Blending plant Q8 - Hoboken

Description 

Phase 1

° Empty Pack Warehouse
° Storage place for tanks
° Steel construction with concrete prefab panels, with pattern
° Spans from 35 m
° Cellular concrete firewall

Phase 2

° Blending Plant
° Storage warehouse comprising a steel superstructure with architectural concrete panels and firewalls
° Buffer tanks: 90,000 litres with revetment
° Blending Building: office building, laboratory, electrical substation, compressor house    and production space with 16 tanks
The building is a steel construction with diamond-shaped concrete façade panels and 120-minute fire-resistance
° Additive tank area: impermeable bund for 42 tanks
° Day tank area: impermeable bund for 32 tanks
° Stock tank area with foundations for 27 tanks
° 6,500 m³ Concrete poured on-site, fitted with steel reinforcement
° Fire-proofing: 8,500 m²

Phase 3

° Extension of the Empty Pack Warehouse, a steel construction
° Extension of the Blending Building, a steel construction
° New Additive Warehouse: a concrete prefab structure
° Road and infrastructure works: 2,000 m².
 

Since 1998 Franki Construct has been part of Willemen Groep, the largest family construction group in Belgium.

 
location 

Project Details

Contractor
Benzineweg 4, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
Client 
Kuwait Petroleum Belgium
End User 
Q8
Engineering Office 
Ingenieursbureau Norbert Provoost
Construction period
2 years
Start work
01-2015
End of work
01-2017