boiler , the spot place – and also the concrete . Verkade handled the dimensioning , we signed off on it . ”
For Verkade , besides the burrow , the projection also consists of other concrete work , a WOT floor , poles for the transformer rooms and a new loading and unlade wharf at the back of the greenhouse . Besides that , they are also working at industrial plant greenhouse P vanguard Geest , Florensis , Vreugdenhil B&P , Huub van Leeuwen , and many more . “ We have our work contract out for us ” , Marco , who return to his old work at the kickoff of this year , province . “ This was one of the first naming I could take on , and what an assignment it is . The best part is that we , together with the builder , of line , were able to think up and draw everything ourselves . I gladly worked overtime a few nights to get all the drawings just right , and I think the result talk for itself . ”
For more info : Verkade Betonwww.verkadebeton.nl
AABwww.aabnl.nl
Gebr . van der Lugtwww.vdlugtlisianthus.nl
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