Summary 32010 103ThemeConstruction for healthcareConstruction in healthcare (pp. 4 - 7)The Dutch healthcare sector spends 75 bil-lion euros annually. The healthcare sector isthe largest employer in the Netherlands withmore than 1 million jobs. How is this exten-sive sector actually organised from within?How is construction within the healthcaresector organised? And where are the currentproblems in this sector?The design of hospitals (pp. 8 - 14)Many interests must be taken into accountwhen designing for the healthcare sector,and particularly for hospitals. Each organi-sation lays the emphasis on different issuesin the package of requirements; there arespace limitations and urban planning pre-conditions. The design process for a hospi-tal is especially focused on defining andanswering the requirements of the varioususers. The various options are highlightedbased on several practical examples.DBFMO in the healthcare sector (pp. 15 - 17)It has been the practice for governmentbuildings for some time, but now the timeseems ripe for DBFMO to be used in thehealthcare sector. According to its advo-cates this type of integrated contract makescosting more controllable. This is why theLaurentius Hospital in Roermond is consid-ering the use of DBFMO for its ambitiousconstruction plans. The Cement editorialteam asked Mr Jack Thiadens, chairman ofthe hospital board, about the whys andwherefores.Design differently, tender differently(pp. 18 - 21)The last of the 968 piles for building sectionEast of the new Erasmus MC went into theground on 9 March 2010, just 18 monthsafter the design of the structure. This laid thefoundation for the new tower construction,the first section of the low-rise building andthe backbone linking the various buildings,both existing and new. The largest hospitalproject in the Netherlands is characterisedby`Design differently, tender differently',according to Gerard Groot Zwaaftink of EGMarchitects.Erasmus MC under construction (pp. 22 - 28)In the coming decade the Erasmus MedicalCentre in Rotterdam will be the scene of majorconstruction activity. In addition to the newconstruction of the hospital and the educationcentre, the programme also includes expan-sion of the Sophia Children's Hospital.The con-struction activities are divided into two blocks.This article examines the design of Block 1.The unzipped hospital (pp. 30 - 35)More and more frequently we see proposalsfor new hospitals where the traditional hos-pital building is`unzipped'and absorbed insmaller fragments by the urban structure ofthe city. A good example of the social back-ground for this fragmentation of the health-care sector is the Albert Schweitzer Hospitalin Dordrecht. The hospital will be completedat the end of 2010. The longer than usualpreparation period has paid for itself severaltimes over in the tendering phase and dur-ing the subsequent round of cutbacks.Construction - a special skill (pp. 36 - 41)Anyone who has regularly travelled on thecircular road to the west of`s-Hertogenboschhas been able to see an outstanding exampleof construction technique. The Jeroen BoschHospital has shot up at a speed reminiscent ofan industrial production line. With the con-struction process used here, the consortiumof contractors has demonstrated that con-struction is a specialist skill that deservesmuch admiration. This article examines thefundamentals of the design of the hospital.Rotterdam Care Centre gains shape (pp. 42 - 45)The Maasstad Hospital in South Rotterdamwill be opened early in 2011. The totally newcomplex comprises nursing wings supportedby all the facilities that a modern hospitalneeds. The construction site covers an areaof approximately 4.5 ha. The project has fourparallel wings each with five floors. Thestructure was designed very rationally andhas a very high degree of repetition.Five storey car park (pp. 46 - 49)Parking problems on the site of the SintMaartenskliniek in Ubbergen was the moti-vation for a feasibility study into an under-ground parking facility for 700 cars and 300bicycles and motorbikes in an area the sizeof a football pitch. This study led to the con-struction of a pre-cast concrete car parkwithin Berlin walls.Outside the themeClassic simplicity (pp. 58 - 60)The village of Scharans in eastern Switzer-land suddenly came into the limelight dueto the construction of a remarkable build-ing. Architect Valerio Olgiati designed theAtelier Bardill for the Swiss writer and song-writer Linard Bardill. This building is con-structed entirely from in-situ concrete.Without a roof! This resulted in Olgiati win-ning the Swiss Concrete Architecture Awardin 2009.Islands in the green belt (pp. 62 - 65)In the Green Belt to the north-east of Amers-foort 40 flats have been built spread over fiveblocks. This project respected the spatial and`green'nature of the surroundings. Theblocks are oriented to the surroundinggreenery as far as possible, but at the sametime they occupy minimum surface area. Theproject was nominated for the Betonprijs2009 (Concrete award 2009).Precision essential (pp. 66 - 71)The 300 m long steel Muider Bridge carriesthe A1 motorway over the Amsterdam-RhineCanal near Amsterdam. It was built in1969/1970. The bridge is now beingstrengthened, widened and raised in con-nection with the construction of extra rushhour lanes.The installation of the longitudinal sidebeams, the transverse supporting beam andalso the tensioning of the cables requiredprecision.Beam with half joints calculated (pp. 72 - 78)An earlier article in Cement examined thecalculation method for a beam with halfjoints designed in accordance with the stan-dard NEN 6720 (VBC 1995) and its back-ground. The comparison of various testresults with the calculation results indicatedthat the calculation method following NEN6720 with adequate reinforcement detailingwould lead to a sufficiently safe beam withhalf joints. In this article the promiseddetailed example of a beam with half jointsis described.Simulation of crack formation (pp. 80 - 85)A hydrated cement matrix forms the gluebetween the aggregate and the concrete.The previous article in this series describedhow we can link material properties tomicrostructure. The degree of hydration andthe pore structure with the directly relatedpermeability are a function of time. Thisarticle takes us another step further: thevirtual microstructure will now be virtuallyloaded and the failure mechanism will bedescribed.Calculation examples with Eurocode 2 (12):Stability (pp. 86 - 94)Article 5.8 of Eurocode 2 discusses how sec-ond order effects in the presence of axialloads must be included in the calculations.This article successively covers the effectivelength (buckling length) of individual ele-ments and calculation methods for deter-mining the second order moment.If you would like a whole article fromCement translated, why not let usarrange it for you? Prices start from 100per page (actual price on request).We can supply either bare text or aprofessionally laid out article. For moreinformation please contact ?neas:0411 65 00 85, lezersservice@aeneas.nl.
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