The building’s schedule of requirements demanded that two inspection halls be built with a central administrative facility. One of the halls will contain five inspection lines for passenger vehicles, while the other will contain three inspection lines for commercial vehicles and a shortened back-up line. Each line will be executed in sufficient detail to accommodate […]
The design consists of three volumes and results from the directives identified in the Study of the Main Highways of the City of Ghent. Two free-standing volumes are created on the street side, echoing the detached homes on adjacent plots. These volumes are divided into offices on the first two floors, and apartments on the […]
The usual split of a simple production hall with separate and costly office space was purposely avoided. Warehousing and office space were tackled on an equal footing as part of an overall concept. The space was integrally finished with smooth, naturally coloured concrete panelling and anthracite joinery. The enormous warehouse with its four production halls […]
The administrative headquarters are located in a separate building, which houses executive offices, the secretarial department, bookkeeping, IT, quality & safety departments and a meeting room. The surrounding areas are laid out for receiving vehicles and have long queuing zones. […]
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The production building consists of a recovery boiler, turbine hall, turbine alternator and transformers rated for 350 MW power generation purposes. In auxiliary electrical service buildings, areas were also implemented for the gas turbine air filter, demineralization, a control room and an aero-condenser. Logistics buildings include a workshop, warehousing, an administrative building and a communal […]
In Sint-Denijs-Westrem, five lines were fitted out for cars, as well as a brick examination centre. The vehicle inspection centre in Stekene has three lines for cars and two for trucks. In Wondelgem, the vehicle inspection centre was converted to house three car lines, one motorbike line and three truck lines. In Nazareth, three car […]