Construction World December 2020

Category: BUILDING CONTRACTORS

PROJECT INFORMATION

• Company entering: WBHO • Client: DSV Real Estate • Start date: 1 September 2019 • End date : 3 March 2021 • Main Contractor: WBHO • Architect: DBM Architects • Principal Agent: Metrum Project Management • Quantity Surveyor: Quest • Consulting Engineer: DG Consulting Engineers

solution that allows for a functional, durable and aesthetically pleasing end product. WBHO also opted for a mix of cast in situ concrete columns and precast tilt up columns. The tilt up columns were cast on site on casting beds and were up to 17 m tall weighing in excess of 23 tons each. The roof steel structure design, for both the Crossdock and Main Warehouse, was extremely economical at around 16 kg/m 2 using Metsec Purlins, single angle trusses for speed of fabrication and Compound angle girders for weight saving. The lighting system in the facility will consist of LED lighting with low energy consumption in combination with motion and presence detection sensors to control lights. Daylight harvesting will be employed where the luminaires intensity is adjusted to compensate for the natural light. The lighting will be controlled by an addressable system where each luminaire can be controlled from a central place and respond to pre-set inputs. The staff facility water heating is generated by air-to-water heat

pumps with heat accumulators as hot water storage vessels. Water heating is by means of an indirect heating through a high pressure and low pressure heating system. All equipment will be controlled and monitored through an external web-based management system. A 1 000 kWP rooftop solar installation is being installed with provision for a further 1 700 kWP when the required generation licence is obtained. This will ensure that the facility’s base electrical loading is powered with solar power. 5DLQZDWHU ZLOO EH KDUYHVWHG IURP WKH RͦFH URRIV WR IHHG the landscape irrigation system with top up water fed from surrounding boreholes. The truck wash facility will utilise the recycled water from the automated truck wash facility thereby reducing the demand on potable water. Top up water will be fed from the surrounding boreholes. ƒ

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