
Individual material tests do not automatically say anything about the fire class of a complete precast HSB wall element. Fire class B is all about the total structure: materials, connections, fastening, frames and facade finishing. This is precisely where discussions about the substantiation regularly arise in projects. That's why Peutz and WEBO have made a video explaining this pitfall in practical terms. Harm Leenders, Head of Laboratory for Fire [...]

In downtown Eindhoven, Stam + De Koning is building Nieuw Bergen: seven buildings, 237 homes and an underground parking garage on a compact site. More than 30 project partners are working together on MVRDV's design, which features pitched roofs, green facades and high urban density. Digital coordination is through Trimble Connect BIM software. New [...]

At Buitenhavenweg in Lelystad, JYSK is building a 147,000 m2 distribution center. The complex will have a highly automated warehouse with a 44-meter high bay racking system. For fire safety and access control, family company Teckentrup is supplying some 120 steel doors. Teckentrup is a German family company, with a sister company in the Netherlands, that has been manufacturing industrial doors for more than ninety [...].
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