Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 2: Concept Design 2 - 18 2.6 Distribution Centre and office, Barendrecht, Netherlands This 26000 m 2 distribution centre for a major supermarket in the Netherlands comprises a conventional steel structure for the distribution area and a two storey high office area that is suspended above an access road, as shown in Figure 2.7. This 42 m long office building comprises a 12 m cantilever supported by a two storey high internal steel structure with diagonal bracing. The structure uses H section beams and columns with tubular bracing. Both the warehouse and office buildings are provided with sprinklers to reduce the risk of fire, and the steelwork has intumescent coating so that it can be exposed internally. The warehouse internal temperature is 2°C and the steelwork of the office is thermally isolated from the warehouse part. Figure 2.7 Distribution centre, Barendrecht, NL showing the braced cantilever office structure